Customer reviews from AcuRite
AcuRite - Optimus Weather Station with WiFi HD Display, Lightning Detection, Temperature, Humidity, Wind & Rainfall - Gray
Average customer rating
3.7
(107 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 107 reviews
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
12
1 Star
10
66%of customers recommend this product.
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49 out of
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Customer Reviews for AcuRite - Optimus Weather Station with WiFi HD Display, Lightning Detection, Temperature, Humidity, Wind & Rainfall - Gray
Customer Rating
3
Works well, except it loses data
on August 17, 2025
Posted by: TominAZ
The unit works well and gives accurate information, but will randomly lose all historical data on the 06188M display. Our unit has the power module, so it does not lose power if power to the house were to go out. The losing of data is very annoying and simple less expensive weather stations don't seem to have this problem.
Response from AcuRiteBy AcuRite Support Team, August 18, 2025
We apologize that your Optimus Weather Station is experiencing an issue, but we are happy to assist! Please continue to correspond with our representative for further assistance.
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: Anonymous
from Charleston SC
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Very limited alert capability and old temperature humidity sensors are not compatible.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from AcuRiteBy AcuRite Support Team, August 15, 2025
Thank you for reviewing the Optimus Weather Station; we appreciate your feedback. The new AcuRite NOW app is being built out in stages, and future updates are on the way. Please stay tuned!
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: Rocco
from Perry Hall MD
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Setup was seamless. Connected immediately. Currently experiencing a thunderstorm with over 200 lightning strikes in the last 3 hours.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: SteveCHS
Verified Purchase:Yes
Head and shoulders better than the old five in one that I had for years. Monitor is great and clear. I would wish for a touch screen and the antenna to be hidden… Oh and for it to work with Weather Underground.
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: Bill25
Verified Purchase:Yes
I bought this unit guessing it had the same battery capabilities as the older ones that can’t be hooked to internet but it doesn’t. The battery back up that can be purchased separate only last 6 hours. I use these on a construction site that often has no power as in this case. The generator is turned off over night.
Response from AcuRiteBy AcuRite Support Team, August 8, 2025
Thank you for the time you have taken to write your review; we appreciate your feedback! If there is ever anything we may assist you with, please reach out to our support team via live chat or email request.
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: Bert
Verified Purchase:Yes
App readings don’t align with the monitor readings.
Response from AcuRiteBy AcuRite Support Team, August 5, 2025
The AcuRite NOW app receives an update from the display every 5 minutes, while the display unit receives updates from the sensor every 18 seconds. This may cause a slight discrepancy when viewing them side by side.
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Customer Rating
3
Early Adopters Beware... missing functionalities
on July 29, 2025
Posted by: doug
Gender:Male
I've had the Optimus installed for about 6 weeks. It complements a still working Iris system because I have remote temperature sensors which I want to monitor which are not compatible with the Optimus system. Although sensors are promised to be coming for the Optimus or perhaps compatibility with existing sensors??? Also missing is the interface with weather undergound.... again, supposedly coming but no timing shared. The Now App is clearly a downgrade from the Iris App. So many shortcomings in the graphing function versus the Iris App. Hopefully updates are coming????? Another issue which I have submitted to support and awaiting response is the Antenna signal strength indicator. I have placed the display within 25 feet of the sensor and get sporadic signal strength indications of 0 to 5 bars within a 5 minute close monitoring period. This is half the distance from the sensor to the display versus the setup of my Iris system which never had any reception issues. AND, the process to add the Optimus when you already have an Iris account is terrible!!! It should have been a simple process using one's existing Acurite credentials, but I ended up needing to set up a separate email account with Acurite. These issues should have been realized and corrected based on early pre-release trial user feedback.
Response from AcuRiteBy AcuRite Support Team, July 29, 2025
Thank you for your review of the Optimus Weather Station; we appreciate your feedback! We are currently working on adding the ability to stream to Weather Underground and hope to have it up and running soon. Eventually, all AcuRite devices will be migrated over to the new AcuRite NOW app. You will receive an email once your existing devices are ready for use on the new app. If you have further questions or concerns, please reach out to our support team via live chat or email request.
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite
Posted by: moparman49
Verified Purchase:Yes
I bought this with the intention to monitor the weather at my house and so far it is pretty good. There is no preview for the positioning of the sensor to ensure then I mount it it would be far enough away from electric high lines so that I could take advantage of the lightning in the area. It should have included an extender to help mount it further away from my roof. Knowing this now I probably would not recommend it to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting AcuRite