by Art Vandelay » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:36 am
I got one as a wedding gift when I got married this summer. I wouldn't call them a necessity by any means, but it's nice to have around. There is a sensor that you place outside that gives you the temperature, then there's a built in sensor on the unit that sits in the house that gives you interior temp. Mine is battery powered, and resets itself every hour or so to the naval observatory clock, so I guess if the power ever goes out you'll still have an accurate clock. Anyway, I probably never would have bought one myself, but I guess it's not too bad to have.
Oh yeah, and one thing if you are planning on getting one: Different models have different specs, the one I have only goes down to 24 degrees, which is kind of ridiculous as it regularly gets much colder than that here.