🌡️ Kestrel 5000 Environmental Meter With Wireless Link Review

I bought a Kestrel 5000 environmental meter to provide accurate local readings for a portable astronomical observatory. It was worth the investment as it allows me to record accurate readings of key environmental conditions relevant to visual observations, allowing me to get the most out of future observations, and the barometer and hygrometer combo certainly helps in predicting locations. Plus, the red backlight ensures I don't mess up my dark adaptation. Adding a weather vane mount will…

The Kestrel 5000 is an excellent anemometer for long range shooters. I bought one of these to help me with long distance PRS matches. Not only was it useful for measuring wind speed and learning how to guess wind speed, but the altitude density function is what I chose it for. Some Kestrel models allow you to search and enter environmental parameters such as temperature, barometer, humidity, etc. The density altitude takes all of these factors into account and gives you an equivalent altitude…

I've had the good fortune to test several models including a side by side comparison. Kestrel weather gauges are very well made, and it's easy to see why it's worth paying more for US-made models than saving money on Chinese-made models. The "reliability" claim is true, and the ability to make very accurate measurements is fascinating. For example, the accuracy of temperature is reflected in how the temperature changes even when you go from the kitchen to the living room. The wind reading was…