RMR683HGA Oregon, Nice idea, poor execution
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Nice idea, poor execution
Pros:
- When it’s working, the MR683 is a nice little device. The base unit detects temp and humidity, but the included remote unit detects only temp. Nice touches are the atomic clock (nice to have when you consider the cons below…) The LCD shows a basic little temperature ‘trend’ arrow that is simple but surprisingly useful when trying to gauge whether or not to open up the windows at night vs leave the a/c on.
Cons:
- Button placement and utilization is horrible! Had to read the manual twice to figure out how to get the thing set up the way I wanted. 4 control buttons are flush-mounted on the side, and 6 are mounted on the back.
- Shows only one sensor at the time (have to find the button to switch between inside and outside temp.) Dure to the poor UI, you have to fumble with it a bit to make sure you hit the right button to swap sensors.
- After about 6 months, it stopped listening reliably to the external sensor. Swapped the batteries - didn’t help. Only thing that works is resetting the base unit. It does this about once a day, maybe when it’s syncing up with the atomic clock. I keep a paperclip handy to reset it.
- Time is lost when you reset the device (necessary due to the above con) and it takes a half a day for the clock to sync back up, so basically it’s now pretty useless as a clock most of the time…
Update (5/19/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.
The featured review for this product, Oregon Scientific RMR683HGA Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with Self-Setting Atomic Clock, White Kitchen, was written by Andrew Hoffman.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Tags: alarm clock, atomic clock, es, hygrometer, junk, oregon scientific, outdoor thermometer, thermometer, weather station, wireless thermometer, wireless weather stations
Posted on: June 4, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
Andrew Hoffman
April 27th, 2010 at 4:43 am
Nice idea, poor execution
Rated 1 stars.
J. Doe
May 10th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Disappointing and not recommended
I was disappointed by this Oregon Scientific product. I’ve listed the reasons below.
The outdoor sensor doesn’t measure humidity. Perhaps the packaging said something to this effect, but it certainly wasn’t obvious (I don’t have the packaging anymore to check).
The plastic packaging was VERY hard to open. I had to use a pocket knife, and I came close to cutting myself.
The instructions are very poorly written. Yeah, I got the thing working eventually, but only after cursing the people who wrote the instructions. You’d think that the company would expend at least SOME effort to make sure that the directions were clear and unambiguous.
The directions say that the remote (outdoor) sensor doesn’t work well in very cold weather (because the batteries don’t function well). Well, since I live in the northeast, very cold weather is common here. If I knew this in advance, I wouldn’t have bought the unit.
I can’t recommend this product. There must be something better available.
Ali Dimashkieh
May 20th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Well built and easy to use
The display is clearer than I thought, even from different angles. The only thing I did not like is that the proposed sensor not only reads temperature and humidity. The humidity reading on the clock to remain as strokes. You have to moisture Buy a separate sensor. Still, this product is really good, and easy to adjust / install.
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