OutdoorLiving

Another great Oregon Scientific product (2008-07-05)
I purchased this from Sports Chalet back in summer 2007 to take it on vacation with me in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I knew the weather in those countries are highly unpredictable and I didn't want to be caught unprepared. This weather forecaster was, in my opinion, 80% accurate. It predicated several thunderstorms an hour in advance before it happened. I also enjoyed the alarm clock feature and the humidity indicator. Before I returned to America a friend in Asia loved this forecaster so much that he purchased it off of me. So I purchased 2 more for my 2008 summer travels.

Oregon handheld weather forecaster... (2007-09-29)
While on a recent camping trip the Oregon Weather Forecaster was right on target when it came it informing me about the possibility of rain, the forecaster allowed us plenty of time to put up our rain fly over the eating/cooking area. I shall take It will be with me on all my outdoor excursions!

Useless device (2007-09-15)
This product is useless as a weather forecaster. Its weather forecast is always wrong compared to actual weather. For instant, right now it shows rain when it's sunny and it suppose to be sunny entire week.
In my opinion, don't waste your money on this unit get something else.

Not within the 75% accuracy that it claims (2007-08-13)
I bought this product because it is made by Oregon Scientific, a reliable company. I thought it would be a decent substitute for a better weather monitor. However, I would not recommend buying a monitor that has as few features as this one, for the following reasons:

1) It is pretty useless as a weather forecaster. The only thing it really does is display the relative humidity and barometric trends, which are both helpful, but not enough to know what kind of weather might be arriving. The problem with the barometric pressure is that it doesn't display the actual pressure in a format that is useful, and only displays a trend. This would be ok if the weather predictions were more accurate. However, the weather predictions are not very accurate at all when the unit is kept indoors, so having a gauge that displays the trend only and not the actual pressure is useless.

2) The weather trending is much less accurate than the 75% claim in the manual. The unit I bought often reports there will be clouds or rain the next 24 hours, when incliment weather is not due. Perhaps it would be more reliable outdoors, but I have doubts. I, personally, would not want to rely on it during an outdoors adventure, as it would probably cause me to get nervous and leave early, when such action would not be necessary. Also, I was expecting a 48 hour window of prediction offered by many of their other products, but was disappointed in the relatively short 24 hour window. I guess you get what you pay for, but I expect more from Oregon Scientific.

3) A minor point, but as one of the other reviewers mentioned, the belt clip isn't held on very well, and is rather inconvenient to use.

If it displayed the actual barometric pressure, I would be pleased with this product. However, as is, I do not recommend it, except as a curious gadget.

Great Father's Day Gift (2007-07-16)
I purchased this item for my Dad on Father's day. He really liked it and thought it was neat. He carries it around with him all the time.