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Ecowitt Wittboy Wi-Fi Weather Station $229.99 (Was $269.99) Delivered @ Ecowitt AU via Amazon AU

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Ecowitt Wittboy Wi-Fi Weather Station $229.99 (Was $269.99) Delivered @ Ecowitt AU via Amazon AUAffiliate
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The All-in-1 Intelligent Weather Station.
Your private weather station will pick up data of temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, light and UV levels, as well as rainfall, and report it to you through ecowitt app or the ecowitt.net website.
All-in-1 Weather Station : Temperature, humidity, wind direction/speed, light and UV levels.
Near-Zero Maintenance : All-in-1 weather station with no moving parts.
Dual-Power Supply : Solar power autonomy & Backup battery
Haptic Rainfall Sensor : More accuracy Anti-vibration design
Get Live Data Instantly : View live data on Ecowitt app
Get Alert E-mails : on your own defined alert condition, mails can be triggered to notify you the alert.
Support A Bundle of Sensors : Ecowitt developed or to be developed sensors are all supportd.
Light, Compact Yet Robust : Install it outdoors and let it do its weather station magic.
Easy integration Third Party : With its unique data exchange protocol, it can be integrated easily with third party systems.
Long Transmission Range : Data can be picked up and received through hub GW2000 in 150 meters.

When finished Wi-Fi configuration, Wittboy is capable of sending your sensor data to select internet-based weather services, such as Ecowitt Weather, Weather Underground, Weather Cloud, Weather Observation Website (WOW) or Customized Website(Supports uploading to your customized website, if the website has the same protocol with Wunderground or Ecowitt)

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  • dearears on 28/08/2022 - 09:13
    +5

    That's a lot of money to spend to grow 5 tomatoes this summer.

    • 10101010101 on 28/08/2022 - 09:20
      +2

      Grow lettuce instead and you'll be ahead on your first lettuce

      • Tony-Abbott on 28/08/2022 - 10:07
        +3

        Have you even shopped in the past month? They are $2 each.

        • DH on 28/08/2022 - 11:40
          +3

          Maybe he means the devil's variety?

  • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 09:34
    +7

    Tempting because compared with my current station it has no moving parts to break down, wear out with sun exposure or get clogged with gunk.

    The only negative really is that it does not have an inside display, relying totally on the app or an internet service. It is pretty nice just checking status as you walk past the base station on my current set up.

    PS: I can’t believe how bad the promotional video is. The locations where they are setting it up are a joke.

    • McFly on 28/08/2022 - 09:40
      +1

      Farmer Joe is my favourite character.

      • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 09:54
        +2

        At least farmer Joe is installing it at a slightly better location (at least until the grapes grow over it). Gardener Josh is putting it under the eaves of his house! And Princess Polly is sticking it over a concrete driveway.

        I was wondering about the accuracy of this considering it has no moving parts. All the sensors have range errors listed, and seem good and reliable for a budget device. The exception is the haptic rain gauge range error is listed as “tba”. But as it measures to the nearest 0.1mm probably not worth worrying about.

    • gambino on 28/08/2022 - 09:46
      +2

      They have a version with the indoor display, it just isn't on amazon at the moment. see HP2564

      • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 09:48

        Indeed, in fact seems OOS everywhere although listed on the Fine Offset website (manufacturer). Also USD$399.

        I think I will get one of these when available.

        • gambino on 28/08/2022 - 09:57

          I would have pulled the trigger on the op post, but I really want the indoor display too.

    • illusion99 on 28/08/2022 - 10:37

      Haven't used one before - where ideally should I be placing this?

      • VerticallyIntegrated on 28/08/2022 - 10:59
        +4

        I place mine on top of the toilet cistern.

        Measures wind speed and direction.

        Hoping the next model includes an air purifier.

        • McFly on 28/08/2022 - 11:08
          +1

          Rookie mistake. You need to put the air quality sensor on the toilet.
          The weather sensor goes in the bedroom.

        • illusion99 on 28/08/2022 - 12:46

          Cool

    • whats up skip on 28/08/2022 - 13:27

      The trade off with no moving parts is how the rain sensor works. If rainfall reading are important to you, I wouldn't recommend this sort of system. The readings need to be locally calibrated, but even then can be disturbed by wind and vibrations. Not to mention if a bird lands on the thing.

