Oregon Scientific BARM699 Touch-Controlled AM/FM Radio Alarm Clock with Weather | 
 enlarge | Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $79.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 447
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 4 x 11 x 12
MPN: BARM699A
Model: BARM699
UPC: 734811305527
EAN: 0734811305527
ASIN: B000F4U5BK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Displays indoor and outdoor temperature using wireless sensor, use up to three wireless sensors. Temperature range –22˚F to 140˚F | | • | Automatically sets itself to the U.S. Atomic Clock and adjusts for Daylight Saving Time. | | • | Features an alarm clock with eight-minute snooze function. | | • | Digital AM/FM Radio | | • | Illuminated with HiGlo™ electroluminescent backlight. |
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Product Description
Get the weather information you need first thing in the morning with Oregon Scientific's combination radio, alarm clock and weather station. It predicts the weather for the next 12-24 hours based on humidity and both indoor and outdoor temperature readings, so that you'll know how to dress for the day before you even get out of bed. Radio-controlled time calibration based on atomic clock signals provides microsecond precision. Includes outdoor thermometer and AC adapter. Sensor requires 1 AA battery, not included.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Intuitive, clear display September 26, 2008
Oregon makes great instruments. This one is very simple to use - my 10 and 13 year old kids are able to use it. They actually wake up in the morning and consult the forecast to decide how to dress for the day. It's that reliable and accurate. It's great to be able to look ahead without having to go on the computer. If it had wind chill, it would be absolute perfection!
The (almost) perfect alarm clock April 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After having tried several "atomic time" clock radios and alarm clocks, I have finally found what is for me a nearly perfect unit.
The clock easily synchs up with the time signal from WWVB, even during the daytime, when many other units can't (assuming you orient the antenna properly).
The digitally tuned radio works well on both AM and FM, being one of the few radios that I have tried that doesn't get swamped by the nearby radio towers.
A big plus on the alarm clock feature is that you can set the alarm to a particular station and volume, and then go to sleep with the radio set for a different station and volume. So you can go to sleep with a classical station on a low volume and wake up to a news station on a very loud volume.
Even without the HiGlo turned on, the display is very high contrast and easy to read in even moderately dim light.
I happen to prefer that the HiGlo isn't on full-time, since I try to avoid light pollution in my bedroom at night (several medical studies have shown surprising health differences that seem to be related to the light levels during sleep!).
Some people have complained that the surface touch controls are too sensitive. I have not found that to be the case. The unit locks out the controls after one minute, so you have to touch a control twice in order activate it. As long as the clock is left on a table or dresser, this prevents accidental changes quite adequately. The only way this could be a problem was if someone was to pick up the clock and hold it in their hand such that they were bumping one of the controls.
Only three minor changes that prevent this from being perfect.
The first is that when set to wake to buzzer instead of radio, the clock only beeps for two minutes (albeit quite loudly in an increasingly annoying pattern) before giving up. Since I wake to radio, which plays for two hours, this isn't a problem for me.
Another feature that could use improvement would be a switch to toggle the HiGlo between its current behavior and being on full time (although this would throw off the accuracy of the inside temperature reading due to heat generation).
The only thing on the unit that I could call a real flaw is the lack of having a backup battery. The unit will hold its settings for several seconds during a brief outage, but if the outage lasts longer than that all settings (saved stations, alarm time) are lost. The clock will reset itself from WWVB once power is restored, but you will have to reprogram your favorite stations and reset your wake-up time.
 OK...but far from perfect October 10, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
While the features overall are pretty neat and this is a nice, compact design that is perfect for a night stand, I am finding that for a bedroom alarm clock it doesn't work so well. I thought that the "HiGlo(tm)" back-lighting was always on, making it easy enough to read in the dark, but that is not the case. The back lighting only comes on after fumbling to find one of the "touch technology" buttons that, of course, are also not lit up. For a desk clock, this would be perfect. For a bedside clock, find one that is visible in the dark...
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