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 - Great inexpensive weather stationTo get straight to the point - it does everything I wanted out of a weather station. It tells you the outside and inside temperature and humidity, has a clock, shows the day/date, shows the moon phases, and the weather trend. There are other features that I don't use but some people may: projects time/temp on the ceiling at night, has an alarm built in, has the ability to take temperature/humidity from multiple remote sensors, and keeps track of max/min temperature and the date/time it was recorded. Rating: - Weather on the flip sideThis product is accurate and verbose, the projection is useless unless you are completely out of lightbulbs and sitting in the pitch black abyss of twilight. It measures barometry but does not articulate it in a numerical style. Overall this weather device lets me know when it is hot and cold. Kudos. Rating: - ExpensiveEverything on the clock works great. I bought it for my boys when it came up as a Lightning Deal. My husband wanted one as soon as he saw it project the time on the ceiling (I don't think so at the regular price.) There is an ac adapter for the clock base but you must use batteries for the outdoor weather transmitter. The weather is not transmitted from the Weather Channel it is based on barometric pressure?? and weather conditions from the units outdoor transmitter so it is not always accurate. Over all I am happy with the purchase. Rating:  - Pros and ConsThis is definitely a novelty item, but overall it's a good one with some inscrutable flaws. Pros: * Atomic clock, once you get it working. * Outdoor temp/rel. humidity, and indoor temp/rel. humidity (I didn't realize how dry my bedroom is). * Projected time/temp works very well, very legible without my glasses on a ceiling that is well higher than the recommended range. Very pleased with this. * Two alarms, configurable snoozes etc. * Battery backup. * Most of the features you'd expect out of a $25 alarm clock, basically. Cons: * Frustrating interface for setup/changes (to set the sensitivity of the forecast feature, for example, you have to scroll through all of the other features, many of which only give you a number to choose, with no indication of what feature it applies to; you have to refer to the poorly written manual--which tells you to set it to 1, 2, or 3, with little explanation of what that does.) * Flimsy construction. * "Forecast" is based on real time data of the remote sensor, which is good, but kind of misleading. It can be raining cats and dogs, and the forecast will indicate it's cloudy. You'd think a real time device would be able to tell what I'm seeing outside my window. (I know, it's all technicalities, but I'm addressing the basic real user expectations.) * Atomic clock ONLY works once you set the time manually to something close to the actual time. Why? Because (I'm making a best guess here) the device only polls the atomic clock frequency between midnight and 6am, when conditions are better for it (according to the manual). I made the mistake of just leaving it at 12:00 to start when it was actually 7pm or so. So when it tried to poll the atomic clock service, it was not within that midnight-6am window. Once I set it close to the real time, the "connected to the atomic clock service" icon showed the next morning. * The manual. Uses acronyms like WWVB without ever defining them. Has no table of contents, so figuring out something as simple as setting the alarm requires a lot of page flipping. * No "backlight for the LCD always on" option I've been able to find, and when the backlight is on briefly after hitting display, it buzzes. Rating:  - Batteries last about 1 week!I am very disapointed in this product. The batteries last a very short time so most of the time I do not get any readings on the inside monitor. Alot of money for something that doesn't work!
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