Product Description on La Crosse Technology 9160U Digital Thermometer with Wireless Remote

WS-9160U-IT Wireless Thermometer is a wonderful new thermometer that features inside and outside temperature in a new sleek easy to ready case. Transmitts outside temperature up to 330 feet

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Customer Reviews La Crosse Technology 9160U Digital Thermometer with Wireless Remote

 “Wireless Thermometer” 2009-10-28
By Joseph V. Fellerman
Works as advertised, took very little time to set up and the base unit found the remote almost immediately. Very pleased.

 “worked right out of the box” 2009-10-23
By A. Smith (massachusetts)
Does what it is supposed to do. I bought it as a replacement for a similar gadget from Oregon Scientific that didn’t.

Only two minor quibbles: The outdoor thermometer reads about 2 degrees lower than the indoor one. The outside device comes with a bracket so you can screw it to a wall, but it should also have a simple eye hole so you can hang it from a hook.

 “wireless thermometer” 2009-10-18
By Retired (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
This wireless thermometer works extremely well and is easy

to set up – but you absolutely must follow the directions exactly.

Range is excellent – but just make sure that some large object such

as a metal shed or a large oak tree is not in line-of-sight between

any of the transmitters and the receiver.

I am using 3 of these temp sensors with the 915 MHz receiver. One

sensor came with the receiver, and I just purchased two more, since the

receiver can display up to three different temperatures from three

sensors. However be advised that if you carry one or more of these

sensors out of range and the receiver loses track of it, you absolutely

must take the batteries out of all three sensors and out of the

receiver and re-initialize all of them. This is not a difficult step,

since I did it several times while playing around with the sensors to

see how much range they had – which resulted in the receiver losing

track of one of them.

When you first see the instruction booklet that comes with the receiver,

it looks daunting, but not to worry, since only a tiny part of it is in

English, with all the rest in other languages. Once all the temp sensors are

initialized, then it takes only a few seconds to set the clock.

I read in other reviews that some buyers had problems getting their

receiver to respond to some sensors, but that is because the buyers failed

to properly re-initialize their units. Also be advised that if you buy

a display unit that receives transmissions at 915 MHz, then you absolutely

must buy sensors that also transmit at 915 MHz. Several of the sensors

that are sold by Amazon look alike, but not all of them use 915 MHz, so

carefully read the tech specs to make sure that both the transmitter and

the receiver operate at 915 MHz.

 ”99.6 degrees even when it’s freezing” 2009-10-16
By The Wx Guy (St. Louis, MO)
Works as advertised! Easy setup, easy to read display. I discovered one minor glitch… The maximum temperature would sometimes display as 99.6 degrees even though the highs never exceeded the 50s. It only happened sporadically but since I keep daily high and low readings, it was an annoyance. It took a bit to figure out what caused this problem, but I finally isolated it to an garage door opener that I keep inside my home. The beam crosses the signal from the temperature sensor to the receiver and cause the erroneous reading. After correcting the problem, I never had a re-occurrence. I recommend this product!

 “The best product like this I’ve used so far” 2009-10-02
By Brian DX (Rehoboth Beach, DE)
I have two of these units. So far (after 1 month) the thermometers work exactly as they should. Other types I’ve owned over the years began failing 6-12 months after purchase, so will the La Crosse hold up as well or hopefully better? Time will tell.

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