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La Crosse Technology WS-9020U-IT Intelligent Forecast Station | 
| Brand: La Crosse Technology
Category: Kitchen
Department: DIGITAL WEATHER INSTRUMENT
List Price: $119.95
Buy New: $78.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 42077
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 9.3 x 10
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MPN: WS-9020U-IT
Model: WS-9020U-IT
UPC: 757456991856
EAN: 0757456991856
ASIN: B000XADMY8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wireless weather forecast station with remote temperature and humidity sensor | | • | Predicts strong winds, storms, tempest, frost, and snowfall | | • | Records 12-hour barometric history; tendency arrow shows weather changes ahead | | • | Displays indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity in bold digits | | • | Wireless transmission range up to 330 feet; atomic clock with date |
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Product Description
* Predicts Weather Events:Strong Winds, Storms, Tempest, Frost, Fog, Snowfall, Forecast with Time Frame, Lowest Night Temperature, MIN/MAX Daily Temperature
* Forecast w/ Tendency
* IN Temp & Humidity
* OUT Temp & Humidity
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's OK... But Not Perfect!! July 20, 2010
Donald Alford (Castro Valley, CA USA)
Two major features are missing. As one reviewer noted (I concur) for the price you'd expect a back-light feature. Also of note is the lack of an alarm function to accompany the clock feature (not to be confused with the ALARM to ALERT you to extreme High or LOW temperatures). If you were thinking of replacing your nightstand alarm clock - forget it.
One of the better LaCrosse products for Hobbyists June 18, 2009
F. Gillett (Small Town in Kansas)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've owned the LaCrosse WS-9020U-IT for about 8 months. It was easy to set up and after an initial wait of several hours for the clock to read the atomic clock signal, it has worked fine.
The LaCrosse replaced an Oregon Scientific forecaster which was lost during a move. In my opinion, the Oregon Scientific was more accurate, but it did not have as many forecast possibilities and features. Instead of forecasting only Sun, Cloudy, Partly Cloudy, and Rain, the LaCrosse also includes forecasts for Lowest night time temp., snow, frost, storms, high winds, tempest (that's what it indicated during a recent tornado warning for the area), fog, etc. Unfortunately, anything other than the 4 icons are in the lower section and are somewhat difficult to read as it alternates between those, the lowest and highest temp of the day, and forecast lowest temperature for the night.
Instead of the silly boy or girl icons which are on so many LaCrosse products, the display is more simple and straight forward; good for a weather hobbyist. Indoor and Outdoor Temperature and Humidity are in large numerals. There is a great bar-graph which shows changes for a 12 hour period of time, in additon there is an arrow showing the current tendency, up or down.
The biggest drawback to the WS-9020U-IT is that there is no backlight of any kind. At this price point it should not have been omitted. In addition, the viewing angle isn't great so the forecaster needs to be placed where the light is adequate as well as at the correct angle. That combined with the small lettering for the expanded forecasts which alternate between several things, it is difficult to read at best. Trying to get the information you want with a quick glance is impossible.
I'm really torn between giving it 3 stars or 4. It is feature rich but the lack of backlight and small lettering is a substantial issue. Since I don't belive the remote sensor is 100% accurate (reading a few degrees higher than it should), my final decision is to only give 3 stars. I don't regret the purchase, but if I had it to do over, I'd want a unit with a backlight for easier viewing.
 Time Sync Failure June 12, 2009
GroundStar (Battle Mountain, NV, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After 15 days of working with La Crosse Technical support I am returning this item because the clock portion will not sync with the time signal while my other two radio controlled clocks (much cheaper ones) from different manufactures work fine. Had the radio sync worked or if La Crosse technical support were not idiots I would have rated the clock four stars. Easy to set up and had no transmission problems with the outside temp and humidity sensor. With adjustment of the LCD contrast level the display was easy to read and follow. All the information displayed seemed accurate compared to my other weather stations.
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