TFA Dostmann Horizon 35.1155.01 Wireless Weather Station with Outdoor Sensor Weather Forecast with Radio Controlled Clock Black

Its just what i wanted gives you the time the date, the weather, the temperature indoors and out doors, time of sunset & sunrise, moon rise and set, moon phase.

When this weather station arrived and I noticed that it was made in Germany I thought that the old saying of reliable German engineering would be a good thing, rather than the usual made in China. How wrong I was! The backlight didn’t work, so it’s faulty on Arrival. Perhaps some extra quality control would not go amiss.Having said that (and before I noticed that the backlight didn’t work) it was easy to set up, essentially put the batteries and after a few minutes it picked up the atomic clock signal (which is stated to be accurate to a second in a million years) from Frankfurt (manual states that you should pick it up within 1500 km from Frankfurt, and I am near London so it was no problem). You then put in your time zone offset from Germany (-1 hour in my case) so it shows local UK time rather than local Frankfurt time. Next put in your location so that the sun and moon rise calculations and bingo, all works perfectly.The sync to the outside unit worked immediately I put the batteries in and the temp agreed to within about .2 degree with my previous unit (different make). Sun and moon rise and set times are also bang on so it seems an accurate unit. If the backlight worked I would have given it 5*.

Inside and outside temperatures matched . Good heavens . Excellent manual . Very straightforward . Great display .

A promising start, the display was clear and easy to setup. Sadly like 2 other different weatherstations we have had, this one too failed with a faint display after 2w. The others lasted 3-4y but still failed. Returned unit for a refund. Very disappointed.

good at telling the right weather

I bought this weather station on the basis of a previous Dostmann model which has served well and accurately for many years. This current device was easy to set up, but in view of its primary function being to display temperatures accurately, it is unfit for purpose. I have a Government authorised Factories Act mercury thermometer as a baseline. This present device is TWO DEGREES higher than actual temperatures.

looks good

The proof will be whether this outlasts four other makes returned as not fit for purpose.I'm hoping that this will be ok as it has fewer functions (and therefore fewer things to go wrong), than others I have tried.Straightforward setup - although the atomic clock wouldn't connect in over 24 hours. When it did, I had to reset it for BST as it was 2 hours ahead (Germany based). Then it stayed on the same time and date so I set it manually!It's within a degree Celcius for the temperature readings and seems to be holding the same barometric pressures which I can check for local conditions.Easy enough to read and looks ok.Decent instructions as well with sunrise/sunset times and moon phases.Can't comment on how waterproof the external sensor is, but it looks as though I shall have to make it weatherproof.Fingers crossed!