Hi Richard, It's interesting, but when I clicked on your link it said in the app description the range where you could access the readings remotely with th eapp was 196 feet when "unobstructed", in your description it mentions 328 feet.
It also said the item was currently unavailable, but they also mentioned a WiFi thermometer from the same company for $45.99, not a bad price if it works well and if the app is accessible. I especially like the fact you can export historical data in CSV format. I have a Netatmo Weather station which is quite a bit more expensive, but it does give you both a main indoor module and an outdoor module and you can expand it with up to 3 more indoor modules for different rooms or areas in your house and also a rain and wind gauge if you are into this sort of stuff. Of course if you end up buying the rain and wind gauge as well as all the modules you are out quite a few Hundreds of Dollars. The Netatmo app is accessible, but it could use a bit of improvement and the one thing I don't like is that as far as I know at least I can't access historical data which is available for sighted users in the form of a graph. I haven't had much time lately, but I may have to contact Netatmo again and ask if they can't put a little more effort into accessibility. I must say it is of good quality, I had mine I think since 2013 and back in the beginning when it was a fairly new company I ended up talking directly to the head programmer and they very quickly made improvements to make the app accessible, it was barely useable when I first got it. Having said all that, I think Netatmo is still one of the best connected weather stations out there, but as I said, not cheap. Best regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 2:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Alternative indoor bluetooth thermometer Hello all, We have a basement, that was recently well insulated and cleaned. In full disclosure, that is where our wine rack is kept. I’ve wanted a thermometer to put down there but did not want a talking one, but one that worked with an app. So, my wife got busy shopping on Amazon. She came across one called the govee Thermometer and humidity sensor… for $15.99. Govee is spelled g o v e e. It arrived today. The set up was done by my sighted wife but perhaps if we’d made sure the batteries were connected correctly, it would have just shown up for me, but who knows. IN any case, the app seems fully accessible. I’ll list all the details about it below. I did not set up an account, as all I want to know is the temperature and humidity. I may set up an account to keep track of the data over time, but for the first day I just wanted to know it works. It does. We have roughly a 1300 square foot house. The basement is concrete and open to the crawl space under the house which is why we finally got it insulated, etc. The basement is under the front half of the house. Being Bluetooth, I wasn’t sure it would work through the floor, but it works just fine. It’s a sunny day here and when it was first turned on after being in the delivery truck, it read about 82 degrees, and 37 % humidity., bout 20 degrees warmer than it is outside today. IN about 45 minutes in the basement it reads: 60.6 degrees and 50.7 % humidity. The temp is gradually dropping and the humidity raising, but I suspect they are near their final readings. Here is the full name at Amazon followed by the link: Govee Temperature and Humidity Monitor, Bluetooth Room Humidity Sensor with APP Alert, 328 Feet Bluetooth Covering Range, 2 Year Data Record and Export https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DWMJKP5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details Technical Details Manufacturer Govee, Part Number H5072001 Item Weight 5.3 ounces, Product Dimensions 5.93 x 4.22 x 1.43 inches Batteries 3 AAA batteries required. (included) Material Plastic, Power Source Battery Powered Special Features High Accuracy Measure Easy App Remote Control 328Ft Wide Bluetooth Covering Range Usage Indoor Wireless Thermometer Hygrometer Gauge Wireless Digital Hygrometer Indoor Thermometer Humidity Gauge with Temperature Humidity Monitor Batteries Included? Yes Batteries Required? Yes Battery Cell Type Alkaline The app to run it is called Govee Home and was updated 3 days ago. Here is the app store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/govee-home/id1395696823 Richard "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." - John Ruskin, 1819-1900 Web site: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com> -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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