La Crosse Technology WS-9611U Wireless Sun/Moon Weather Station with 15 Advanced Forecast Icons Reviews

• Short-life for transmitter

  
  By A1H9DW5W654KRL on 2008-01-15
  I started up this little baby on 12/31 (the timing stands out in my mind) and TWO WEEKS LATER and the outside transmitter is dead. The set itself still works fine, except the whole point of it (for me anyway) is to know the outside temp. I loved the guy who would tell me how to dress, and enjoyed the moon phases and sun rise/set. But others have complained about that outside transmitter too... I wish I'd bought something else. I had one for YEARS that was just a simple wire from (a different) station which you could place out the window. Should have gone old-school, apparently. I'm very, very disappointed and suggest you look elsewhere so you aren't disappointed too.
  
  

• Fun product, my kids love it!

  
  By A1ORKRARKBBA4K on 2006-12-19
  We purchased this item for our kids. The weather in Northern CO is often surprising, and I would always provide them with a "what to wear" recommendation when I wake them up in the mornings. I've installed this in their bathroom and NOW, while brushing their teeth they consult with the "weather boy" for how to dress for the day. I've also printed out a larger copy of the "outfits" that "weather boy" wears so that they can look on the back of the door to de-code the iconic clothing and symbols.
  
  It's fun and our 6 year old tells us; "weather-boy hasn't lied to me yet!"
  
  I'd rate it a 5 star if it were larger...
  
  

• I love the little guy

  
  By A3U7Q41SJ4PWI on 2007-07-12
  First off, this thing works. Second, I am kind of sorry I didn't find money to buy even more options. But for the price I am thoroughly delighted with a working outdoor sensor giving me current temperature and an inside thermometer/humidity reading. The little man icon is kind of icing on the cake. Calendar and sunrise are nice. It's a compact worthy desktop addition. My first go-round with setting it up was clumsy. Then when I had fresh new batteries in hand I decided to change to fresh (supposedly will last a year) and reset the station. The second go-round went much smoother and I suspect any problems I had with originally setting up the station were my own problems, not the unit. My recommendation is to buy this one if you want an economical weather station that works. But if you can afford more options, go for one that provides temps, humidity and perhaps a heat/chill index for outside. I'm saving up and looking for such a unit now.
  
  

• The Little Weather Boy

  
  By A2CA460V5J4ND9 on 2007-06-01
  This is an amazing, inexpensive little weather station. The little boy weather predicter is almost always correct in giving the direction of the weather with a clever graphic........that's the fun part. The only criticism would be the difficulty in reading the graphics at an angle. You do need to look at it head on. The good part of that is the signal from the receiver is strong enough to give you a lot of flexibiliity of where to place the readout.
  
  

• This is a really helpful product for a very busy life

  
  By A1RB32J33HAQBR on 2007-09-30
  I purchased this particular weather station to replace a different type/brand of weather station that had stopped working. It has so many more useful features than my last one and it makes life so much easier for us. No more scrambling to find the weather on the radio and/or TV. My family enjoys checking every morning to see what "the weather guy" is wearing and what weather is predicted to determine how we should dress for the day. It is also a great educational tool for my young children.
  
  
• So far love it!
  By A2PNOU7NXB1JE4 on 2008-02-28
  First I purchased the The Weather Channel WS-9055TWC Wireless Forecast Station also by La Crosse since it was on a Friday sale and I had read so many mixed reviews that I wanted to get the cheapest one first to try. Well it has worked perfectly for the past couple of weeks I've used it, so then I decided to get this one. This one has many extra features, most importantly for me is the humidity level reading for my home office. I also enjoy the clothing indicator and the moon phases. Both have worked perfectly (granted I've only had them a few weeks) and usually are within one degree F of each other. I don't think you could go wrong with either selection depending on your needs, but I would wait for a repeat Friday sale as now they are almost double what I paid, (16.99 this one and TWC 22.99 B4F3, so really around 16.00). I will update this review if I have any problem with either one later on.
  
  
• Nice Product; Bad company
  By A1AZIP21HF6KXR on 2007-11-13
  Product works ok. Neat idea. Poor wireless range.
  
  Unfortunately I had to call for Tech support. Left 2 voice mails in two days after waiting on hold for a few minutes. They won't let you remain on hold. I did not receive a call back so I called again and chose a different call path which got me to a person somewhere in Tech support. She was rude, short, and condecending. Probably hated her job or perhaps it was just a bad day. Regardless, I will not purchase another La Crosse product.
  
