any recommendations for a handheld wind meter?

The Kestrel series are well regarded i use the 3000 model

I find mine reliable and fairly inexpensive

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Stuthepirate said..
I find mine reliable and fairly inexpensive

You really can't go past the original digital can you ?



I have a Vaavud as it fits into my iPhone 5. When I've compared it with other Mandural Mobsters windmeter units it seems to give a pretty much identical reading . It fits into earphone socket ( so needs no battery) and looks pretty when it spins round and round too. The Mk 1 is $50 from Whitworths

The cheap ones work well, for a while then the spinner wears out. Only the Kestral lasts a long time and then the spinner is replaceable so it basically lasts forever. Waterproof too.

I've owned the Weatherflow for a couple of years now and it's pretty good. $65 AUD. Plugs into a smart phone and you get readings via an app. From my experience, the handheld wind meters always seem to read lower than what you might expect. 25kts on my Weatherflow is absolutely cranking and the Botany BOM reading will be 35knts.

www.instrumentchoice.com.au/instrument-choice/environment-meters/anemometers/weatherflow-wind-meter

I use this new-fangled one. It has both ranges; high and low.

I learnt the other day that if your open corona bottle whistles then it's 20+kts

Haha, good one!! I will make sure I bring a bottle of beer with me next time.

About time....

Daaammmit

no need to fall over after all those beers
and when checking for wind
just listen for it ??

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John340 said..
I learnt the other day that if your open corona bottle whistles then it's 20+kts

I didn't think any car speedometers were calibrated in knots . Or did you just do a conversion?

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N1GEL said..
I've owned the Weatherflow for a couple of years now and it's pretty good. $65 AUD. Plugs into a smart phone and you get readings via an app. From my experience, the handheld wind meters always seem to read lower than what you might expect. 25kts on my Weatherflow is absolutely cranking and the Botany BOM reading will be 35knts.

Official wind readings are meant to be taken from 10 metres above the ground, not that all BOM readings are from that height.

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MikeyS said..

John340 said..
I learnt the other day that if your open corona bottle whistles then it's 20+kts

I didn't think any car speedometers were calibrated in knots . Or did you just do a conversion?

No, I calibrated the bottle against my Kestral 1000

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John340 said..

MikeyS said..

John340 said..
I learnt the other day that if your open corona bottle whistles then it's 20+kts

I didn't think any car speedometers were calibrated in knots . Or did you just do a conversion?

No, I calibrated the bottle against my Kestral 1000

Oh. I was thinking you were drinking the Corona in your convertible as you were driving down the highway.