AcuRite Humidity Meter Hygrometer and Indoor Digital Thermometer with Temperature Gauge and Humidity Gauge, Room Thermometer Comfort Scale, 3 x 2.5 Inches, White (01083M)

Excellent accuracy, repetition, long battery life, very pleasing display, easy to read from far away
This review covers model AcuRite 01083M, two identical meters purchased in Sep 2018, about 2.5 months ago, $16.73 each. I like this meter very much, with time it became important part of my life. It did not happen before with my other gadgets that also displayed humidity and temperature.ACCURACY. Both AcuRite 01083M show identical readings all the time, with a one time exception during 10 weeks time frame: Humidity readings were 47 and 48% for a few hours at home, both units standing within 1″. Other meters showed less or more than AcuRite 01083M at that time, likely due to poorer accuracy, poorer speed.SPEED. I noticed my other meters are very slow, compared to AcuRite 01083M, never agree – due to slow action. This is seen mostly when opening, closing windows in the morning, evening. With time I learned to ignore readings from other meters, presently rely on AcuRite 01083M only. It is both fast and accurate, made all other meters in my home obsolete.MAGNETS. Two 3/8″ diameter back side magnets for attaching to metal surface are also very nice – and surprisingly strong. I hear a loud click when attaching to fridge door and can feel quite decent force pulling AcuRite 01083M to the door. I attached AcuRite 01083M to ping-pong table frame and let it hang on one magnet only – very strong hold!DISPLAY. It is very easy to read across a large room, very clear even at more than 80 deg. Later I started paying attention to High, Low readings and learned they are important to me. Somehow I did not pay a lot attention yet to arrows showing UP / DOWN trend – but may need them when meters put to bathroom or fridge. So far my home readings during last 8 weeks covered 15 – 60 for humidity, 65 – 85 for temperature. I see some improvement could be made to AcuRite 01083M: When temperature set to Celsius, two digits mean less resolution. Maybe display could be arranged slightly different, to make extra room for 3rd digit? Is it possible that 3rd digit is not desired for such fast meter, as rd digit would keep changing too often? MAN, MIN readings for both humidity and temperature are very nice addition, I check both very often.DIMENSIONS. Amazon shows accurately all dimensions. AcuRite 01083M is not very slim, changing present thickness from 7/8″ to even 3/4″ might make it look nicer. Some products on market have rounded edges to make them look slimmer. I think 7/8″ is good because meter stands on flat surface very firm. And its weight is balanced well, no accidental falls expected.MANUAL. I appreciate very much printed manual that is very easy to read, no tiny characters and poor print quality often seen on manuals for products costing hundreds of dollars. Manual size is equal to two Letter Size sheets. It is easy to read, content is presented cleverly and thoughtfully. Model name on manual is 01083, while actual meter I purchased has 01083M printed on the side.BATTERY LIFE. Not sure about battery life for two AAA batteries, having AcuRite 01083M only 8 weeks. Manual while very good, nicely detailed – it has no battery life information. It would be nice to read something like – Typical battery life is 10 months, typical current consumption is …. mA. This product WILL / WILL NOT work with rechargeable AAA batteries. – I really wished to know such things. I took my trusted Fluke digital multimeter model 8060A, set it to read current, inserted test leads between batteries in battery compartment. I did this in front of the mirror, so I could see how AcuRite 01083M acted with current meter connected to it. Current reading was same 13uA on both ranges 200uA and 200mA. AcuRite 01083M kept showing exact humidity, temperature readings during testing, all this seen in the mirror. And display seemed to be as bright as before. I did not expect such good performance. So I took laboratory grade instrument and obtained identical readings 13uA. I calculated that AAA batteries rated at 750 mAh should work here about 6-7 years, too good to be true? Maybe my testing shows static performance, while AcuRite 01083M consumes much larger current as pulses spaced apart by 1 minute for example? I DID NOT INVESTIGATE THIS. Interestingly AcuRite 01083M displayed correct info INSTANTLY after batteries inserted, very nice feature – many other products on market show flashing screen, some big job is going on after batteries inserted. Some day I will test AcuRite 01083M with rechargeable batteries, will update this review.DROP TEST. During current consumption testing I accidentally dropped AcuRite 01083M a few times on hard surface, from about 1 foot. No visible changes to meter’s surface, all readings remained, same AcuRite 01083M put next to the other unit gave identical readings within 1 minute. However I would not drop AcuRite 01083M on tile floor from 3 feet.MAGNETIC FIELD. It would be nice if I could put AcuRite 01083M on tall speaker without worrying if magnetic fields from speaker affect meter readings. Manual while nicely detailed, it does not show if AcuRite 01083M is sensitive to DC, AC magnetic fields. Maybe I will put very strong magnet next to one of two AcuRite 01083M I have and see after a few minutes if both meters read same?I consider AcuRite 01083M a clever and very thoughtful design. After 8 weeks of comparing AcuRite 01083M to other meters I have confidence this meter is right one for me. I plan to put one in the bathroom, where I expect to see more challenging readings. I am very happy with my purchase, consider it a bargain for what I paid.

