AcuRite Wireless Indoor Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Sensor (06002M) , white

This product was a replacement for one that stopped working. We had it for a few years and needed a new one. This one is working great.

After years of use the old sensor stopped working.

The original AcuRite weather station sensor stopped working and a whole new weather station was almost $100. Figured I had nothing to lose trying this replacement. Put in batteries (not included), let it sit next to the base station for 30 minutes and all was synched. Works like a charm! Very happy.

Be sure to switch the A,B,C to a different setting on both when setting up. Had some trouble with it but it finally worked fine. Saved a bunch of money too!

Worked as promised

I bought this to replace the exact same sensor that originally came with my AcuRite weather station. The sensor that came with my weather staton was constantly losing connection. I tried everything numerous times, such as replacing the batteries, resetting its base station, changing locations many times, etc. Nothing worked. Since I have been using the new sensor, everything is working fine once again, and the sensor is no longer losing contact with the base station. I was quite disappointed that the original sensor only lasted two years before having to be replaced.

Ive never owned anything AcuRite. I dont even own the weather station you usually need to use with this. What I do own are several Raspberry Pis and an RTL_SDR. Getting this to be read couldnt have been easier. I simply installed rtl_433, and ran it. No commandline arguments required. In just a few seconds, it came back with the product identifier (a unique but static number that lets you distinguish one device from another), the temperature in Celsius, the humidity as a percentage, and the status of the battery (just a boolean value for either OK or not). This device sends out updates approximately every 15 seconds (though this varies by a few seconds each time; this is by design, to avoid packet collisions). The accuracy seems fine to me. When I got it, I stuck it beside our nest thermostat, and the temps were spot on. The humidity did read a few points low though, but I only care about the temps, so that doesnt matter to me that much. So far, Ive just been reading the temps manually, but eventually, I plan to write some scripts, or maybe just connect these to Home Assistant, to set up some alarms for when the garage is about to freeze, or for when the freezers are about to unfreeze. So far, Ive only put one in the garage, but Ive ordered a few more to monitor the fridges and freezers. For the price, you really cant go wrong.

works good like to keep track of this Texas temperatures.

as advertised

Works as described.