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Strike Alert Personal Lightning Detector | 
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| Brand: Robic
Category: Sports
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $74.95
You Save: $5.04 (6%)
New (3) from $74.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 56623
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.8 x 1.6
MPN: 5212000001
Model: M-747
UPC: 674884100028
EAN: 0674884100028
ASIN: B0007SXJYE
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | An audible alarm sounds and a coreespomndign LED light illuminates accordingly, as lightning strikes at distances of within 6 miles, 6 to 12 miles, 12 to 24 miles and 24 to 40 miles. | | • | A strobing LED effect indicates if the lightning strikes are approaching or moving away. | | • | Small and impact resistant, Strike Alert clips to your belt, golf bag or back pack. Take it everywhere you go. | | • | Low power consumption, up to 100 hours with a single AA battery. | | • | Easy to use--simply flip a switch to check lightning strike distance, track storm direction or view battery life. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
StrikeAlert Personal Lightning Detectors feature: Convenient size & weight Small and impact-resistant-housed in a small pager-like casing StrikeAlert clips to your belt, golf bag or backpack. Take it wherever you go Loud audible warning sounds before (and while) lightning is within striking distance Strike Alert uses a trend of strike distances over the last five minutes to determine if a storm is approaching or departing When a lightning strike is detected, StrikeAlert will light the appropriate LED indicating the distance of the strike If a more recent strike is nearer, it will replace the previous LED reading Low power consumption Up to 100 hours of reliable operation with a single AA battery (included) Easy-to-use With the flip of a switch, you can see the lightning strike distance, track the storm direction and view battery life StrikeAlert is designed to be weatherproof, which means it can be used in all outdoor temperatures and will operate when exposed to an occasional light rain
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| Customer Reviews:
 Weak Power Switch August 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used this for quite a while now, and it's accurate and very responsive to lightning strikes..... however.... (That's like "BUT") the power switch is the weakest link in this unit. It gets so weak that you have to apply a great amount of pressure to it, in order to work the functions, turn it on, off... or whatever. The company I bought it from has replaced one of them already, and now the one they sent is acting up the same way. They were cooperative in dealing with the problem, but customers want products that DON'T REQUIRE calls and replacements... they want RELIABILITY! Sorry to say, the switch in this unit makes the whole product unreliable. Since I only use this one season a year, it hasn't been "over-used" nor had exsessive use...VERY frustrating.
 Quite decent for the price January 11, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Quite useful and obviously improves one's safety. I would probably prefer it broken down to a smaller target range say 0 to 3 miles, 3 to 6 etc instead of just 0 to 10 miles - but living in Johannesburg, South Africa, where we have violent storms we probably don't worry much when the lightning is "only" 5 miles away
Ok March 27, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 5 yr old, because of my love for storms and my wifes OCD hate of storms. It does work. He loved it. Me and my little buddy are storm watchers. It detects Strong electrical impulses, but as the directions state. It may go off next to electical items. Such as, useless in a car or anything with a motor. The fridge will set it off when it kicks in. Any large appliance or even a riding lawn mower will set it off or the computer. It does work outside though. We lived in the country and when you walked into the farmers field, away from electical items, it did work well. I would say it is good for outdoorsmen who have no way to see the weather channel, or no connection to the real world. Otherwise it is just a gaget.
Sorry folks.
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