- Free Wireless Forecasts for the Location of Your Choice – Provides Around-the-Clock Weather without Tuning on a TV or Computer. No Subscription Required.
- Choose from Over 60,000 Locations in the United States and Canada Including Your Hometown, Parks, Sports Venues, Golf Courses and More
- 4 Day Weather Mulit-line Toggles: Chance of Precipitation (0-95%), Rain Amount (Inches), Sunshine Forecast (Hours Per Day), Barometric Pressure, and Wind Gust/Speed/Direction
- Scrolling Lower LCD Section Scrolls Wireless Outdoor Temperature, Selected City, Sunrise, Sunset, and Selected City Forecast
- 4 Day Forecasts with Specific Forecasts for Each Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night
Product Description
Weather Direct by La Crosse Technology gives you easy access to the same quality weather as meteorlogist 24 hours-a-day without turning on a TV or Computer! It works without Wi-Fi, there is NO software to install, and the forecasts are totally FREE.
La Crosse Technology Weather Direct WD-3308U-WAL 4 Day Internet Powered Wireless Forecaster
Just purchased this item. Things that I like about it:
1.) It is the larger version measuring 7″ square making it easier to read.
2.) The device is completely independent of the computer, unlike some other systems the require that your computer is on. It is a real internet gadget. Simply connect it to your ethernet system.
3.) Very easy setup.
4.) Although it only updates every 6 hours, you can force an update at any time. Since I got this item for it’s forecasting ability, the 6 hour update is not unreasonable.
5.) I like the internet setup options, very helpful.
Things I would like to see improved:
1.) Full time display of outside temperature as at least an option. The outside temperature is not one of the permanent displays. You can press a button to see the outside temperature or you can wait for it to appear as part of the scrolling information on the bottom of the display.
2.) Adjustable update rate.
3.) Automatic Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night mode switch based upon the time of day. It appears that you can get them to cycle through, but I would prefer that they auto mode themselves to the time of day as well as permitting the current implementation of letting the user cycle through them if I want specific information about a time of day.
Rating: 4 / 5
I like the way this unit gathers all the information from the internet without needing your computer running. All the important information is there. However the presentation is poor. The three day advance weather forecast is displayed in the middle, therefore there is no need to have it scroll across the bottom which is hard to read. It comes with an outside temp probe but you can not display the outside temp easily, you have to wait till it scrolls across the bottom. The daily forecast is broken up in AM PM Evening etc. However it would be nice if it changed with current time of day, but it doesn’t you have to cycle through it manually. Too much scrolling and not a constant display of current conditions. It’s a shame, it has all the information you would want, but just does a poor job of displaying it. I returned it.
Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this mainly for the inside, and wanted a good guess about the next day as well. This product does what I wanted and more. The only thing I have bad to say about it is, I wish it was a little taller, and wider. But on the plus side, it’s worth all that I paid for it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I should have read the reviews on the Model 3307 a very similar model and heeded them. But, thinking the 3308 was a debugged upgrade I made my second mistake and purchased it.
It’s one thing to spend ten dollars on a marginal item and quite another to spend a hundred.
Like so many of the 3307s I got five days use out of mine before it too
morphed into useless gadgetry and became high rent clutter.
Rating: 1 / 5