the lemming - 28-4-2010 at 04:12 PM
Any ideas where I can get one at a reasonable price?
Ive spotted one for under £20.
This a good deal?
http://www.skyview.co.uk/dept1/acatalog/EA3000_Handheld_Anem...
acampbell - 28-4-2010 at 05:36 PM
Yes it is what I use. Here in the USA it is known as the LaCrosse wind meter. Inexpensive enough to lose from time to time (how do I know that?).
Prolly not as accurate as the $100 units but be real; the wind is going to vary from moment to moment more than the margin of error for a cheap unit.
I can compare it to the readings of a local commercial weather station installation that I can read from my iPhone and it is in synch.
flexiblade - 28-4-2010 at 06:22 PM
If you have an Iphone (this is timely to the other post about gps's) there is a wind meter app for .99 that rippsessions posted about a while back. I
will swear to it's accurate wind readings.
WolfWolfee - 28-4-2010 at 07:36 PM
I go by two simple rules if the winds blowing fly and if you can't stand up in the winds don't...lol.
erratic winds - 28-4-2010 at 07:59 PM
One note about anemometers, when buying, do get the ones with the fan-on-post versus the fan-on-axle/in-cylinder style. The latter must be pointed
into the wind direction to get a reading, while the fan-on-post style can just get poked up in the air.