The 9 Best Small anemometers (2023 reviews)

Btmeter small anemometer is the epitome of what a great anemometer should be. This great compact instrument is perfect for anyone in need of accurate information about the wind. It gives you temperature and wind speed. The cover is held on with two small phillips head screws for which they include a screw driver. The fan spins easily and records well. It is perfect for reading indoor airflows. There are two holes with temp sensors for reading wind chill. The unit is very light so it is easy to carry. It is perfect for figuring out whether to hit an extra club or two.

Why We Like This:

The accuracy of the air speed and ease of use
Great tool for dust collection air measurements
Lightweight, accurate readings, perfect for the hvac or weather recording
Side benefits are the ability to monitor humidity, barometric pressure and altitude

Best For crane: Toptes Small Anemometer

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If you often find yourself scrambling for appropriate and satisfactory anemometer, toptes small anemometer should be your first option for buying. This handheld wind meter is ideal for outdoor activities like sailing, windsurfing, drone flying, kite flying, boating, frisbee, golf, shooting, and more. It makes it easy to balance the registers for even heating and cooling. It is nice for testing your central heating and air. It will also show you the maximum, minimum and average readings and you can also press hold to hold the current display to record them if needed.

The blades will spin at normal walking speeds, and it will detect airflow from heat or A/C vent some distance away. It is also a nice little tool to have for checking to see if you want to fly your drone or kite. The batteries come with the package and so you can get the machine to work right away without searching for batteries.

Why We Like This:

Great for flying and need to measure wind speed
Accurate wind speed, humidity, temp, easy to use
Very accurate on temperature and humidity also
Fan blades and bearings are quiet and sensitive

Best For shot: Kestrel Small Anemometer

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Next on the list, we've got yet another anemometer that manages to win our hearts. It's the kestrel small anemometer and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient anemometer you can buy. The Kestrel 2000 is a nifty, no nonsense, intuitive, straight forward, wind and temperature instrument. It measures and displays maximum, current and average wind speed, wind chill and air/snow/water temperature (°f, °c) on large, clear lcd. It can be submerged underwater at 1m for a total of 30mins. It has actual speed, max and average hold. They have an hvac model for a bit more money but all its really doing is multiplying your air velocity to whatever duct dimensions you input.

Why We Like This:

Solid waterproof build with easily replaceable impellers if needed
Small and light, perfect for taking in the field
Waterproof, easy to use and read
You can read water temperature as well

Best With phone: AOPUTTRIVER Good quality Handheld Wind Meter

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The aoputtriver good quality handheld wind meter should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. Although it needs to be facing the correct direction of the wind, it gives a pretty accurate representation of what the actual wind speed is wothout the costly instruments and equipmentsbof a real one. It measures even low winds to add to that it is easier to explain max. It comes with the temp sensors and wind chill indicator, which makes the meter is very sensitive to measure wind speed and wind temp that you need.

There’s a metal threaded hole on the bottom of the digital anemometer, so you can fix it on a tripod for continuous wind guages. This one tells you the temperature and wind speed up to about 60 mph. It gets pretty loud when you measure wind above 20 mph. It comes with the tripod hole for mounting at the bottom of the anemometer, keep the anemometer stable to measure the wind speed, and let you easily get the wind speed during the shooting or flying. The buttons and display screen are easy to see and there is no need to hunt through the instructions to figrue out the functions.

Why We Like This:

Comes with tripod and carry case
Small, lightweight, comes with a bag, that's nice
You can literally walk inside and measure the wind speed

Best For sail: Davis instruments Small Anemometer

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Not everyone likes to purchase anemometer for their daily usage, but the davis instruments small anemometer would be an anomoly. This product is designed for sending a signal to a Davis weather monitor when connected to a Davis weather station. The 6410 plugs into a transmitter which sends the reading to a display console. It takes a considerable wind to push the cups and even more to move the vane. The console has a calibration setting for offset mounting position then use a compass for accuracy. It has to be level and properly oriented.

