Anemometer

[PabloPicasso]

Anyone tried one of these?
http://vaavud.com/?utm_source=Windguru&utm_medium=website_banner&utm_campaign=120x120_VaavudBanner_A

Looks like a good product? Anyone tried one?

 

[nigelmercier]

Stupid gimmick.

 

[Fossil]

Step outside the sprayhood.

Wet the forefinger of your right hand. Hold it up to the breeze. Feel what happens to it.

Observe the surroundings. Are dogs/people being blown off the dock? Are sheep flying horizontally past the stern? Are huge waves crashing against the harbour wall?

You now have all the information you need to decide whether or not to go sailing.

Please send 10% of the 45 euros I have just saved you to the RNLI.

Best wishes.

 

[onesea]

At 1/10th the price it might be worth the gimick.. But at that prices sorry...

 

[Norman_E]

There are lots of hand held anemometers on e-bay, like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HANDHELD-...Sailing-Surfing-Weather-Station-/130653039074
I think most of them would do as good or better job than attaching something like that to a phone. You can get hand held ones with the cups, but they are easily damaged, so the fan blade type that need pointing directly into the wind are a better bet, if slightly less accurate.

 

[All_at_Sea]

I've got one, backed this project on Kickstarter from the start, great gadget and mine was super cheap, should have got in early!

 

[Norman_E]

I picked that one at random, another look shows them for around £10. If you want a better one, look at this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HANDHELD-ANEMOMETER-WIND-SPEED-METER-Sailing-Surfing-Weather-Station-/

 

[nigelmercier]

I've got one ...

I hope your phone is still under warranty. The headphone socket is not designed to take any sideways pressure.

 

[boguing]

Since you seem to have a smart 'phone... this is far more clever.

£2.49 for Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.f3j.android.windmeter&hl=en_GB