AcuRite Atlas 01007M Weather Station with Temperature and Humidity Gauge, Rainfall, Wind Speed, Direction & Lightning Detection for Home Forecast

Okay, like many others here I've been waiting for this Atlas model to come out in order to replace my older Acurite 5-1 station. From the start I noticed many of the negative reviews due to the Lightning Sensor and other issues and wasn't sure whether to buy this or not. After going back and forth on different makes and models I decided to order this Atlas with the intention of returning it within Amazon's 30 day return policy if I had problems.I ordered the Atlas on Sunday and sure enough the box arrived in 3 days so great service from Amazon. The installation went easier then I had thought and sure enough I had the unit up and running in less then an hour. For my situation, the signal from the outdoor sensor is strong enough that I don't even need the display antenna extended. Improves the look a little without it.So far I've had it up and running for 24 hours and everything appears to be working fine, no issues with either the sensor unit itself or the display, and no false lightning strikes either, at least not yet! All readings seem to be accurate although we haven't had rain yet so we'll see how that plays out. The display itself appears to be much more professional and high tec then my old one. Certainly a nice upgrade.The only issue I've had so far is connecting my unit online to both the MyAcurite and Weather Underground sites. In the end I ended up unplugging the Access unit and taking the batteries out. After replacing the batteries and restarting the Access unit everything worked fine and I was online in no time.As a suggestion for people that need technical support, if you don't get your questions answered to your satisfaction by Acurite, try using the Acurite forum on the WXforum.net site or the Acurite Weather Stations Users group on FaceBook. The members on these sites are a great help and can answer almost anything.Keeping my fingers crossed that this new Atlas unit continues to be trouble free and I'll update this review if and when it ever happens.

The market standard Weather Stations have been quite expensive for many years. I found recently good reviews for the AcuRite Atlas 01007M Weather Station. The older units had some issues. They seemed to have been resolved.It is nearly half the cost of the old standard model from a competitor. I trust Amazon, so I ordered it. The delivery was exactly on the anticipated date. The manuals are in reasonably large print with mostly color pictures. The parts went together quickly, and without any tools!The display is excellent and can be adjusted for contrast and brightness. The wireless access device connected to the internet fairly quickly trough our internet modem router. Updates installed on their own. I bought a Winegard DS-3000 J Pipe, a mast and Channel Master CM 9017 U-Bolts to place the station higher in the air for greater accuracy. Also bought AcuRite remote battery pack that is specific to Atlas to make it a snap to change batteries at ground level. Use the AA Ultimate Lithium batteries. Lasts longer, and works better in freezing temps. Solar panels run small fans to keep the thermometer at outdoor temperature. This station will connect to Weather Underground. The instructions are at the AcuRite Support site. You can also share your weather through AcuRite to friends and family. Again, the instructions are available. I am so happy with the quality, accuracy, and simplicity in setup. I may buy another one for another location.

I purchased the AcuRite Atlas 01007M Personal Weather Station. This package contains the base station (temp, humidity, rain, wind), wireless connection, display console and lightning detector.Installation was simple--it's mounted on a 12-ft pole I purchased from Lowe's. Wireless connection was straight forward and connected to PWS within seconds (it's about 150 ft. away). Display is pretty nice--lots of data to show and I like the current rain rate too. It has the ability to connect other stations and cycle through them. Lightning detector hasn't seen any issues that I've seen others report in the past--we've had one lightning strike near us and it's being reported correctly by the Atlas. I do recommend the lithium batteries--we had a few nights that were very cold (single digits) and it affected the batteries. I intend to get the wind vane extender and battery extender soon.I have also connected the PWS to Acurite online and can pull up all the info on my phone. I also connected it to Weather Underground. My station now shows up on the WU map! A recent storm knocked out power in the area for a day. The unit came back online with no issues and all the data collected during the outage is all there. My alerts are set up to email me certain events--offline, high wind, etc. Those are working nicely.I had wanted one of these for quite some time, and I researched a lot of units, and I'm very happy with the unit.