      • McFly on 28/08/2022 - 19:08

        That's why they've warm-heartedly included this - for you only!

        Coming with Bird Spike Accessory
        The warm-hearted gift——bird spike allows you to own safe and sound intelligent weather station. Say Goodbye to birds interference. This Detachable Metal Bird Spikes Set for outdoor sensor is designed to discourage birds from landing on the outdoor sensor

        • whats up skip on 29/08/2022 - 09:06

          They will only work with some birds. I have had bird deliberately attach bird spikes. Remember we have cockatoos and the like in Australia.

          Still won't solve the wind problem.

    • ripprind on 01/09/2022 - 01:13

      I remember learning about these rain sensors on my school trip to a national weather station 15+ years ago.
      It seemed like really cheap, simple design and more reliable than other options. I would trust it as much as I would trust other methods in this price range.
      The only issue I remember was measuring snowfall

  • McFly on 28/08/2022 - 09:35
    +3

    Anyone know weather these/this brand are any good?
    Looking to add to Home Assistant.

    Lots of additional sensors also on sale.

    • BJReplay on 28/08/2022 - 09:45
      +4

      Take my upvote for your italicised pun, you are asking for it with a provocative italicisation like that.

      Ecowitt is the brand of Fine Offset who are the OEM of a lot of the brands out there in the marketplace. They're not Davis that cost 3x as much, but they're pretty good.

    • McFly on 28/08/2022 - 09:57
      +2

      Just found a review.
      Looks good.
      At least one Floridian likes it, and he even lives near Melbourne.

    • Public21 on 28/08/2022 - 10:37
      +1

      I have an earlier Ecowitt system (HP2551) integrated into Home Assistant. It works well.

      • johnny1983 on 28/08/2022 - 11:41

        Is it noisy i.e. when the wind speed paddle is spinning on a windy day? I live in Sydney equivalent of Seinfelds Del Boca Vista!

    • team teri on 28/08/2022 - 10:58
      +1

      Yes, got a different bundle from a sale a few months ago. Works perfectly fine with the Ecowitt integration installed through HACS.

    • KablammoNick on 28/08/2022 - 12:39

      I’ve got the older GW1003, which is just the GW1000 Gateway with the sensor array from the HP2553… plus a few soil sensors, lightning sensor and PM2.5 sensor.

      Works well, integrates nicely with HA.

    • trippy on 28/08/2022 - 18:46
      +1

      I have the Ecowitt HP2551 and it works perfectly with HA using the Ecowitt integration.

  • jimmej on 28/08/2022 - 10:12

    Ecowitt have plenty of different models. There are also plenty are rebranded ecowitt models. Do your research and find out what you actually want. This is one of their more expensive models. Can't comment if this is a good price. Did my research two years ago but the model I ended up on was ~180.

    • entropysbane on 28/08/2022 - 11:45

      They are all manufactured by Fine Offset (www.foshk.com) which is the main OEM of the cheaper end of reasonable weather stations. Including Ecowitt. So Ecowitt a rebranded Fine Offset.

      I can’t remember the brand I got for mine which was about the same price as yours but got it on an ebay plus sale. There is an Ecowitt version.

  • 10101010101 on 28/08/2022 - 10:25

    I'm tempted for geek factor and no other reason than it being something missing from my current home automation setup. Would love a PM2.5 sensor to track bushfire burnoff smoke.
    The light sensor might actually be quite useful to inform my sensor light automation which is currently just based on sunrise and sunset.

    • alexgregory on 29/08/2022 - 10:56

      I am the same as you, wishing I had a PM2.5 sensor but don't have the money to spend on it. I found someone close to me with one on Purple Air and reached out to Purple to request an read API, https://api.purpleair.com/. I now have the reading coming in to my system from someone within a few 100m from me.

      • 10101010101 on 29/08/2022 - 14:01

        Have you integrated via Home Assistant? My old API integration broke and haven't yet migrated to the new api

        • alexgregory on 02/09/2022 - 13:20

          I just sent what I use in HA to HA via MQTT.

