My wife just bought me a Brunton ADC Wind meter for an early B-day present. She got it for $50 from wholesale sports. Has anyone gotten any experience with one of these?? In the store they had three versions where the full version for like 160 included barometric readings and altitude readings, also came ready to upload weather readings and forecasts. Seems slightly small but to me if it can give an acurrate reading then it will do the trick.

Wow they have come down a lot in price. I have one that I got about 6-7 years ago and they were 115.00 CDN. It works fine but with the small recessed prop you need to make sure you are pointed directly toward the wind. There are some anemometer designs with a freely exposed prop that will get the wind when held up in any direction. My biggest thing was the lack of an on/off switch so it's always on. Nice to get temperature readings and time etc but really never used the majority of functions and in fact it was rare that I actually use a wind meter and then a couple of times when I looked for it the battery was dead. But that was looking for it maybe a couple of times a year in nuking winds to see what the extreme gusts were. In fact this posting reminded me that I had one, haven't looked at in several years.
Sounds like the model is a bit different now with the ability to upload weather forecasts - I guess the forecast wouldn't change though once uploaded?
We always see it as a jinx on the wind when it's light wind and guys are all pulling out wind meters. You know it's a big kite day so quite blocking the wind with that meter!

Sounds like a fun present at a nice price. Happy early birthday.

Have to agree with Mar hardly use mine just testing gust is its main purpose. Been on again off again winds here but some descent wind speeds. Don't be afraid to use it if your unsure always a plus to have around.

Happy early Birthday