A little ingenuity and it works well.
First off, this is initial review: I will update if things change in the future.I’m actually quite happy with this product. I’m knocking one star off because it doesn’t have a little stand to put it on. That has not been a problem for me as the table I have it on is very sturdy and does not wobble so it works fine. I do not seem to have the level of problems reading the meter as I have seen in other reviews. I mean really, it’s your basic LCD. I can view mine from probably a 40 degree angle but not much more without really straining. But again, where I haven’t it’s not a problem. A couple of life hacks for you: while the unit does take a while to adjust to temperature, all I did was lean it up against a cold soda can. It did take a while, but eventually the temperature went down in about probably 40 minutes to a fairly accurate degree. What I did find, is that if you leave the cover off for the batteries it will adjust a lot quicker. I really could give a crap about the battery cover so for me it’s not a big deal. As far as the stand or lack thereof I should say, I did another little life hack. Since this does not weigh much at all, all I did was take a little quick of cardboard off of a snack box, like triscuits, and cut it off a little less wide than the unit itself. Then I bent the cardboard about in half. I then took a little piece of clear Scotch tape from the lower bezel of the unit just below the screen. Bingo! Instant cheap stand. I know that this is not optimal, but you can’t see it as far as the stand, behind the unit, so who cares? Not me. I actually had a little bit of fun setting these up. The humidity gauge is pretty accurate right away, but the temperature does take a while to adjust and is accurate from 1 to 2° which is fine with me. If I wanted a higher end unit I would have bought one. This concludes my review.

A smidge smaller than an audio cassette or one and a quarter USB’s high LOL. What a great looking unit.I recently had a new furnace and humidifier installed. The main new full featured digital thermostat gives me temperature and humidity readings on the main floor; but, I also need to know the same downstairs in the family room so I opted for this AcuRite 01083M Pro Accuracy Temperature and Humidity Monitor after perusing others. It met all my check marks as I know perfect doesn’t exist for several reasons, having worked in the industry (unless your room is a controlled sealed bubble per se). Therefore, good and in this case very good does a great job for me.A quick glance at my family room bar fridge (where an integrated magnetic mount holds this unit), and I now have a temperature and humidity reading that is almost bang on, having tested it from the position of my thermostat upstairs. Besides, my main one is wired and costs in the lower mid triple digit category, and I’m going to compare apples to oranges? Nope! But, both of these units are closer to apples to apples and oranges to oranges. They are that good.Why does that matter? I can now set the humidifier to meet my requirements that will keep my acoustic guitar and electric guitar happy. Remember I said perfect doesn’t exist? 40% – 50% humidity is usually recommended for the guitars to prevent neck warping, cracking and more, but that can be bordering on too high for some homes, so I keep a happy medium around 40% – 42% when they aren’t humidified in a case.A back light? That would be handy, I suppose, but I’m guessing battery usage would increase, and I like this slick modern design Temperature and Humidity Monitor layout, size, and features.This AcuRite does the trick. Recommended.

Very useful device for checking room temperature. Would be great if it could be more easily calibrated.