Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge | 
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| Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $79.95
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Rating:  46 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.1 x 6
MPN: RGR122
Model: RGR122
UPC: 734811165367
EAN: 0840356725307
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Rain collector with remote indoor LCD-screen monitor; lets gardeners and hobbyists track daily and cumulative rainfall | | • | Wireless; self-emptying; 108-yard transmission range; memory function for previous 9 days | | • | Monitor can display in inches or millimeters; also shows time, date, and temperature of room (in Celsius or Fahrenheit) | | • | Alarm sounds when rainfall exceeds selected amount; also has standard alarm clock | | • | Monitor is 5-2/3 by 3-2/3 inches; collector is 5-3/4 inches high with 5-2/3-inch diameter |
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Product Description
Remote control self dumping rain gauge. Check daily or total rainfall, or recall daily data from previous nine days. Electronically measure rainfall within 1/10th of an inch. Empty the container via remote. LCD includes indoor temperature. U.S.A.
Amazon.com Review
Communicating to an LCD-screen monitor by radio waves, this wireless, self-emptying rain collector can be placed up to 108 yards away, allowing a gardener or hobbyist to keep track of daily and cumulative precipitation from the comfort of home or office. A memory function recalls daily-precipitation data from the previous nine days. The monitor also shows the indoor temperature of the room in which it's kept, the time, and the date. There are two alarms: One sounds when rainfall exceeds an amount selected, and the second is a clock alarm for wakeup or reminder. Programmable to display rainfall in inches or millimeters and temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, this system operates on two sets of AA batteries. One set powers the monitor, the other powers the collector. (Batteries not included.) The monitor measures 5-2/3 by 3-2/3 inches, and the collector is 5-2/3 inches in diameter and 5-3/4 inches high. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 rain gage OK August 1, 2008
Alan L. Lehman
I agree with all the comments about access to the batteries. That's about the dumbest design I've seen. Once set up, the rain gauge seems to work reliably and is fairly close, I think. I haven't attempted to really check it however.
The temperature sensor is another story. I doesn't work worth a darn unless it's within about 10 feet of the receiver. I wonder how the "short range" version would work.
 Very unreliable June 9, 2008
Deanna Grelinger (Gladstone, MO)
I have had this unit for 2 years. It works pretty good until it rains hard. The inside unit will lose the signal from the outside unit. It will not be able to pick it up again until a day or so after the rain stops, no matter how many times I tell the indoor unit to search for the outdoor unit. I guess that in heavy rain, the insides get wet (circuit board is exposed to the inside of the unit, and there is water in there!) and the unit does not transmit reliably. After it dries out inside, it goes back to working. Comments about hard to install batteries and terrible manual are accurate as well.
So, if you can use a rain gauge that measures light rains well, this is it. But for the occasional thunderstorm? You just have to be satisfied knowing that it is raining, you won't know how much.
 A wonderful weather station February 22, 2008
Paul D. Smith (Richmond, KY)
The rain gauge we have was a gift to us. We liked it so well that we have since ordered others. I think we have gotten four others from Amazon to give as gifts. You never have to empty water. When you return from a trip, you can view the rainfall for the previous 10 days. In addition, it is easy to set up and the inside unit also has a calendar and thermometer. The thermometer will also tell the highest and lowest temperatures it has recorded. Cold weather and ice do not bother it. We love it!
Little irritations October 22, 2007
G. Lester (North Carolina)
I have a thermometer from Oregon Scientific with an English/Metric button that was defective so fool me twice. This one has over a degree difference between outdoor and indoor temps with the sensor sitting beside the display. It was also hard to setup- instructions were confusing. I e-mailed customer service but did not receive a reply. Since we're in a drought, the rain gauge part hasn't had much of a test.
Surely, there's something better than this September 26, 2007
Floyd Sense (Eastern USA)
I've had this installed for a little over 2 years. It's a poorly conceived unit. Interested in measuring the rainfall over a year? Good luck as when you have to replace the batteries in the indoor unit, the rain gauge resets. If you have to replace the batteries in the outdoor unit, eventually you'll find the info on pressing the reset button on both units in order for them to communicate again. When you do that - guess what? The rain gauge resets! You'll get a lot more accurate reading, and your measuring equipment will last much longer if you forget this device and buy a nice clear plastic rain gauge and place it where you can see it from indoors. Write down the rainfall every now and then, and in the end you'll be much better off. And - you won't have to replace any batteries. Or, maybe the competition has a unit that works better?
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