Iris (5-in-1) Home Weather Station with Wi-Fi Connection to Weather Underground with Temperature, Humidity, Wind Speed/Direction, and Rainfall (01540M) , Black

I bought this device for my husband for Father’s Day and it hooked up easily and reads accurate. However, he couldn’t get it hooked up to the internet and when he called the helpline, no one Answered to help him. So, we are still unconnected and a little disappointed in the device because of that.

Bright, easy to read, and displays everything I wanted to see! It linked right up perfectly without any problems and has been installed since delivery. It's worked perfectly! No issues at all. Just follow the directions, and you won't have any problems. I DO love this brand! Our old one held up well under TX Sun/Heat/Freezes for over a decade (maybe 15 yrs...we can't rem when we bought it!) and we have never had a single problem with it. So, when it finally needed a repair, we just decided to just replace it. And we're VERY HAPPY with our purchase! It's easy to read, colorful and has a nice display, even with my less than stellar eyesight. :) It helps us monitor our watering schedule, and heat, here in TX, and that's important here. I'd like to say rain too...but it's TX! We did a chance to see it track 2 rainfalls, a major and a minor amount, and that worked well also. HIGHLY RECOMMEND this brand. We thought it was a fair price, knowing how long it'll last.

I've had an AcuRite 5-in-1 for years. It works great. The fan wore out in mine so I decided time to buy a new unit and get the slightly fancier display. The 5-in-1 works great, no issues. The display has two issues, one can be fixed, the other I just have to live with. The issue I can fix is the interior temperature displayed was 4 degrees too high. There is a way to adjust it that is not covered in the manual but after much digging I did find how in the Q&A section of the Display page. The issue I have to live with is the viewing angle of the display. The display has all the information that I want clearly presented if I am looking at it straight on. However, look at it from the side or when standing (I have the display on the table) and the numbers become unreadable. The previous older display could be viewed from just about any angle. I am not sure why the newer one requires you to be sitting, stoop down or stand back to read it. How to adjust any of the displayed values? I took this from the AcuRite Web site. It is a little tricky to get all 3 buttons down simultaneously but it works. The directions don't make this clear, but the gear button hops you between the values that you can adjust. So just hop to the value you want to change and then use the up and down arrows. Then press the Gear button to "Save" the adjustment. "Press AND HOLD the “▲“, “▼“, and ""gear"" buttons all at the same time for 5- 10 seconds. Note: all display data is hidden except for the value being calibrated. A ""wrench"" icon will appear next to the value being calibrated. 2. Press the “▲“ or “▼“ buttons to calibrate the data value higher or lower from the actual reading. 3. Press the ""gear"" button to confirm the calibration adjustment. Note: The ""wrench"" icon remains illuminated next to calibrated values."

I’ve been wanting one of these for a while. Easy to set up and connect to Weather underground. Cross checked it with an older weather station and it was accurate. It took a little bit to calibrate the rain gauge but only had to make minor adjustments. Going strong for a month so far! The display is nice and bright and easy to read.

