Digitech Wireless Weather Station XC0348

Temporary weather station for a permanent price – It was ok for about a year, then the outdoor temperature and humidity sensors died. The outdoor unit became very brittle, and it leaked. Then one of the anemometer cups fell off. Into the bin it went. Not a good investment. Low quality. Show details

worked for a year then outdoor sensor packed up – initially worked well until just after warranty heat sensor outdoors packed in - so pointless now as the whole unit has to be replaced- will not buy another digitech Show details

Worked well for over 2 years – had weather station working perfectly more than two years.. recorded temperatures up around to 40's. The rain and wind section not working now. JayCar said check for ants or nest. A small spider's web. It worked. Stopped again after a week. Changed batteries with no luck. Took it down from shed roof, cleaned and placed it lower and closer. Still not working. re programming??.

Like a scotch egg-good in parts – I found the outside temperature is too high by 3 to 4 degrees C whenever the sun hits the sensor unit. I fixed it by separating the solar cell from the temperature sensor and putting the temperature sensor in the shade. Viola! Everything else works fine.

Has issues, but great when all working – I have had my weather station less than a year and on 2 occasions the wind and rain elements of station have stopped working. I had bring down remove the batteries, take the batteries out of the screen. Wait 10 minutes put batteries back in, reset happy days. Recommend mount your station in a location you can easily bring down to reset. Otherwise very good unit Good luck Jono

Absolutely horrendous to set up, need to be an IT genius who can read horrendously written instructions – Instructions are absolutely hopeless whe trying to reset wifi connection after replacing router. If I sound frustrated, it’s because I am! Update more than 20 other wifi connections in less time than it’s taken me to find how to change wifi connections on my Digitech XC0436 weather station. Who ever wrote the instructions has made it the most… Read more

over complicated and vague instructions. Do yourself a favour stay well clear of this product if you want to retain your composure.

Broken – don't waste your money, after about a year stopped working completely, no good. of course no point going for warranty on this, cheap and unreliable, manual provides no assistance to troubleshoot either. I gave up. Will buy a better brand next time.

not worth the money – my second unit. this one works fine until it rains then the outside readings stop working. the only thing you can rely on is that it always stops working when it rains. I will never buy this brand again. Show details

Disappointing and unreliable – I've purchased two of these (XC-0348) over the last 3 years and have had issues with both. plastic disintegration on the sensor unit on the first, with corrosion on the phone-jack sensor ports and faulty consoles. The first console stopped displaying outdoor data of any kind, but indoor temp and pressure was OK. The second console unit worked… Read more

fine for about 6 months but now randomly resets itself, losing all the accumulated data and requiring date/time to be reset - sometimes daily. We collect data for our orchard and need reliable wind speed, direction and temperature data to record when performing an orchard spray and this just doesn't cut the mustard. I only purchased the second one, thinking that perhaps the fault was in the individual unit, but it now appears that poor quality runs through the line in general.

I'll never buy another Digitech unit and would advise anyone considering doing so to avoid this brand and this model.

Works for a while, then things start to fail and fall to bits – Works for a little while then dies, Things break and have to be glued up. Being made of white plastic make the outside unit prone to just falling to pieces. They go all powdery and break. Also the connections are not suitable for outdoor use. Just simple telephone connectors that suffer from corrosion and need cleaning often. I like the unit,… Read more

(when it is working) however a bit better selection of plastic for outdoor use would be a big plus. The transmitter on mine has failed and now trying to get a new one from somewhere. There should be an input power plug on the internal unit as I have to change the internal batteries often and then have to do a full setup again. PITA. I have installed a cable with USB connector to replace the batteries. works fine now just no outdoor info at the moment.

Amateur products not reliable – I've had the Jaycar XC0322 receiver with 2 transmitters for 3 years and share many of the other comments made. I've concluded that these domestic items just aren't sufficiently accurate or durable. Plus 2 and minus 1 degree readings from the remotes against the main receiver is not good enough. But digital thermometers commonly are less accurate… Read more

than alcohol, let alone mercury types - technology going backwards? Beware of any battery compartment with a fiddly rubber gasket weather seal. They are near impossible to close without dislodging the seal. And replace batteries after a set period or regularly test them. By the time readings fail, there will be leakage and the damage is done. All in all - save up for a professional set up - the rest are toys.

