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La Crosse Technology WS-2317 Professional Weather Station | 
| Brand: La Crosse Technology
List Price: $279.95
Buy New: $129.95
You Save: $150.00 (54%)
Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 708
Color: Gray
Batteries: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 7
Warranty: One year limited Warranty
MPN: WS-2317U
Model: WS-2317
UPC: 757456992617
EAN: 0757456992617
ASIN: B000O8RLD2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | "Displays extensive weather data, in all cases with programmable alarm functions for certain weather conditions as well as records of all minimum and maximum values along with time and date of their recordings | | • | Monitors all types of weather conditions, including indoor temperature/humidity, remote temperature/humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, wind chill, dew point, and barometric pressure | | • | Receives and displays the WWVB radio controlled time and date | | • | Optional PC interface included | | • | Three remote sensors are wired together and use two AA batteries total, with wireless transmission back to display unit |
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Product Description
Wireless La Crosse Tech Weather Center! SAVE BIG! Keep in the know! Receiver mounts indoors (wall or freestanding). Wireless Sensor stays out, up to 330' away. Includes software for your home PC (requires COM port). Time; Forecasting with "weather tendency" indicator; Indoor / outdoor temp with humidity; Air pressure; Dew point; Wind direction with LCD compass; Wind speed; Rain fall; Storm alarm; Receiver: 4 3/4 x 7 x 1"h. Thermo / Hygro Sensor: 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 5 1/2"h. Rain Sensor: 5 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/2"h. Wind Sensor: 2 3/4 x 10 x 10"h.; Receiver uses AC adapter or 3 AA batteries. Sensor uses 2 AA batteries (not included).; Act Now! La Crosse Tech Wireless Weather Center
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 Excellent weather for the price October 27, 2007
Quickgrayfox (VA USA)
60 out of 60 found this review helpful
After many years of using the Davis Weather Monitor II the data link connection to the PC finally gave out and there appeared to be no replacement part available. I decided to try a much lower cost weather station that would allow direct wiring (giving fairly acceptable updates) as well as wireless. The La Crosse 2317 fit the bill perfectly. Ordered it 10/20/07 and it was delivered 10/25/07. The 42 page (English) instruction manual was complete enough to get me through the installation of the weather station and the set up of the various functions on the station. After going to the Shack to buy a USB to DB9 adapter plug, I installed the included software on my PC and had no trouble getting the weather station talking to the computer and running the HeavyWeather station software. Before the night was over I had added the station to the Weather Underground network of live stations (KVAABING2).
I'm running this station directly beside the Davis and I'm happy to report (and surprised) that the 2317 anemometer out performs the Davis in sensitivity to both direction and speed.
The La Crosse WS-2317 is definitely a good bargain, and running wired performs right up there with the big (expensive) boys.
 No so good experience June 18, 2008
M. McNab
32 out of 37 found this review helpful
The sales literature tells you 330' of wireless. That is if you keep your computer outside or put the outdoor sensors in the house. Going thru one wall my reception was a maximum 15 feet.
I talked to the customer service twice; both times they were extremely rude. One lady told me when comparing this product to a cordless phone she told me that my 900MHz cordless phone uses satellites so it is not a fair comparison. Another lady told me not to user regular phone cables to extend the sensors. The manual specifically states to use regular phone cables. Still haven't got the wind sensor to work because of this issue. When I questioned her about the discrepancy between the manual and what she was telling me she was rude and insistent that I was stupid. I finally gave up looking for help from them.
I believe I will get this working and it will work the way I want it to, but no thanks to the company's customer service as it sucks!
 Best for the Money March 29, 2008
Dr. James Mason (Huntsville, AL)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I have had a LaCrosse WS2317 for almost 3 years now. I installed it in 2005 and it has performed flawlessly the entire time. I keep my batteries changed twice a year and clean the connections at that time. It gives very accurate temperature, humidity and dew point readings as evidenced by the fact that my CWOP analysis is always 2 thumbs up for all the readings. My rain gauge is as accurate as my CocoRahs gauge which is touted to be more accurate than the National Weather Service rain gauges. . .A neighbor has a Davis and my WS2317 is as accurate as his. . which doesn't make him a happy camper since his station cost 8 times what the 2317 cost. I recommend the LaCrosse WS2317 and it will be my replacement when and if I need one.
 non existent customer service June 8, 2008
William Foley
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
La Crosse Technology WS-2317 Professional Weather Station
The day after receiving the WS 2317, it powered off and would not come back on. I sent an email to LaCross support as per instructions if there were any problems. In the email I stated the model number, when it was received, how many hours it was on before failure and what was happening when it powered down, voltage from the ac adapter and location of the sensors.. No answer so I sent another email and the followed up with a phone call. The phone call wastes several minutes and then dumps you into voice mail. The email and phone calls were attempted several more times before returning the weather station to amazon. The return to amazon went flawlessly and fast. A week after my first email, I received an insulting form letter asking basic questions that were all answered in my first email. I probably would have been satisfied with amazons superb handling of a bad situation if LaCross hadn't of sent me the condescending, insulting email that made it clear that I had no chance of getting any help.
Perfect for weather underground July 4, 2008
A. Huckstep
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Short version: buy it, download WUHU, upload to your favorite site in record time.
I won't spend a ton of time reaffirming what other reviews have said about the hardware. I've been very impressed in the 2 months I've owned it. So long as you site the sensors properly you will get great results. Having only one set of batteries to replace (2 AA that last about 12 months) was a welcome surprise. Updates every 8 seconds in wired mode is outstanding.
I bought this so I could post data to Weather Underground and was a little confused by the software that came in the box. It's actually very nice, but I'd recommend skipping it and just download WUHU for FREE. I'd provide the URL to get WUHU but that's against guidelines. Not too hard to find though.
WUHU used to require that you install the software that came in the box first. Now it doesn't, it can pull directly from the base station through the serial port. It truly was plug and play for me. No drivers to load, just WUHU. WUHU supports rapid fire updates (for wired mode) and uploads to most/all the other popular online weather sites too.
I was a little worried by reports of inaccurate sensors (anemometer etc.) on other review sites for similar models (WS-2315 etc.), but mine have been bang on and remarkably sensitive.
Full disclosure of negatives:
-The temp sensor is not shielded. If the only location you can place the temp sensor is in sunlight buy a different system. Or either buy (for about 35) or build a shield.
-I couldn't get the wires to extend with my old phone line coupler, I had to buy a new one for a few bucks. Well maybe that's a positive since RJ-11 wires are so easily found.
-If you don't have an older box with a serial port lying around you'll need to buy either a usb serial adapter or a serial card.
-My wife and friends look at me really weird when I want to talk about why weather stations are so cool. Several will be getting this for Christmas...
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