TX29U-IT La Crosse, Works good in constant..

Overall Rating44444

Works good in constant freezing temperatures

First off, heed the warnings from the manufacturer: don’t put these in locations where they can get heavily rained on, and don’t put them in direct sunlight.

I purchased this sensor as an add-on to a LaCrosse Weather Station so I can monitor an additional location. I’ve had it for a number of months now. This sensor is located in the backyard, attached to a deck underneath an overhang so it doesn’t get too wet.

I live in a part of the country where the winters are long and harsh. We’ve had temperatures below freezing for almost two months straight now, with a low of -15F so far this season, and this sensor is still working. If it makes it through May (the end of our winter) I’ll be surprised. I’ll post an update if I have any problems!

UPDATE: Sept 28, 2009 (9 months after original review above): This sensor lasted all winter and summer, despite having snow accumulate on the top during the winter and lows of -15F and winds of 80mph… amazing. Keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll have as good of luck this winter too!

Update (5/19/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, La Crosse Technology TX29U-IT 915 MHz Wireless Temperature Sensor Kitchen Oct 9, 2007, was written by Juniorverse1.

The average rating for this item is 4 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Richard A. Laburt

March 24th, 2010 at 4:34 pm    


Overall Rating22222

Dosn’t Work If It’s Rained On
If its where rain can reach it it can quit functioning. As it is to be used outside how do you NOT get rained on. My first one died.


Retired

March 29th, 2010 at 6:23 am    


Overall Rating55555

wireless temp sensor
This wireless temperature sensor works extremely well and is easy
to set up - but you absolutely must follow the directions exactly.

Range is excellent - but just make sure that some large object such
as a metal shed or a large oak tree is not in line-of-sight between
any of the transmitters and the receiver.

I am using 3 of these temp sensors with the 915 MHz receiver. One
sensor came with the receiver, and I just purchased two more, since the
receiver can display up to three different temperatures from three
sensors. However be advised that if you carry one or more of these
sensors out of range and the receiver loses track of it, you absolutely
must take the batteries out of all three sensors and out of the
receiver and re-initialize all of them. This is not a difficult step,
since I did it several times while playing around with the sensors to
see how much range they had - which resulted in the receiver losing
track of one of them.

When you first see the instruction booklet that comes with the receiver,
it looks daunting, but not to worry, since only a tiny part of it is in
English, with all the rest in other languages. Once the temp sensors are
initialized, then it takes only a few seconds to set the clock.

I read in other reviews that some buyers had problems getting their
receiver to respond to some sensors, but that is because the buyers failed
to properly re-initialize their units. Also be advised that if you buy
a display unit that receives transmissions at 915 MHz, then you absolutely
must buy sensors that also transmit at 915 MHz. Several of the sensors
that are sold by Amazon look alike, but not all of them use 915 MHz, so
carefully read the tech specs to make sure that both the transmitter and
the receiver operate at 915 MHz.


Juniorverse1

April 8th, 2010 at 10:39 am    


Overall Rating55555

Works good in constant freezing temperatures
Rated 5 stars.


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