The Garden Basics Wireless Weather Station pairs a large digital display with a wireless outdoor transmitter, so you can read what is happening outside without going out to look. It reports time, calendar, indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, a weather forecast and the moon phase. For a gardener it answers the two questions that change what you do on a given day: how hot it is, and how dry the air is.
What it does
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Indoor and outdoor readings side by side. Temperature and humidity from both the display unit and the remote transmitter, on one screen.
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Wireless to 30 metres. The transmitter sends data to the display over a range of up to 30m, which covers a typical suburban backyard.
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Large, plain display. A single panel measuring 130mm wide, 130mm deep and 30mm high, sized to be read at a glance rather than studied.
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Forecast and moon phase. A short range forecast for planning the day, and the moon phase for gardeners who plant by it.
How to use it
Place the display somewhere indoors that you walk past, and site the transmitter where it will read honestly: in shade, off hot brickwork and concrete, and out of direct sun, since a sensor in full sun reports the sun rather than the air. Keep it inside the 30m range, and remember that walls and metal cut effective range well below the maximum.
Care is minimal. Wipe the display gently with a dry cloth, never a wet or solvent-loaded one, and keep the unit itself out of the weather. If readings stop updating, distance or an obstruction between transmitter and display is the first thing to check.
What it suits
Everyday garden decisions. Home gardens and yards where you want to track outdoor temperature and humidity through summer heat and cold snaps, and time watering, planting and spraying to conditions rather than guesswork.
Small outdoor spaces. Balconies, patios and courtyards, where a compact unit and a short transmitter run suit the space. It is also useful for monitoring indoor comfort. Delivered Australia wide,.
Not for. Precision or professional use. This is a household monitor, not calibrated instrumentation, and the forecast is a general indication rather than a substitute for the Bureau of Meteorology.
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