  
• Dissatisfied coustomer
  By A103IGRMCJ217P on 2007-09-28
  Item did not work properly. After many delays finally given an RMA number. Warehouse draggged their feet in responding about status of item.More delays in sending replacement, on top of that sent to wrong address.Tried to change delivery address and told it cant be done )too close to delivery date) yet UPS has the means and ability to change delivery address.Overall a bad experiencs and question Amazon's ability to satisfy coustomer complaints.
  
  
• Love the Weather Boy! :0)
  By A12HY3ZBJ04U7P on 2007-06-06
  I bought this for my girlfriend's Step-Father's birthday. He is hard to shop for since he has almost everything, but he likes gadgets. He has two Atomic Clocks that provide Indoor/Outdoor Temperature, but this was something unique. Most people want to know the weather for one reason: what do I wear today? This was a HUGE Hit. All weekend long the entire family was always checking to see what the weather boy was wearing. Several had asked me where to get it. My girlfriend's mom called her the week after we got home to let her know that the weather boy was always right...it let them know when they needed an umbrella, etc. I would recommend this for children or adults.
  
  
• Why did they omit Wisconsin's two largest cities in the sunrise/sunset feature?
  By A1BB03CRRHU0RJ on 2007-12-13
  I ordered this specifically because it had the sunrise/sunset feature. Description states 99 cities included. Great I figure it has to have either Milwaukee (metro population 1.5 million) or Madison (metro population of 300,000). Instead the only two cities they cover in Wisconsin are Green Bay and LaCrosse. It makes no sense to include those 2 cities but not Milwaukee or Madison. Both cities are over 200 miles from me. Just to warn other would-be buyers.. do not assume a city near you will be included in the 99 cities they list.
  Other than that it seems ok for the price. The manual is a little difficult to understand and the programming is not intuitive.
  
  
  
• Great prediction for weather but there is a problem
  By A2VBVZNEB18OHK on 2008-07-24
  Had this unit for over 6 months now and it is amazingly accurate, can predict rain, snow and is just fun to see what the weather boy is wearing.
  
  I felt the programing was a little difficult, but worth it. We look at this often during the day and it has given us quite a bit of enjoyment. So much enjoyment, that we didn't mind the every couple months putting new batteries in the sensor and reprogramming the unit.
  
  It seems though that the sensor must have more of a problem than just eating batteries, 2 days after replacing the batteries, the outside temp reading is blank again. UGH.
  
  The sensor is located close to the unit, we are using good fresh alkaline batteries.
  
  I cked out the Lacross website for troubleshooting. I see they have a "contact us" if you are having trouble with the sensor. Maybe they know of a problem? I did contact them, we will see how or if this is solved.
  
  I still think the weather station is a fun, inexpensive unit. Hopefully the sensor problem is resolved in the newest units.
  
  
• La Crosse WS-9611U Weather Station
  By A2JD6LSFVS1LQH on 2007-02-16
  Received the weather station. I has great functionality. It was realatively easy to setup and start using. I do like the feature of controlling up to 3 remote sensors.
  
  
• ...if it only worked.
  By A14A06B77WSDU9 on 2008-01-20
  This seems like a great product. However, I cannot get the remote sensor to connect to the main unit. Have tried at least 20 times, if not more, leaving it to do it's thing for over a day at times. Nothing. I have tried customer support many times and have left two messages. They finally did call me back...during the day when I was at work. No help at all.
  I regret this purchase. I might just return it and spend some more cash on a better product.
  
  
• Horrible Product!
  By A1YGEE6I3QPN1H on 2008-02-25
  The product does not work. Neither it is self adjusting the time nor is catching the outside transmitter. I think the transmitter is anyways not working. I tried to set the time manually, but it would not even let me do that. I have tried calling the support 3 times now and reach a voice mail. And guess, its not even an 800#....
  
  My first and last product from this company..and I am returning it!
  
  
• great
  By A2118XFJTAW1T5 on 2007-01-21
  Awsome love it really great Could use an extra sensor in direct sun it can show higher then true and likewise in the shade
  
  
• Weather Station
  By A215K4B23WR9N2 on 2007-05-21
  The station was easy to set up keeps great time and reports exactly what I was looking for. No more guessing at the outside temperature in the mornings afternoons or evenings.
  
  
• Wonderful device...
  By A22ZQXX4OTC2BP on 2007-07-15
  I purchased this for my father in-law for fathers day.
  They absolutely love it.
  The other day, my Mother-in-law called me up to tell me what the little guy was wearing and how smart he is...the news predicted rain and he had his little umbrella out and it wasn't even raining yet.
  