Digitech CX 0348 solar battery charger – I bought a digitech CX 0348 second hand unit. Had never been used was all still packaged in the plastic etc. Was reasonably cheap so took the dive and bought it. Setting up wasnt any real big deal and placed it on my small step ladder to give it a few days testing before climbing my roof to fully install it. One of the other forums I looked at… Read more

for possible problems with this type of unit, was that because the battery compartment and the solar panel compartment were one piece and had to be in a sunny area, that if you have an extremely hot day that the batteries would over heat and cause an overcharge problem and can cause the batteries to melt and possibly explode along with losing all data and possibly destroying the unit. So with that in mind I chose to not plug the solar battery recharge panel into the battery compartment and now use rechargeable batteries to power the signal unit. This means I can keep the battery compartment under cover and away from the sun and have a full working unit. The down side, is that there is no indicator on the monitor to indicate how low the batteries are getting, but using good quality rechargeable batteries 1.5v they should last around 12 months before recharging, small price to pay. If you were to buy this particular unit you will pay a higher price due to it having the solar panel, the units without the solar battery recharge units are just as good and cheaper.

Best look for another brand – Bought the Digitech weather station model XC0348 from a supplier in Victoria in May 2019, took about a month to receive the station. After it was installed, I found the wind vane had come off and part of the mechanism that the wind vane connects to was damaged. Jaycar replaced this with another unit, still no joy. I found the wires inside the unit… Read more

has come apart. Electus (Australian distributor) offered to try and fix it, now offered a full refund, waiting on the cash

Has never functioned properly – We have had ongoing issues with this unit. We need reliable data for our business and this system does not provide it. Rainfall and temperature readings are way out, if they work at all. Totally useless system, will not be replacing with another Digitech product. Show details

Inside unit works well – Outside unit disintegrated should have lasted longer than 3 years. The outside unit registered rain, wind & temp ok should have been UV treated plastic. Looking at buying another one i wonder if they sell the outside unit separate.

Doesn't record rainfall – It looks as though it works fine and with a good rainfall you get excited to see the data and you get nothing. Hasn't worked reliably at all. I'm looking at a refund. They should not be charging that price when it can't perform.

Chinese garbage at its finest – What an absolute piece of junk, if this thing said the sun was shining I wouldn’t go outside without an umbrella! Wind speed didn’t work, temp was incorrect, better off reading the weather by looking out the window. Ranga’s don’t like the sun and we don’t like this weather station either!

Transmitter failure fixed – My weather station failed in the same way as others have described after 6 months. I replaced the batteries as per instructions but the transmitter still didn't work. I noticed some oxidation on the battery terminal, scraped the terminals with a knife then replaced the batteries agsin. The red LED on the transmitter lit up immediately and the… Read more

data appeared on the base unit after about 30 seconds. The weather station works perfectly. Very happy with this product.

Be good if I ever got it back from warranty – Birthday present given to me the end of August. Setup pretty easy. While the recorded rain reading is ok on light to medium rainfalls, I've noticed on heavy (tropical) downpours the water reading is always a lot less than my manual gauge. Within a couple of weeks I kept dropping the connection between the base and the display. I found removal… Read more

and replacement of the display batteries was needed, but it would drop after 30 mins to an hour.

End of Sep I returned it to place of purchase who sent it off for warranty.

Its now the end of October and I've called the store, they cant give me a date for getting it back they just said give it at least a couple more weeks as it normally takes up to 6 weeks. 6 weeks for a warranty repair seems acceptable for this company!!! Last Digitech product I will be purchasing.

Good gadget – This was purchased several months ago and worked really well. Then, the outside details stopped working. The forum suggested change indoor unit batteries, which I did. Then I flushed the rain gauge and all was fine. Until it failed again this week. Been advised to check outdoor unit battery to see if one has failed, and flush unit again in case… Read more

spider web has formed inside. Will do tomorrow and if that fails, everything going back to Jaycar for them to look at.

