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: Oregon Scientific RMR382A-BK Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with Self-Setting Atomic Clock, Black |
- Things Wrong with this ThermometerFirst, the ONLY reason to buy this thermometer (as opposed to another thermometer) is because of the Freeze alarm feature.
So lets talk about that ...
The freeze alarm goes off at 32F +/- 5 degrees. So what really happens. As the temp drops the freeze alarm goes off at 37F. You press the alarm silence button. So far so good.
Now the temp drops to 27F ... the alarm goes off again. Not good, but you silence it. Temp drops some more than warms up to 27F. Alarm goes off again. Continues to warm up through 37F. Alarm goes off AGAIN. Four alarms for ONE freeze event. By now you've had a horrible night sleep.
But wait there's more. Let's say nature isn't perfectly linear and the temp drops to 36.9F (Alarm goes off). Then ten minutes later the temp is 37.1F (Alarm goes off again). Nature continues to vary and the alarm goes off every FEW minutes until you want to throw the thing in the trash.
But I NEED a freeze alarm. And there is NO other inexpensive alarm that I can find in the internet.
So, I drilled a hole in the side and put in a switch from Radio Shack that disconnects the ALARM buzzer. Now when the alarm goes off I ignore the 'alarm' silence button and flip my extra switch OFF and no more alarm. I reset the switch the next time I need the alarm.
This device is a great idea but a horrible application.
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- Not for all of USMy Son-in-law bought this to use in Alaska. The Atomic clock works within 4000 miles of Ft Collins, Co, which doesn't include Alaska. So he set the time manually and it worked for a few weeks, then picked up WWV just long enough to set the clock... to Pacific time. Turns out the clock only has 4 time zones, and doesn't include HI or AK. Customer service couldn't help. Each time he reset it to AK time it worked for awhile then reset to Pacfic time. The wrong time is worse than no time at all. So he gave it to me. I live in NM.
I had the same problem as another reviewer.... freeze alarm constantly waking me up at night. Instructions and customer service no help. Solution was to set remote to channel 2 which has no freeze alarm.
The folks at Oregon Scientific must be related to the Word programmers at Microsoft. They try to come up with overly helpful features which only annoy. And they are no help trying to correct.
Once we relocated this device to New Mexico and figured how to get around the annoying freeze alarm, it works fine. Batteries last MUCH longer than in other brands I have used. And it seems very accurate, gauging by the ice on the dog's dish. UPDATE - have been using it almost 2 years still going strong on the initial lithium battery in the transmitter.
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- ThermometerA little disappointed in MY choice. It turned out to be smaller than what I imagined but works fine and has taken its place on the table.
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- Pretty goodI like the unit, but the outdoor sensors should be waterproofed.
Also, the ice alert thing that beeps when the temperature is between 29 & 37 is about the worst idea they could have come up with. The winter in Chicago hits those numbers about 80% of the time. Very annoying. And even worse, you can't turn it off easily. The tip below about changing it to sensor 2 or 3 is the only way to go.
Plus, c'mon, like we're not going to notice if it's cold or icy and need that beep anyway.
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- junkdoes not function, refusal of cutomer service to replace product. phone service non- existent- rebot online service offered no recourse. i will be contacting my attorney general in regards to their fraudulent warranty and will never purchase fromj amazon until they drop this company
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