Review of Acurite 5 in 1 wifi weather station After writing this my weather station stopped sending updates to weather underground. So there is no updates on the app. WU blames acurite and acurite blames WU..Is there a ZERO rating? The Bad: The easy setup on the box is a joke… 1) Connecting my laptop to the acurite display wifi took 3 tries. And my laptop was right next to the display unit. First try didn’t connect. Second try connected and timed out before I could enter everything. Third try worked. (FYI my router is only 2 feet away). NOTE this is a tricky setup. You first connect your PC to the wifi signal in the display unit, then when your pc is connected to the display WIFI, you go to 192.168.4.1 on the pc web browser to finish the setup by inputting your network sign on information. 2) Getting a reading from the sensor also took way too much effort. After waiting several minutes after inserting new batteries in the sensor, nothing happened so I replaced batteries the new batteries with another set of new batteries.. No luck… Still nothing on the display. I Moved the abc switch in sensor from a to c and back to a, no luck… Did the same thing then in display and it connected…WHAT.. 3) There are no instructions at all about what app to use. I registered my unit with the weather underground site per instructions, then tried to use the acurite app to connect and view my sensors. Spent two hours getting failed to connect messages (even after completely redoing the entire startup procedure) so texted support. They responded quickly the day after thanks giving, so kudo’s for that. However support told me my model wouldn’t connect to the accurate app, I had to use the weather underground app…total of 3 hours lost for nothing. 4) Downloaded the weather underground app, and there was nothing to select my unit on the app. I went to their website on my pc, and there it was, on line and showing data…After several hours trying to find my weather station I finally figured it out. When the app starts it wants a location. I entered my zip code and the local weather displayed. Then I tried not entering anything and a map of the US showed up. I zoomed in on my area, and little dots showed up of personal weather stations. I tapped on one near me, and presto I found my data… 5) The Documentation includes a sensor manual and a display manual. Neither manual details what should happen first second third etc. in the setup process. A separate QUICK SETUP document is needed to show what order to setup the devices and what to expect with each step. 6) Total time to get the unit working and the app working was 4 hours…Not easy setup…and the documentation could be much better with some pictures, and links to videos. 7) By Far the dumbest design of this unit is the base. NO ADJUSTMENT AT ALL. Works great in one position and can’t see it another just slightly lower. 8) Your inside temperature does not get transmitted to weather underground. This a big disappointment as we travel a lot and need to check inside temperature during the winter. 9) There is no Day with the date. I NEED to know what day it is every morning. True I can use my phone but why when the first thing I look at is my weather station. 10) There is no telephone support. I could find only 1 video on their web site and it was to show how to mount the sensor (the easiest part of the process). You must text or e-mail. Probably due to language barriers. 11) Wind Speed displays; now, avg., and peak. The only problem is you have to push the up arrow button to cycle thru them (not covered in the manual). My lacross shows current and peak all the time. The apps do show current and peak so it’s not a total terrible. 12) The size of the wind speed font is only readable up close. All the other fonts are like 10 and 12 but wind speed below 10mph are like 6. Above 9 MPH and it jumps to a readable 8.. 13) After a month I had to reset my wifi for a camera issue I was having, and the weather station lost connection with wunderground .com. Reset it, not go. Went through the entire start up process again, no go.. The good and sorta good: 1) The display is very well organized and the colors make it easy to find and separate the readings. 2) The batteries in the display keep your settings saved for moving the display and power outages. 3) There is a procedure (had to contact support to get it I will post it at the bottom) for adjusting all the temperature and humidity readings. My in house temperature was 4 degrees off from everything else in my house. 4) As mentioned above, chat support was very quick to respond but would have preferred phone support. 5) Having manual entry (one time) of date and times is much preferred to having it provided from wifi. My lacross station stopped communicating with wifi after only 2 years, so it stopped displaying a valid date and time. 6) The apps: PWSmoniter was the easiest to setup and shows everything on a single page, both current and historical readings. Historical is displayed as charts.. After getting a device ID and KEY from weather underground, all you need to enter is the device ID. Nothing else…very simple. The weather underground app was more difficult to install and read. I Had to enter both values and finding my device after setup was quite difficult. myPWS app was impossible. You need a third entry; an API key, and getting it required me to use the PC on the weather underground site. Not a real obvious procedure either.. In the myPWS app, it’s a 32 digit entry, and even though I triple checked it, and could not get it to work.. PWSmoniter has it hand down over lacross view app. There is nothing good about their app 7) The three levels of brightness and a fourth option of automatic change are really a good idea. Finding the adjustment button was a stroke of luck though.

I bought this so I could have some fun. I was able to pretty easily install all the hardware, and get it up and running, and feeding the Weather Underground App. However, the software, and apps, and registration is extremely difficult to navigate. AcuRite's website is extremely difficult, not intuitive, and almost non-functioning. I can't even register the product, as it won't take the model number of the device I have. You go through trying to setup and register, and it's an endless loop. Get your act together, AcuRite. Research shows people will leave your website after 10 minutes or so of struggling. I have a lot of tenacity, but I have basically given up. For the past couple of days, my data wasn't pushing to the Weather Underground site (one of the reasons I bought this particular model is b/c I could monitor my personal station on WUnderground.) I fiddled with the app, and the receiver a couple of times over the past couple of days. Eventually, today, I pulled the plug, and battery and did a hard reset, which, of course, lost all of my monthly data. Everything (including rain fall) is at 0. Disturbing. SO, if you want something that is going to feed just the receiver, and can tell what your temp/wind/rain is at home, this is ok. If you want something you can manage remotely, this seems to be a struggle. AND, if you want to be interactive and participate w/in the Weather Community, this is a struggle. Look at something else. It was priced reasonably, but the struggle with the website, product registration and app is real.

Good product. Purchased this one for a friend. She loved it. I’ve had one for years and only problem is occasionally replacing batteries. If the one I have dies, I will immediately replace it with the same brand.

This is our 3rd AcuRite weather station (others worn out or damaged in severe storm), works great. Takes a little time to set up, but easy to do so. Need to be selective on where you place the display, as some views make it difficult to read the display. Not sure how the wifi to weather underground comes into play with this display. It tells you, but still difficult to understand.