Works now – I originally brought an xc036 Digitech weather station ,the batteries leaked on the inside unit a year after I got ii and totalled it,on asking if they (Digitech)provided replacement parts was told no!that went into the rubbish,I figured it was my fault.i brought a xco400,started off good for about 6 months.Then the outside sender unit batteries… Read more

went flat,went to the shop where I brought it and paid a large sum of money for batteries was told would last for years??2 months they were flat,brought a $25 transformer with the right voltage and away it went,11 months still long strong.i emailed Digitech was basically told wrong batteries, corrosion on contacts,can't do much more,bye.last one I am buying,there are better ones out there,I now read the reviews before I buy,saves a lot of money in the end.

no problems with mine – have had one since 2014 apart from having to adjust the rain gauge and clean out the resident spider, the equipment has worked fine. it operated perfect through a wind blast of 120k!! so no criticism of it at all.. in four years changed rechargeable batteries twice...

The first thing I look at each day – I would have said excellent except for the following reasons. I re set the history on the 1st. of January this year and we had 57.5 mm. of rain for the month, however it showed 54 mm. for the year to date this cant be right,can you advise what would cause this error. The only other issue is that spiders are a problem getting into the external unit.

Display unreadable & sensors prone to insect infestation – The 2nd LCD display (1st replaced) became unreadable within 18 mths. Not enough contrast to read the screen. The sensors (esp. rain) were prone to insects such as spiders, ants etc. interfering with mechanical actions. Exterior components not very UV stable. The wind speed cups disintegrated approx. 2 yrs after install. Upon inspection crumbled… Read more

like eggshell. Virtually no product support available. Sensors also aesthetically messy due to exposed cables etc. Replaced with Oregon Scientific WMR89, see my review on it! Not good either.

Poor quality lots of problems – Purchased 1 of these about 3 years back and then bought 2 for family members. 3 years in they have all failed. They all were plagued with inaccurate rain readings, inaccurate temperature readings and bits that fail and fall off. Have since purchased an xc369 unit which appears to be better quality and more features - hopefully that turns out to be the case.

Just when it gets you excited – Same thing has happened to mine . Must be a flaw in them . Painful as they're not cheap . Does one go back to supplier an hours drive to complain ?? Is there a trouble shooters section somewhere?

I get a lot of enjoyment out of the station – The weather station seems to be ideal,I have had it for 2-3 years without too many problems,mainly spiders getting into rain gauge, which I blocked off underneath with a bit of cloth,and occasionally it looses tramisson from outside to the base inside,which is a bit of a nuisance ,all I do is remove batteries from outside unit ,reset the… Read more

button,charge the batteries and put them back in again .

I also remove a battery from the base unit,wait a few minutes,put it back in then wait for the unit to receive the information again.

I have had a lot of enjoyment from the unit and would recommend it to anyone

Began well – Worked well for the first 15 months then outside temp started playing up and rainfall became very inaccurate. This is my second one, and previous one went the same way.

Another failure (no 2) just outside the warranty period – Received weatherstation as birthday present about 5 years ago. Just outside warranty period it failed. Jaycar reminded me it was outside warranty period and would not exchange. I cajoled them into giving me a $50 discount. Now some 2 years later this one has packed it in as well. Have not yet approached Jaycar yet, but I wont hold my breath for a… Read more

positive outcome. We enjoyed our XC0348 whilst it was working and will mis it. Both times it was the rain gauge that failed first, followed by the wind speed and then it failed to send signals to the base unit. Checked the batteries by charging them on a charger, and tried replacing them. No luck. I wouldn't buy another one from them.

Waste of money – Wish I had read the reviews before I wasted my money. Rain guage never accurate and not user friendly to reset which has had to be done often. I think it's dead this time and I won't be buying another one.

Poor results – this unit consistantly reads much lower, about 30%, than my manual gauge, wind detection and rain fall both appear to be effected by leaves and insects despite being sprayed with long acting surface spray. I would not recommend this unit Richard

Remote area need it – Weather station XC038 dose not record out side temp or rain & wind direction or speed. I have new batteries in & it was working before the unit is about 18 months old.

Hardware is ok(except for rain gauge ) but instruction manual does not give enough operational detai – Instruction manual does not describe how to set up weather forecast tendency screen in relation to current weather conditions. Rain gauge sticks and is subject to contamination from leaves dust etc May 6th 2018 Update: Transmission failure Further to my earlier review the outdoor transmitter unit is susceptible to failure caused by intense… Read more

electrical storm thus loosing all outdoor data.

The vendor does not carry spares to replace the failed electronic board