Accurate instrument. easy to open and adjust. This is my third boat and at my age I got enough to do without polishing brass. This sailboat is a 30 and the smaller size just looks better. it's plastic but it's black so you can't really tell. Every offshore boat needs a clock and barometer. This is s cost effective and attractive way to have both with up to date technology. I recommend it over a used vintage brass unit off eBay that may or may not work.

You get what you pay for, I have had two of these in different boats and they work fine. It is always a good idea (with any barometer) to lightly tap the case before reading because it could change the reading slightly.

To get a substantially better barometer you would have to pay ten times as much. Many of the brass case ones are a lot more expensive but you are basically paying for the fancy case "“ the works are essentially the same until you get above a price of several hundred dollars.

The basic black case looks good for years and does not tarnish and the thing functions fine, I did calibrate it when I first got it and it has remained spot-on. I would not recommend the companion clock. It is overpriced and not worth the money with standard battery operated clock guts and a paper dial.

This barometer is working well. Would have given it a 5 but had to return the first one-the box said barometer, but inside was a clock! Return went fine.

Although it is plastic, it really looks more contemporary and fits in modern decor. It has been spot on accurate with a digital barometer that I have. For the price, it seems like a good value.

Reasonable price and works well to indicate changes in barometric pressure. Beautiful besides, matte plastic but classy, and matches at least two other of their instruments. Though Weems & Plath do not claim it is weather proof (meaning, I think, waves washing over it or typhoons), I have no doubt it is highly weather resistant as it has a good gasket and effective closure. Really my only objection is that it is marked "Rain," "Change," and "Fair" in fancy script, which I remember seeing on barometers as a child and naively taking the warnings as literal, which they are not. The instrument tells you the pressure is falling (which could mean Rain, or not) or rising (which could mean Fair, or not). Those nostalgic words may summon memories, but this is a scientific instrument not a Magic Eight Ball and they should be eliminated. After initial setting (follow their good instructions and consult the Weather Service web site for specifics), mark present pressure by rotating the moveable hand, note the change from the dial as time passes and you will be informed of rising or descending pressure, from which you may draw reasonable conclusions if you have a basic meteorological understanding. Then compare your (local) interpretations with Weather Service reports, which are more comprehensive but less geographically precise. I'm not a boater, but if I were, I think this would be invaluable if I suddenly saw the pressure dropping, hence alerted and checked alternative sources for possible storms. With reasonable understanding, this quality instrument rates 5 stars, but the misleading "Rain," etc markings caused me to grant the device only 4.