Everyone talks about the weather every day, especially if you have a weather station. There are also smart weather stations and the question is what else they offer. You can read that here in the review of the intelligent Netatmo Smart Home weather station with many sensors for indoors and outdoors, which can be purchased from HCC from June 14 at a significant discount.
We know the French company Netatmo, founded in 2011, from its Smart Home products such as the smart modulating thermostat, the Netatmo Smart Smoke Detector and the Smart Airco Control. It also has an intelligent weather station consisting of an indoor and outdoor model. This weather station can be purchased from HCC from June 14 to June 28 at a significant discount. They are cylindrical and have a chic silver-colored appearance. The indoor model, with bridge function, is equipped with a mains connection and the smaller outdoor model is equipped with two standard batteries and communicates with the network via the indoor model. Tips are given in the manual for an ideal positioning of the models. Operation activation is done through the Netatmo Weather App. This is a simple task via a QR code, but it does take some time for the sensors to display the correct values.
Measuring points
The indoor unit measures the indoor temperature, humidity, air pressure, CO2 content and noise level, outside the outdoor temperature, perceived temperature, humidity and air quality are measured. All these values ​​are displayed via the app or an internet browser, supplemented with a trend (day, week, month, year), a comfort level and the weather forecast for the next 7 days, which comes in via an online weather service. The calibration of the CO2 meter is automatic. All sensors can be calibrated if necessary, see the Netatmo online help page for this product. Optional extra measuring devices can be added, such as a rain and anemometer and extra indoor models.
notifications
By tapping the top of the indoor model, you get a color indication of the CO2 value. The app displays all values ​​and is able to issue real-time notifications if predetermined or self-defined values ​​are overwritten. Through notifications in the Netatmo app this can be switched on and off per sensor. The data is available from anywhere in the world via an internet link. The measurement data can be made available via the Netatmo servers and thus for other users. It can also be used to view data from users in other countries.
External links
The set can be linked to Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home and Homey via the LeGrand/Netatmo services. With the Apple Homekit, only the Temperature, humidity level and CO2/Air quality be further automated. When using Google Home, the added value is limited to the display of sensor values ​​after this is requested and the limited receipt of notifications.
We have also linked the Netatmo weather station to the Homey, which is a central point for interconnection of almost all Smart Home products. It is then possible to set up follow-up actions via flows if the sensor values ​​rise above or fall below a defined limit or are subject to change. For example, if the CO2 value exceeds 1200, the ventilation can be switched on and switched off again if it falls below 800. The Homey has the most broad support for further Netatmo Smart Home automation.
Conclusion
All in all an interesting intelligent weather station with display of real-time indoor and outdoor measurements with history and via an online weather station for the next 7 days. Real-time notifications can alarm and optionally the measurement data can be further processed and converted into follow-up actions. It is a set with a lot of measurement data and has a high gadget content.
Netatmo Smart Home Weather Station
MSRP: €189.99
Valuation: ****
+ lots of measurement data with history and future forecast
+ measurement data can be used intelligently
– no direct display of measurement data
– full smart home automation only via Homey