  
  
  
• Great little unit
  By A2Q8ACCL67ZYUY on 2007-11-09
  I got this for my 10 year old daughter for her birthday. She would wake up every morning and ask me "what's the weather like?" This was perfect for her. She loves to watch the little guy change as the weather changes. In fact, my husband now wants one for himself as my daughter insists on keeping hers in her room where she can see it first thing.
  
  
• Weather channel weather station
  By A1SEJFPEWP8YTG on 2008-01-14
  Item was exactly as described and it is fun to see how the "weather boy" is dressing for the day's events. I bought it for my husband as he lives and breathes the weather channel. He loves the 15 day forecast.
  highly recommend.
  
  
• Spend a bit more to get a better unit
  By AOFXFY052RM4K on 2008-02-01
  I purchased this hoping to get a great product. What i got was a unit that would not connect no matter how long and how many times i tried. Didn't even connect in the house with nothing between unit. Going back to store today to return and get the WS-9625TWC model for $20 more.
  
  
• Great weather gadget
  By A3UMTURTO1QZCT on 2008-03-30
  This is an interesting way to get others involved
  with dressing right for the outdoors. The little
  man is fun to watch for cold winter days. It is
  important when setting up to put the batteries
  in the outside sensor unit first, then the batteries
  install into the main unit for the signal to pick up.
  Lots of fun for the little ones.
  
  
• Nice piece, but not recommended for my 75 year old dad
  By A28WNMMIA6PF1O on 2008-06-03
  I purchased this as a birthday gift for my 75 year old dad, as he's constantly talking about the weather. But he found the weather station confusing and difficult to read. I had it all set up for him before I gave it to him, and unfortunately he pushed some buttons, getting it off sync and took the batteries out of the transmitter. So it had to be reprogrammed. He lives a great distance away, and cannot reprogram it himself.
  
  
• La Cross Weather Station
  By A2I1K80SSP1YRC on 2008-06-20
  I love this weather station. It works perfectly! The only reason I did not give it five stars, is that it is a little small. I really wish the screen, could have been larger. I would still buy it, even if I had known it was smaller than my old one. Thanks for a product that really works!!!!
  
  
• Nice weather station.
  By A2469UIONWATB1 on 2008-07-03
  This unit has a clear, easily read display. I like the moon phase and sun rise/set times. The easel is a bit flimsy. Be careful when opening it or you will break one of the hinges.
  
  
• A NEW MAN IN YOUR LIFE !
  By A33NGJBCV99MMQ on 2008-07-19
  I've bought three of these as gifts over the last 6 months and never a disappointment ! For a first weather station it's great ... very complete, good size character presentation ... and the price is definitely right ! One of my gifts was for my 93 year old, weather loving grandmother and she just loves it. She can move the outdoor receptor around her garden as she likes. The weatherman has become the new man in her life and his current outfit has become the opening of all our phone conversations. When she goes to live with her daughters in Winter months she can take her companion weatherman in her pocket ! So simple !!
  
  
• Great little device.
  By AAZPPI8H6D4QW on 2007-03-08
  I needed a device to monitor the humidity in my house, and I chose this one because the little weather boy on the display made it a fun learning device for my young son. We check out his attire every morning and talk about the temperature. It's become the clock of reference to keep all the others in sync because it's always correct. The only thing I would change is to make changing the settings easier.
  
  
• Practical and accurate
  By A1FCZLG7EC46NI on 2007-03-11
  The weatherboy on the screen makes it easy to interpret the numbers, and get an idea of how cold/hot it really is. I love the min/max feature allowing you to see the exact date and time of the highest and lowest reading, for both indoors and outdoors. It is backlit, and gives the time for sunrise, sunset, and zenith. A lot of technlogy packed into a simple yet effective weather station...just what I was looking for.
  
  
• Weather station
  By A1WQCHRUAVROWG on 2007-03-17
  Convenient, easy to use. Manual awfully big since it has three languages.
  Backlight could be brighter.
  
  
• Weather boy
  By AJ9GQEU27EEAS on 2007-09-17
  I love this little wireless weather station. I have one and I have bought several for gifts. Besides the regular info like the temp inside and outside and the humidity, etc. this one has a boy on it that either puts alot of clothes on when it's cold or takes them off when it's hot. He also has effects like an umbrella to tell you that you may need one, or a beach chair when it's beach weather. He is an amusing figure that adds to the interest of the weather station.
  
  
• Great features, great price.
  By AXB98H68KASTO on 2007-11-23
  I had purchased this product about 6 months ago. Since then I have had many people comment on the item and expressed a desire to purchase at least one.
  In the last 3 weeks I have ordered 4 of these from Amazon for a lower price than I had orginally paid for my own.
  
  

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