The “Weather Station with Outdoor Sensor” from “ALongSong” is a handy wireless weather station that provides plenty of daily information on its clear digital display.

Set up of the weather station is surprisingly simple. The outdoor sensor requires 2x AAA batteries, which don’t come included, so you’ll need some. The indoor digital display can be plugged into the mains / a USB pot or you can also power it with batteries. Personally, I opted to plug it into the mains using a simple USB plug adaptor.

Linking the display to the outdoor sensor was automatic for me. I have the sensor located in my summerhouse, some 20 meters away from the display unit. It had absolutely no problem at all connecting straight off at this distance and has continued to provide what appears to be consistent and accurate temperature readings from the summerhouse.

During the day the display unit is constantly illuminated with its LCD backing making it very easy to read, even at a distance or a passing glance. At night the blue illuminated backing doesn’t emit too much illumination to bother you if you have it in your bedroom. I have it on top of a chest-of-drawers at the other end of the bedroom and have not found the constant low-level illumination it provides bothersome at all.

The overall quality of the manufacture and materials used for both the display unit and the wireless outdoor sensor are excellent. They’re made from a tough and durable injection moulded hard-plastic that could certainly withstand a few accidental knocks and bumps without suffering any damage.

All in all I’ve been very impressed with the set. It works well, appears to be fairly accurate, and provides easy-to-read real-time information.