“Have already set up the enviro indoor and had to do little different to get this little guy up and running. Super simple, great documentation and I'm absolutely obsessed.”
“Excellent kit, setup is straightforward, the web interface is incredible for such a small microcontroller. Only problem was the batteries included only lasted two days and caused some issues with setup and Wi-Fi connection”
“This a review of the Enviro Urban (Pico W Aboard) + Accessory Kit
A nice idea but may not be suitable for outdoor temperate climates such as the UK, certainly if mine is anything to go by. After 2 weeks being mounted outdoors, within the Stevenson Screen, the device has died. Seems that dew within the Stevenson Screeen was culprit.
Mind you the intial setup of the Enviro Urban wasn't the smoothest - it refused to communicate with Adafruit IO and the process updating from the stock firmware to V 0.0.8 resulted in a borked install. Ended up having to nuke the flash before things would right itself. This did however let me experience the awesomeness that is Pimoroni support, so there is that.
All in all it's a lovely idea that I sure works brilliantly in the correct climate.”
Ahoy Rik!
Very sorry to hear that your Urban has failed! We'd love to get this board back so we can figure out what's gone wrong (and sort out a replacement for you of course) - please could you drop an email to support@pimoroni.com with the details?
“Bought this along with an Enviro Indoor Board. The software environment is almost identical, just some different sensors mainly, so hooking this one up to Home Assistant via MQTT was really easy after doing the same for the Enviro Indoor. I got the kit with a plastic housing that's big enough to hold the pico board and the battery pack (not sure there is a "correct" way to put it all together but the sticky Velcro pads give you plenty of assembly options. Think these small multi-sensor boards will be very popular and successful, especially since they all seem to work in much the same way.”
