Rooti CliMate Environment Tracker (Storm Gray)

Stopped working after a month and range isn't really that good. I've had it for a while but only used it for a couple of weeks. I got another device Tempi which is also Bluetooth and works great.

Great little device that can monitor Temperature and Humidity everywhere you want. the app needs more support.

The Rooti Climate, branded "the cutest environment tracker," is certainly an interesting little device. Essentially, it's a set of three sensors - temperature, UV light intensity, and humidity - built into the shape of a cartoon cloud and fitted with a bluetooth broadcaster. It then links into your phone via an app, and it displays, records, and utilizes this data to various ends.When I pried open the package, the tiny setup manual unfurled in the style of an accordion, making me worry that there was a long process ahead of me. But to my surprise, the setup was pretty simple: pop in the battery, hook in the lanyard (or optional stand), and install the app. The app will walk you through the rest of the process; you have to create an account and answer a few questions, but it's all very painless.Once all this setup was done, the app connected to the CliMate device, and it immediately started recording data. The CliMate device works pretty well for what it does. After all, it is just a collection of sensors that can connect to your phone. The usefulness of the CliMate ultimately falls on how well the app works, and I'm sad to say that the app is somewhat rudimentary.Overall the app feels a bit clunky. Not only can it be slow to update data from the CliMate device, but the user interface is also a bit underwhelming. Roughly two-thirds of the main screen is taken up by a cartoon plant that changes its look and style based on the sensor's readings. It's cute, but it ultimately adds no utility. The main screen also displays the date & time, along with current readings from the sensor. You can also look at your historical data trends or set up alerts (if, for instance, you want to be notified when the temperature gets too high). There are a few other features, like an option to use your CliMate device as a remote camera trigger, but nothing too exciting.With some ingenuity, this could be a very cool app. For example, it has a WeatherBook feature which shows user's data from around the world. But because there are few users who share their data and no context to the data that is shared (are the other Climate devices indoors or outdoors?), there's really no point to ever look at it. But if there was some sort of "Weather Station Mode," it could be pretty cool. Or who knows what interesting uses for these sensors people could come up with? Since the app is easily updateable, one can hope that better features are on the horizon.Whether you should purchase a CliMate depends entirely on whether you think you could get much use out of real-time or historical temperature/UV/humidity data. If you're sitting out in the sun all day as an on-duty lifeguard, it could be handy to have a temperature and UV sensor. If you suffer from dry skin and want to know when to turn your humidifier on, the humidity sensor might be useful. Otherwise, it's hard to recommend the CliMate since the utility of it is fairly limited and the app currently doesn't add much to make it worthwhile.

Many of the early reviews of this product are from individuals who received the Rooti CliMate tracker for free as part of the Amazon Vine program. Many of those reviews basically say "I'm not sure why I would buy this product." That's a fair comment from someone who received a free evaluation unit, but if you've come to this page on purpose you presumably have some interest in the Rooti CliMate, know why you're interested in it, and want to know if it works. With that in mind, you'll have to wade through the "I don't get it" reviews to find reviews of the product functionality and performance. So, focusing on those two areas ...Functionality: The Rooti CliMate is designed to be a sort of FitBit for your environment, tracking your surroundings' temperature, humidity, and ultraviolet exposure. You'll generally know if you're hot and humid, so the only sensor that I find provides valuable information is the ultraviolet tracker. It can provide a warning that you're getting too much sun. To me, the most valuable use case is attaching the tracker to a young child to make sure they're not getting fried. Unfortunately, it seems that the "eye" of the tracker has to be pointed directly at the sun to get an accurate UltraViolet Index (UVI) reading. On a walk this afternoon, I attached the tracker to my zipper, and when I walked directly toward the sun it correctly showed a UVI of 4, but when the sun was to my right or left it read a UVI of 1. Of course, the sun was hitting my exposed skin regardless of which direction I was facing, so this is a significant problem, especially if you plan to clip the CliMate to a young child to get warnings of excessive sun exposure.If the device didn't depend on being aligned so precisely, I would have found the UV sensor handy to avoid getting sunburned on the first day on the beach. However, given the alignment issue, I found that I couldn't rely on the tracker to warn me when I was getting too much sun.Performance: The design of the tracker is pretty clever. The back is held onto the unit magnetically, so it's very easy to remove the back with a thumbnail to install the battery. As others have noted, the print in the Quick Start guide is pretty tiny, but I only had to spend about 30 seconds with it and got the information I needed from the pictures, so the small type wasn't much of an issue. I downloaded the accompanying app from iTunes. The first time I launched the app, it instantly found the tracker, paired with it (no PIN required), and starting displaying data. I saw that a number of other reviewers had issues with pairing, but for me everything worked perfectly and automatically (I'm using an iPhone 5s). The interface is very clean and simple. It would be nice to be able to choose whether to use the plant metaphor or a straight data display. The plant graphic is good if you want kids to self track.The app ran reliably for a few weeks, then one day it couldn't find the connection to the tracker via Bluetooth. I tried everything they suggested (turn Bluetooth on and off, restart the app, push the button), but no luck. I finally deleted and reinstalled the app and it found the device again.If you allow the app to access GPS, it appears to do so even when the app isn't running, which seemed to cause excessive battery drain for me. I had to turn GPS access off completely. I wish it would use GPS only when active. In a reverse issue, the tracker only seems to collect data when the app is running, which means you don't get history unless you leave the app running all the time. Finally, I would have preferred to be able to use the app without having to register with an email address. As far as I can tell, there's no reason an email should be required for product functionality; it feels like the company wants an email address as part of its future business plan.Bottom line: If you want an environment tracker (sort of a FitBit for your surroundings) -- for yourself, a child, your pets, or your plants -- this tiny product provides an accurate stream of data via a smartphone app. Version 1.0 of the app is OK, but needs improvement. The device itself is a beautiful fusion of design and engineering -- it's pretty cool that such a tiny, cleverly designed device (which is about the size of the ubiquitous doohickeys kids hang from their backpacks) can accurately monitor and stream three different environmental metrics. As with a FitBit, only you can judge whether the information is worth the product price. The current version feels like 1.0 release; the product is quite elegant, but early adopters will have to put up with some quirks and hope they get ironed out over time.

Achat inutile, la batterie se décharge très vite, pour avoir des courbe de température il faut avoir son téléphone de branché en continu. Aucun intérêt