This month our spotlight falls on Kestrel Weather Meters made by Nielsen-Kellerman. Today’s electronic wind meters are an extremely useful tool for the active shooter whether you are hunting, competing, varmint hunting, or just tuning up your rifle. The Kestrel Weather Meters can tell you much more than simply wind speed. They offer an entire range of weather meters that satisfy almost any outdoorsman’s needs for weather, wind, temperature, and shooting conditions. As you get ready for a season of shooting, a Kestrel Weather Meter should be part of your standard gear bag.

Kestrel Weather Meters

The basic Kestrel unit (Model 1000) measures  basic wind speed, air temperature, gusts, and calculates the average wind speed. If you need more features from a hand held unit, five (5) other Kestrel models calculate water temperature, snow temperature, wind chill, altitude, density altitude, pressure trends, barometric pressure, wet bulb temperature, heat stress index, relative humidity, wind direction, digital compass heading, crosswind calculations, dewpoint, and more. There is definitely a model for every shooter depending on their needs. We have a great chart in our catalog that shows the features for all six (6) models including the top model, the Model 4500. All Kestrel weather meters include a lanyard, batteries and easy to use instructions. Each Kestrel Weather Meter has a ¼”-20 hole in it’s base for standard tripod mounting, or you can get one of the Kestrel Portable Tripods. These meters are definitely not toys; they are relied on by professionals in many outdoor fields.

The quality of the Kestrel Weather Meters is outstanding. To begin with, they are rugged, waterproof and they float. They are designed and built right here in the U.S.A. But the thing I really like about the Nielsen-Kellerman products is that they come with a full five (5) Year warranty. That is incredible for an electronic product! No extra charge for extended warranties like we are used to seeing. These folks back up their product because they know their weather meters hold up well in the tough conditions we put them through. My Kestrel gets bounced around in my shooting box and has never failed to work.

If you need help selecting a weather meter, give our staff a call and we’ll help walk you through the features. It is great to see a product this well made and a company that is so successful in determining what their customers need. And, one that backs up their products!

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