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Oregon Scientific EARS7/RMR500 Review by Ted "Ted" (Phoenix, AZ)
Not awful, but far from great. I sent it back pretty quickly. I really liked how all of the temperatures are displayed at the same time. But, I was grossly disappointed that it didn't store min/max temps. The display was pretty easy to read. The little plastic chips that come with it to label each section of the display were pretty weak (you're expected to write on the little plastic chip with a marker, then snap it in place.) Would have been nice to have some preprinted labels so it wouldn't look so cheap. It has a backlight for when it's dark, but you can't find the button to turn on the backlight in the dark, without pressing some other button you didn't mean to... Poor design in that area.
Oregon Scientific EARS7/RMR500 Review by Trevor S. Schultz
I bought this product to monitor my two humidors that I have. To me, it is vital that the humidity and temp are very accurate. The temp is very accurate for the main unit as well as the sensors. The humidity, however, is another story. I have a calibrated hygrometer which I double checked for accuracy using the salt test. Well I compared it to the sensors and main unit and they were all off significantly. (6%,9%, and even 15%) Normally, I wouldn't really mind that much as long as the percentages stayed incorrect by the same percentages all the time, but they dont. I did the test twice (both in a closed controlled environment), and the percentages varied by different percentages this time. I would not recommend this product for anyone that is looking for an accurate humidity measure, as I was for my humidors.
Oregon Scientific EARS7/RMR500 Review by Tog
Because this unit shows all five of its pairs simultaneously, the numbers are quite small, so this unit, instead of being readable across the room as were earlier models that showed their pairings sequentially, is only readable if you are within a couple of feet. That we knew going in. What we didn't know is that the RMR500A's screen is about one-third as reflective as the prior, discontinued models we own, so the numbers, under normal lighting, appear as little as 10% darker than the background (approximately Tungsten on Iron, instead of the Tungsten on Silver of the earlier model), making it impossible to read the display without significant light striking the screen. (The product photo is how the numbers would look were you to shine a high-intensity light directly on the display and in no way represents the contrast ratio you can expect in "real life.")
Not satisfied with an inferior display, they then released an industrial designer to create a huge, hulking piece of highly-reflective and rippled plastic that is permanently fused to the front of the display. This hunk of plastic features the thick bas-relief of a cutsey little two-story house, complete with rooms, to further distort the already difficult-to-see numbers.
The finishing touch are brightly-colored bars on which you can hand-write your labels (no labels other than "Main Unit" were supplied). These bars are many times brighter than the display background, thereby making the numbers almost impossible to read. (The current product illustration shows black bars with professionally printed labels. Neither those bars nor those labels were provided with my RMR500a, shipped in January, 2009.)
On the upside, this device can show five temperature/humidity combinations simultaneously, which is a real plus. As long as you are willing to accept the above limitations and have a good light source that will directly strike the display, it can get the job done.
BTW, even though both the Oregon Scientific website and their tech support people informed me that this unit is not compatible with the 433mhz remote senders for my old units, bought at various times over the years, they all work perfectly.
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Oregon Scientific EARS7/RMR500::Description
Keep your house in check! The Multi-Room Climate Monitor monitors the temperature and humidity in up to four rooms of your house with this weather and home environment station. Each room¿s temperature and humidity data is divided into easy-to-read segments on the large LCD display. Reduce the chance of mold using the built-in mold alert function and know the weather forecast for the next 12-24 hours. RMR500ESA/RMR500
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