Testing a Budget Long Range Shooting Wind Meter

We bought a cheap weather station on Amazon and we wanted to test it to see if it would give us reliable data for long-range shooting.

We compared it to the industry standard Kestrel with AB onboard to see if it was accurate.

The industry standard Kestrel wind meter can measure your temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, altitude, and wind speed. You can program your rifle, ammo, and scope data you are using and it will provide you with an elevation and windage correction to get your rounds on target.

We wanted to see if we could accomplish the same thing using a budget wind meter we found on Amazon and paired it with the Applied Ballistics app to calculate the shot corrections.
Our goal was to compare the two to see how close our shots were and if you could get away with using a low-cost alternative to the Kestrel if you are just getting into long-range shooting.

The BT-100 wind meter was $30 and the Applied Ballistics app was $30.
The @Kestrel Ballistics device we were using costs about $400+. People can spend thousands of dollars on equipment for long-range shooting but we wanted to see if there was an "entry-level" solution that allowed people to get out and practice.

As a purpose-built solution for shooting data, the Kestrel is obviously way ahead of the Amazon device. This is especially true if you want to pair your laser rangefinder and get shooting solutions fast.

Can the Amazon device work for what you're doing?

We used the @SIG SAUER, Inc Kilo5k Range finder to ensure we got an accurate distance to the target. Other methods could be used but we wanted to make sure we were getting the most reliable test data. If you don't have a range finder you can always learn the other methods we use for ranging targets as mentioned in our other videos.