The display head that this normally connects to averages the wind direction over many seconds so this noise is not an issue. It is perfectly and transmits with the main unit which is some distance away with no problems. The excess cable needs to be protected from elements so it does not break. The new anemometer is better than the original one since the wire routing involves less disassembly.

Why We Like This:

Wind speed and direction are measured
Home energy efficiency which keeps the hot and cold days under complete control inside
Much more accurate and consistent wind direction
Through hurricanes, sub-freezing temperatures and blazing heat

Best For surfing: AOPUTTRIVER Small Anemometer

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate anemometer. The aoputtriver small anemometer is exactly that - it's a simple anemometer that hits all the right notes. It is the newest anemometer design with independent of wind direction thanks to horizontally rotating wind turbine shells. It measures any wind direction wind spped by the 4 wind cups of anemometer vanes. It comes with 1.6 inches of the big LCD screen, easy to get the value readings even in the dim environment. It is suitable for surfing, mountaineering, shooting, drone, kite flying, hvac measurement and so on.

It is more compact than a normal anemometer, and its stability and accuracy are greatly improved. It will show true wind speed. It is a tripod hole design on the bottom of the anemometer, which can be used to secure the tripod, can be stable during the measurement and get more accurate value.

Why We Like This:

Nice design you don't have to hold directly into the wind like other windmeters
Kite flying and rc easy to read
Portable, light, and easy to use
Works very well, and has a higher max speed than most others

Best For hardcore Weather aficionado: Wintact Small Anemometer

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The wintact small anemometer's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. The anemometer has a data hold, storage, read, and clear, which allows you to record 960 groups of data and connect to a pc to analyze data. It's able to measure very specific wind parameters including wind speed, wind flow range, or air volume, wind direction angle as well as temperature, and humidity. It can be exported into more advanced software for further analysis.

The display is large and clear, with a clearly organised and easy to understand readout. It has a retractable handle, that extends it to nearly 2 feet, in order to facilitate more accurate readings. The handle is comfortable enough to hold for awhile and the anemometer itself is quite easy to use. It can be used on both the meter and sensor handle to allow for gripping even when wet.

Why We Like This:

Good tool to measure hvac output
Works well and the desktop app exports to excel nicely
Comes in a hard covered case for carrying and storing
Good measuring instrument loaded with features for weather geeks

Best little Wind Speed Meter: Xrclif Small Anemometer

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention xrclif small anemometer for daily purpose. This Digital Wind Speed Anemometer is perfect for industrial and home purposes, like measuring speed of hvac velometer, air conditioner and temperature of cpu. It turns on and off and uses a standard CR battery. The orange outer shell is removable from the black anemometer itself. It is compact and light design, small enough to put into pockets, easy to carry and operation. It can ever have too many anemometers.

This digital wind speed anemometer is perfect for industrial and home purposes, like measuring speed of hvac velometer, air conditioner and temperature of cpu. It is still easy to use and gets close enough. The unit should be designed when the unit senses air flow, the backlight comes on.

Why We Like This:

Compact and with multiple options for wind speed
A quick way to measure wind speed
Fits in pocket or in gear bag

Best For Weather monitor: h HOLDPEAK Small Anemometer

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Not everyone likes to purchase anemometer for their regular usage, but the h holdpeak small anemometer would be an anomoly. This station has some nice basic features. It is ideal for weather monitor windsurfing sailing fishing kite-flying hiking shooting and so on with 8 precision measure blades. The laser “red spot” is smaller with the HOLDPEAK. It provides fast measurement for analysis of critical environment conditions.

There is a tripod hole at the bottom of the anemometer, you can fix the anemometer to the tripod when you measure the wind speed, keep your hands free. It can show the average wind speed. The thermometer however has to be used in a certain way to give reasonably accurate readings.

Why We Like This:

Great and resonably priced product for quick and relatively accurate readings
Simply a quicker & more professional manner in demonstrate hvac technical concepts with customers
Anemometer good, thermometer temperamental, possible electromagnetic sensitivity
Very handy hvac service equipment helpful for demonstrating to customers and easy to use