Lidl 4-LD1558. Budget Weather Station. Made by digi-tech.

Got one of these from the Kingston (upon Thames) branch SAT17MAY08.
£14.99 as stated. They had got three more.

I shop there about once a month,
but I doubt that I would have noticed this in passing,
since I dont associate electronic gadgets with Lidl.
Good One Brymboman.
Thanks for the info about the availability of this.

First Whinge.

A universal complaint about the marketing of electronic gadgets,
is that you cant tell what you are buying from the scant info on the outside of the box. You have to read the instruction leaflet which is inside the sealed box. You just have to buy the thing blind, and hope for the best.

The info on the box is:

"Modern weather station with external sensor and radio controlled clock. Up to 3 external sensors can be connected. Barometer, hygrometer, weather forecast, sunrise and sunset times, tides, illumination. Batts included."

Thats all the description there is, plus a picture from which one might infer some info.

This whinge also applies to Maplin, who one would have thought ought be the experts in this. You go to their website and click for more info, but only a few odd points are there. What they need to do is reproduce the instruction leaflet.


Second Whinge (minor).

I have had the thing for 4 days, but not yet powered it up.
The reason is the setup procedure will require care, it might take 2 hours to lock in its signals, and I havent yet found time to do it.