Vaavud Wind Speed Meter with Smartphone App

The app and the device both work as expected. It's a nice tool to have on the boat when our built-in anemometer intermittently malfunctions. We'd give it 5 stars but there is always room for improvement. Maybe make it so strong we could run it over with our car and/or make it float if we drop it in the water.

This anemometer and the associated app makes for interesting and fun expansion of the I-Phone. We frequently hike the California coastal mountains where the weather is unpredictable. The Vaavud anemometer installs in seconds and accurately reports wind speed and other useful metrics, then posts them to the map. Other hikers in the area using their Vaavud anemometer display their results in the areas they are walking or hiking. Useful if looking for a less windy area to hike.Also useful when sailing the coastal area here in Long Beach and San Diego area

Looked like a cool item for the husband who has everything, but the app is no longer supported.

I work in aerial work platforms and this works great to monitor wind gusts. it's compact, durable and doesn't need it's own battery to work so never has a dead batt to keep you from using it. Will update review once I've had it longer but so far it's a great little device.Edit- had it a few months now and still works great!

I love this little device. It needs at least 5 mph to get it going. But then it seems fine. A real center of attention, when you whip out your phone, pop this baby into the top and start measuring wind speeds ...

not as sensitive as I would have liked.

No room for wind instruments on my sailboat, but this simple looking tool solves the problem. Haven't tried it in high wind situations yet, but it's easy to use and clearly accurate with even the slightest breeze. iPhone app is easy to use.

Seems to work well with the free app. Not sure of it's accuracy, but a fun gadget.

I bought this wind meter for drone flights. The details day it will work with the iphone 6 or 7 but it needs to be plugged into the headphone jack which doesn't exist!!The customer support via Twitter was pretty vague, saying it would work by holding the meter near the middle of my phone but I've not managed to achieve this.When it does work (I plugged it into an old phone) the measurements are useful - wind speed and location. When you open the software it will state that you don't have the xyz (their latest product, name I can't recall) so you have to confirm use of this, the older model. The meter reading screen has a huge ad promoting the newer model which is a pain.Singing up to a free account will let you keep your meter reading history which is useful.Its OK but not cheap for the level of use and service that comes from it.

It simply works, its elegant and was a great present!

Love this wind meter, down load the app ,plug in a play. Very simple to use, works perfectly on my Samsung S9+

Awesome!

Perfecto para saber que tamaño de kite o vela usar y para compartir la velocidad del viento con amigos.Una cosa que me gustó mucho es que funciona sin tener que quitar las caratulas del celular (Incluso LifeProof) lo que lo hace muy práctico. Incluso si está lloviendo y tienes una caratula contra agua puedes sostenerlo a un lado del teléfono sin conectarlo y funciona ya que realmente la conexión no se necesita pues lo que hace es que al girar produce ondas magnéticas que tu teléfono capta y es lo que usa para medir la velocidad. (En la página de Vaavud viene la explicación, pero lo que si les puedo decir es que funciona).El material se ve de buena calidad pero si hay que tratarlo con cuidado, en especial mantenerlo libre de arena para que no atore el balero que lo hace girar. Viene con una bolsita de neopreno que está muy práctica para proteger el plástico del sol.**Editado 5 usos después: Tienen que ser muy cuidadosos con la arena, al mío le entró arena sin que nunca lo haya dejado sobre la misma y ahora se atora al girar y parece que se ha ido limando el imán pues hay polvo de imán pegado en la parte exterior.**Aún puedo obtener lecturas del viento que me parecen precisas pero no sé cuánto tiempo más dure así, les recomiendo guardarlo en una bolsa Ziploc para asegurarse de que no le caiga arena dentro de su bolsa y solo sacarlo para tomar la medición y guardarlo inmediatamente ya que la arena que le entró al mío fue solamente la que voló el viento, nunca se me cayó ni lo dejé en la playa.