The vane anemometer is encased in a sturdy rubberized coating which should protect it from damage if dropped. You are then provided the option of adding notes to wind speed measurements (ie., farm name, location), which is saved on your smart phone, as well as the option of emailing, messaging, etc. At the end of the recording period your smart phone displays the average wind speed, maximum wind speed, along with the direction in which the measurement was taken. To measure wind speed you simply hold your smart phone where you want to determine the wind speed then touch the “start” and your smart phone starts recording the wind speed for a programmable period of 3 seconds to 60 seconds. Though there is no ft/min option, you can set your smart phone to measure wind speed in “m/sec” and simply multiply the measurement by 200 (i.e., 2.3 m/sec = 460 ft/min). You can set up the app to display wind speed in mph, knots, km/hr, Beaufort, or m/sec. to the headphone jack and once you download the free app you are ready to measure wind speed. The small vane anemometer simply plugs in. The inexpensive Weatherflow Wind Meter* ($35) is designed to work with either IOS or Android devices. Though there are a dozens of wind meters available on the market today, there is a new one that has many unique features that poultry producers might find particularly beneficial. Accurately measuring wind speed in a tunnel-ventilated poultry house is of the utmost importance when assessing its house’s ability to keep birds cool during hot weather.
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