Home weather station?

[Bob W]

I'm thinking of a home weather station for Wife's x-mas present (she's a science teacher).

Looking for one with the outdoor-mounted instruments and indoor reading / forecasting station. Either a stand-alone system or one that runs through a PC (if those exist). Not interested in an internet-dependent system. Would prefer wired instead of wireless (to avoid batteries in the sending unit).

Anyone recommend a good one?

 

[mckrob]

I used a Peet Brothers system years ago for 3-4 months and was quite happy with it.

For a more portable instrument it's hard to beat the handheld Kestrel. I bought a 4000NV model two years ago and I have been extremely impressed, I take it just about everywhere with me. I love the graphing feature, it's very well built and the batteries seem to last forever (I'm only on my second set in two years).

Both brands are made in USA.

 

[Bob W]

The Peet Brothers products look great, but probably a step up from what I was considering. The Oregon Scientific (for example) models look less 'industrial-strength' but seem more user-friendly and have more features.

Anyone familiar with the products from Oregon Scientific, or similar "consumer-grade" systems?

 

[Bob W]

UPDATE:

Ordered a system from Zephyr Instruments this morning.

I'll post a review and comments some time in the future.