  • 10101010101 on 28/08/2022 - 10:30
    +4

    ECOWITT WS2320 Wi-Fi Weather Station, Wireless Outdoor Solar Powered 7-in-1 Weather Sensor and LCD Console Display, PC Software Operation, E-Mail Alert, 433 MHz https://amzn.asia/d/9kkzbaC

    Only $135 after coupon. Comes with a display too. Probably good enough for my needs

  • icanconfirm on 28/08/2022 - 10:35
    +1

    What do people do with these? (serious q). Wanting to know how it can be applied to backyard and home

    • Public21 on 28/08/2022 - 10:44
      +3

      There’s a certain geek factor in them, but I have mine linked into home automation. This means I can do things like close the motorised blinds if it is too hot/cold. I have a garden irrigation system linked to the rainfall data (or I just know I’d better water the plants because no rain in the past fortnight)

      If we are going out it gives me a better idea of the temp/wind/humidity/UV etc

      There are cheaper ways to do this and you could just rely on the BoM weather station being close enough but I am a data consumer.

        • Public21 on 28/08/2022 - 17:27
          +1

          You'll need a computer of some kind to run the Home Assistant software and then things like the weather station and any Xiaomi devices can be integrated.

          I run mine on an RPi4, but they are a bit hard to get at the moment. You can run HA on small PCs like the Intel NUC or even an old laptop that can stay on 24/7. For a complete noob like I was, the Raspberry Pi was easier to set-up because it can run as a complete system. In other set-ups you have to run things in containers and that is a bit more complex for beginners.

          • trippy on 28/08/2022 - 18:49

            @Public21: Odroid N2+ is a lot faster than RPi. It is what is used in Home Assistant Blue so has full HA support). I ordered directly from Korea (Hard Kernel) which was really easy.

            • Public21 on 28/08/2022 - 22:25

              @trippy: They do look good.

              I don't really tax my RPi but if I get enthusiastic and keep adding more things…………

              • trippy on 07/09/2022 - 14:22

                @Public21: It is more for when you need to restart HA and do updates and add integrations. It took me from a considerable waiting time with the RPi to pretty much instantaneously with the odroid.

  • kulprit on 28/08/2022 - 10:42

    What is it really offering over the 1101 which is quite often on special?

    Every time they come up I talk myself out of it, but mainly down to can't work out which model is best.

  • Nils on 28/08/2022 - 10:43
    +5

    This is a dream come true for us suburban dads! Finally more accurate weather predictions with independent data to give more exact and correct unrequested weather updates to your family! 5 stars!

  • 10101010101 on 28/08/2022 - 10:52

    Seems like the 433mhz can cause issues with other devices running on that frequency. Eg garage remote, wireless alarm sensors doorbell chimes. Stopping myself from impulse buying one of these things

  • mrhugo on 28/08/2022 - 11:05

    There are so many weather stations around me pumping their data to WU that I've never bothered to setup my own. I just use those data sources for my use case, which is used for controlling the irrigation system.

    I do have a aqara temperature & humidity & pressure sensor, but the data just gets logged and isn't used for anything else.

  • chalks1971 on 28/08/2022 - 11:33

    Whats that pole in the videos? It doesnt come with it, & I cant find it in the accessories on the website.

  • R1ngSt1nger on 28/08/2022 - 12:03

    Yeah, would love to know how to mount these. Website says it fits a 1" pole. Do you just buy a gal steel pole from bunnings and screw it on that?

    EDIT: Something like this: https://www.bunnings.com.au/metal-mate-25-4-x-1-2-1m-galvani… ?

    • tm32 on 28/08/2022 - 12:44
      +1

      The next challenge is what your mounting this tube to, and how. Suprisingly that was the most difficult part.

      In fact before you buy a weather station, have a good think about where your going to place it.

  • bdl on 28/08/2022 - 12:45

    7 highly impact sensor suits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCQJzccQtn0

  • Captain Hindsight on 28/08/2022 - 13:13

    I’ve been looking for something that has indoor temp sensors and integrates with google home. Any OBers know of such a device?

    • AusRetro on 28/08/2022 - 17:21

      It sounds like you just want an smart thermometer. There seems to be plenty of options available. For example this simple one

      • Captain Hindsight on 28/08/2022 - 18:11

        Thanks but I want one that works with google home, I don’t think that one does.

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