anemometer recommendation?

[kjeff91]

Got a gift card for Amazon and would like an anemometer so I can plug data into an app for a firing solution. Curious which ones you guys might recommend to use for that right now. I see a bunch around $15-$40 and not sure what I'm looking at in them. Just don't have the funds for a nice Kestrel right now.

Also I'm using 4DoF as my app. Is there another one that might work better for manual input of data?

Thanks!

 

[_Windrider_]

my recommendation is invest in a kestrel.

 

[kjeff91]

my recommendation is invest in a kestrel.

Thanks for a useful response

 

[6.5SH]

Got a gift card for Amazon and would like an anemometer so I can plug data into an app for a firing solution. Curious which ones you guys might recommend to use for that right now. I see a bunch around $15-$40 and not sure what I'm looking at in them. Just don't have the funds for a nice Kestrel right now.

Also I'm using 4DoF as my app. Is there another one that might work better for manual input of data?

Thanks!

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Probably the cheapest one that will connect to 4DoF. They can be super fussy doing so and keeping connected.

Saving for a Kestrel is the best advice.

If not for the Amazon limitation I'd say install Ventusky on your phone and pay the $11 a year for the Premium layers.

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[TurdFerguson]

If you cant get a kestrel get a dwyer. We used them a lot on the field forbspraying/pburns at work.

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/89001/64791/dwyer-hand-held-wind-meter

I think they are still on amazon


If you can hold out a bit longer these go onsale a lot.

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/89180/54651/kestrel-1000-pocket-wind-meter

 

[KYAggie]

How about one of these, I haven’t used one, but they look pretty capable:

https://tempest.earth/weather-meter-for-shooting/

I’m kind of in the same boat. I am wanting a weather meter so I have better data in my ballistics app (Chairgun, I know, but I can’t get Strelok back on my iPhone) for hunting in the mountains, but I don’t want to have to buy a $700 Kestrel. I don’t even use Applied Ballistics yet as the reviews are too mixed and I’ll never shoot over 600 yards at an animal anyway. Kestrel wise the cheapest unit I would buy is the 4DOF which is less, but still overkill for my use. I’m looking at it, but haven’t pulled the trigger.

 

[TurdFerguson]

How about one of these, I haven’t used one, but they look pretty capable:

https://tempest.earth/weather-meter-for-shooting/

I’m kind of in the same boat. I am wanting a weather meter so I have better data in my ballistics app (Chairgun, I know, but I can’t get Strelok back on my iPhone) for hunting in the mountains, but I don’t want to have to buy a $700 Kestrel. I don’t even use Applied Ballistics yet as the reviews are too mixed and I’ll never shoot over 600 yards at an animal anyway. Kestrel wise the cheapest unit I would buy is the 4DOF which is less, but still overkill for my use. I’m looking at it, but haven’t pulled the trigger.

You dont have to buy a ballistic kestrel. Almost all kestrels collect almost the same data. Most environmental factors used in shooting are used in prescribed burning and pesticide spraying. You can get an industry model for 200.00. If you know a registered forester you can get them to order it for you for 7-10% off

Buy one and plug stuff in manually to your own calculator.

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/p/89190/38041/kestrel-3500-pocket-weather-meter

Just get a 2500 or 5000 series and you het the same data as the balistic models. They just dont connect to an app.

Mine goes from spraying during the week to the range.