Vaavud Wind Meter App Reviews

I bought this to use when and where I want to get a reasonably accurate measure of local wind speed. It use to work! Plug the overpriced piece of plastic in to your iphone or ipad and open the app. Simple, effective but NOT NOW. Vaavud you “children out of wedlock" what sort of update is this? Tried using it for the first time this season. I NEEDED it to measure some serious wind on the Chesapeak this evening but the app wants an internet connection and you to login to the app to share the data over a social network. YES YOU HAVE TO LOGIN TO THE APP TO “expletive-ing" USE IT….well “expletive…begins with “f” sounds like duck" you Vaavud….you pile of excrement. This use to work….FIX IT….you “fill in your own term of abuse"

Transform your iPhone in a wind meter... As easy as that, this is great for me doing windsurfing.

Using the crowd is a great idea. The published data are always lower then the professional weather observations. Professional weather observations are done at 10 m above ground. Since the wind velocity is increasing rapidly with height, measurements with handhelds will always indicate lower data. Keep that in mind.

Good app which works well however it is very basic. Not much too it.

The previous version was much better. The graph now is poor and scaled too large, there is less information displayed on the reading screen and switching units is harder. GUI has been changed, dont like this update at all!

Previous 1.6 was working fine. I have talked to the developer and a fix will come soon in v1.8.1.

No mentioning of needing the wind meter before downloading. Access to personal details required to measure wind is a bit daft.

Good App and beautiful initiative, but left a notify system for the new data near your localization. I hope in an update early!!!

Fantastic app, great wind meter! Please improve it with the possibility of sharing the wind information on Facebook fan page! Thanks!

Ive upgrade to 1.7.0 and my slepinir stop to work. The app is running but the sleipnir is not reconised.

I just purchased a Vaavud wind meter for use with my iPhone 5 to check wind speed when kite flying on the beach. It works exceedingly well… simple, high quality, and durable. Be sure and check it out if youre into any activity where knowing the wind speed would be helpful or interesting. This app works perfectly, but is very basic with only the ability to display current and mean windspeed over a brief period of time. Theres no ability to save, share, or export wind speed recording sessions. Its a good start but could be so much better with a little more time and effort. Personally I wouldnt mind paying for a "pro" version offering the features I already mentioned and more.

Well designed. Easy to use. Just plug and play. Hold your phone into the wind and hit start. We just tried this out on the ferry back from the Sunfish Worlds in Lewes, DE. And its great fun!

Love how you can visualize the gusts and lulls

A wind meter with no electronics? Clearly. This thing reads horribly side by side with other wind meters I have. App constantly crashes and customer service is non responsive.

This is a companion app for the vaavud wind meter. Provides basic wind speed reading etc. Works like a charm. I also noticed that if you have weendy app installed, then the two apps work together and you can share your wind reports to the community.

Not worth the time. Does not let you select a location because there are so few measuring sites. For example, this does not show the winds in Atlanta, Ga. But it does give winds at a tine lake about 70 miles away.

What this app needs to do is share all collected wind speed data with the NOAA to further improve their ability to forecast the weather.

Great tool. Love the map with shared data. Hope they can add direction, too.

I received the device from Amazon today and have tested it several times throughout the day and find the device very inaccurate and does not respond to wind changes very well. This is a day when winds have been between 5-15 mph. The cups didnt want to even rotate in the light stuff and measured 5-6 mph when I know from experience (30+ sailing years) that it was blowing at least 10 mph. And on top of the inaccuracy, it seems very cheaply made for the money... Returning product to Amazon and deleting the app.

I’ve been using this app and wind meter for the last few months and I have say that I love it! I’m learning how to kiteboard and it’s important to know what the wind speed is so I can pick the right sized kite for the conditions. The app is super easy to use and most of all-is very accurate. The map feature is very useful as I can see the conditions in other places right on my phone, so I can find the best place to kite before I leave home. I also love that it works with my existing iPhone so I don’t have to carry a while separate wind meter with me. All in all, the app and product are great!