Ambient Weather WS-5000: Smart Ultrasonic Weather Station for Accurate Home Forecasting

Randy225: Easy to setup and install. Works great 😊 and seems to be very accurate on everything.
I really like it and would recommend it to anyone looking to purchase a very good weather station.

United States on Dec 22, 2023

Michael Schuller: Este es un producto muy exacto, de muy buena calidad, vale la pena la inversión

Mexico on Sep 14, 2023

Francois Limoges: Hesitated a long time before buying the WS-5000 but it has proven to be a fantastic choice. I love its precision and the amount of information provided out of the box. Without any extra sensors, all the weather information I need is there.

The goods
1. Super precise with lots of information collected and reported on screen.
2. When linked to Ambient Weather Network, you can see your own unit weather data on your phone (with their app) or on a web browser.
3. Partly Solar powered. You still need AA batteries but most of the power comes from the solar panel on top of the unit.
4. Can be linked to a global network of similar units, two networks in fact, where the WS-5000 shares data and allows you to read data from others. It makes it more informative than just using your unit.
5. The unit is expandable, allowing you to add Thermo-Hygrometer, temperature reader (for upstairs vs. downstair or tracking wine cellar), soil moisture, wireless Waterproof Floating Pool Thermometer, and more.

The hard
1. Although easy to put together, it requires a bit of time to align the wind detection unit with True North.
2. Connecting to the Internet...

Canada on Jul 31, 2023

Wonnarua Pastoral: Had another big brand American unit that had few features, cost a pretty penny and chewed through anemometers. Then when it finally died I searched the net for the best replacement weather station. I settled on the Ambient Weather Station and have found it to be an awesome product. Can access the data anywhere with internet and the data it reports seems accurate with the local weather service.
The colour display is awesome and it was pretty easy to erect the outdoor unit on a steel pole and set up indoor receiver unit. I’ve had the unit for about three years and I highly recommend the product.

Australia on May 07, 2023

Big DogBig Dog: The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is the setup. Several people talk about the difficulty with setup. I thought this would impact sensor detection or WIFI. The sensors are detected very easily. The difficulty is entering IDs and passwords for WIFI and other setup. I was not sure how to do this from the manual. I found some Ambient produced You Tube videos that were very helpful. The console does not have a touch screen. Everything is done with buttons that control direction or upper/lower case. It is quite tedious. Once you get through that, the system is WONDERFUL!

I debated about the WS-5000 or a model with a combined sensor including the mechanical wind sensor. I decided to go top of the line. I am glad I did. The wind sensor works well.

I have had a weather station for about 17 years. I replaced a La Crosse Technology setup where I had two consoles, one on a desk in the family room and one in the office. The consoles had built in temperature sensors for indoor temperatures. The WS-5000 comes with one indoor sensor that is separate from the console. I ordered a second sensor -...

United States on Apr 11, 2023

Ken P.: Very easy setup, connects immediately and thus far has been very accurate

Canada on Mar 14, 2023

NJPerkins: This weather station is just awesome. I was upgrading from an old Oregon Scientific (10+ years old) where the sensors were giving out and replacements unavailable. This does everything well, and the range is very good as well. I have mine on my desk across the house from the windows that face the devices in our back yard.
The display is bright, colorful, and has loads of info on it. Setup was pretty easy, and it actually came with a printed manual... a rarity these days! I was intrigued with the ultra-sonic wind gauge (no moving parts) and it appears to be more accurate than my old one with a traditional cup anemometer.
It took me some time to figure out how to set the Absolute (Station) and Relative (Sea Level) but once I realized the indoor temp/pressure unit displayed absolute always, it was easy to make the Hg to Mb conversion and adjust the settings for ABS and REL in the display.
I also got the lightning detector, but we haven't had any thunderstorms yet, so I have yet to see how it works.

Totally happy with this purchase, and well worth going for the more expensive WS-5000.

United States on Feb 24, 2022

branden charlton: The sensors are on the roof where they belong. After three days I able to use the dispaly all the way in my office on the groudn floor. I move a floor a day to see if the radio range would cut through the house and all the radio nosie around. I can not tell you how happy I am with this. It made it all the way to my desk and I watch it update all the time to the left of my computer. Well worth the price, well worth the setup time and so worth for the web interface. All of that was very easy to use and setup.

Canada on Jan 25, 2022

D. CoralD. Coral: Wow I LOVE this Ambient Weather WS-5000. Don’t waste your time on lousy competitor models!

I had an AcuRite Atlas for a couple years, but I got tired of constantly losing the historical weather trends every time we had a brief power outage. The AcuRite has a major design flaw by not having any kind of time sync (no Internet NTP or even radio time sync) the AcuRite Atlas resets the clock back to factory default time, and then all the weather data is messed up.

While the AcuRite Atlas takes less time to install (it is all one piece unit, no assembly needed), this WS-5000 blows it away as far as the careful thought that Ambient Weather put into the display and presentation of information. For example, the AcuRite Atlas shows 48 hour rainfall on the display. Why not 24 hour? The WS-5000 has all the info laid out in a way that I can see the useful stats at a glance, very intuitive and in a beautiful presentation. The AcuRite display is also very pretty looking, but I can tell that the Ambient Weather WS-5000 display was designed by weather gurus who probably debated each icon for many weeks before deciding how to show it on the screen.

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United States on Mar 29, 2021