Kestrel DROP D2AG Livestock Heat Stress Monitor

$99.00

Livestock heat stress can cause serious health issues in your valuable livestock as well as reduced performance and productivity. Stay informed of heat conditions in the barn or during transport with the Kestrel D2AG Livestock Heat Stress Monitor. Multiple built-in environmental measurements mean your DROP D2AG can also be used for many other agricultural applications including hay and feed storage areas and greenhouses.

Works with AWN, the Ambient Weather Network
Availability: In stock
SKU
0720AGHVG

The Kestrel Drop D2AG Livestock Heat Stress Monitor is a very affordable rugged heat stress monitor that can be used in the barn, during transport, or anywhere livestock are housed. Simply hang in place wherever insight into conditions is needed, and access current conditions and historical readings with your iOS or Android device. Designed by Kestrel with input from some of the world's most respected experts in livestock heat stress, the Kestrel DROP D2AG Livestock Heat Stress Monitor is designed to help you MEASURE and MANAGE your animals’ heat stress, ensuring you MAXIMIZE your bottom line.

  • Direct readout of Temperature Humidity Index (THI) – a dairy cattle specific measurement that provides guidance for when heat stress will start to reduce milk production.  
  • Also measures heat stress index, temperature, humidity and dew point for application to many types of livestock and agricultural applications.
  • The EASIEST and most accurate way to monitor and track environmental measurements critical to agriculture in almost any farm, home or transport location – wet or dry, indoors or out.
  • Easily hangs inside a barn, transport vehicle or wherever livestock are housed.
  • Horse shippers - monitor trailer temperatures and heat index from inside your truck! Know when to find shade or take a break to water your horses.
  • View data wirelessly via Bluetooth® low energy on your iOS phone or tablet with the free Kestrel LiNK app when within wireless range (up to 100’ or more line of sight.)
  • Store thousands of data points and get months of logging on a single coin-cell battery - customize logging rate, connections and alerts.
  • Rugged (drop tested to MIL-STD-810G standards), dust and waterproof (sealed to IP67 standards).
  • 5-year warranty.

Visit the Cattle Heat Stress Minisite for a more detailed look at this breakthrough tool.


Use a DROP Anywhere livestock are housed- Small, Accurate, Rugged and Waterproof

Each DROP measures just 1 x 1.8 x 2.4 inches (24 x 46 mm x 60 mm) and weighs just 1.2 ounces (34 grams).  DROP loggers meet military and international standards for water, dust and shock resistance (IP-67 and MIL-STD-810G) and are conveniently equipped with a sturdy d-ring for hanging wherever needed.

DROPs Are Powered by the Kestrel LiNK App

Kestrel LiNK is the free app that powers the DROP loggers. With Kestrel LiNK on your smart phone or tablet, you can view real-time readings from any DROP logger within wireless range (up to 100’ or more line of sight) via Bluetooth® low energy.  Each phone or tablet can connect to up to 8 DROP loggers at the same time and store data logs from many more. Min/Max/Average readings are clearly displayed and the data log is viewable as a scrolling graph with detailed data for each logged point. The Kestrel LiNK app also allows adjustment of the logging interval and other settings as well as real-time threshold alerts. Readings can be updated as frequently as every 2 seconds and logging time and date are automatically updated whenever connected to your smart device.  You can also send and share real-time and logged environmental data via email, Facebook or Twitter

DOWNLOAD KESTREL LiNK FOR iOS   DOWNLOAD KESTREL LiNK FOR ANDROID

Requirements:

  • iOS 6 installed iPhone 4s, iPad 3rd Generation, iPod Touch 5th Generation and above.
  • Android 4.3 and higher. Works with most Android devices with Bluetooth® low energy, including Samsung Galaxy, Nexus 4, Motorola Droid and other recent generation phones and tablets. 

American-Made Quality and a Five-Year Warranty

Every Kestrel environmental instrument is designed and built entirely in the USA. Kestrel’s history and focus on quality and ruggedness is reflected in the DROP’s industry-leading five-year warranty. Kestrel has been building rugged environmental instruments that help people do their jobs more safely and efficiently for more than fifteen years and has built a reputation for reliability one meter at a time.


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MeasurementsDROP D2AG $995000AG $2695500AG $3195400AG $699
Temperature yes yes yes yes
Relative Humidity yes yes yes yes
Heat Stress Index yes yes yes yes
Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) yes yes yes yes
Dew Point Temp. yes yes yes yes
Wind Speed/Air Speed   yes yes yes
Wind Chill   yes yes yes
Wet Bulb Temp. (Psychrometric)   yes yes yes
Station Pressure (Absolute Pressure)   yes yes yes
Barometric Pressure   yes yes yes
Altitude   yes yes yes
Density Altitude   yes yes yes
Volume Air Flow   yes yes  
Wind Direction     yes yes
Crosswind / Headwind / Tailwind     yes yes
Delta T     yes yes
Globe Temp.       yes
Naturally Aspirated Wet Bulb Temp.       yes
Wet Bulb Globe Temp. (WBGT)       yes
Heat Load Index (HLI)       yes
Accumulated Heat Load Units (AHLU)       yes



Model & SKUs: Kestrel DROP D2 - Part #0720AGHVG

 


Downloads

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP


Downloads

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP

Product Questions

Set the logging rate to the max, 12 hours. You could set the data refresh rate to its max, 1 minute, but that will only have an effect when connected to the DROP. Also if you connect to the DROP in colder weather, this will affect battery life more than in warmer temperatures. If possible, warm up the DROP before doing a data upload to Kestrel LiNK to help with battery life.

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This is really just personal preference. If the DROP name is related to its location or purpose, then obviously changing the name would be helpful each time.

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Yes. Once you make the settings to the DROP (custom name, logging rate, data refresh rate), those settings stay with the DROP itself. This means that all anyone else would have to do is download the Kestrel LiNK) app from the Google or iTunes App store and connect to the DROP to access.

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DROP D1

  • Data Points: 16330
  • Logging every 2 seconds - Fills up after 9 hours
  • Logging every 10 minutes - Fills up after 113 days
  • Logging every hour - Fills up after 680 days

DROP D2

  • Data Points: 8164
  • Logging every 2 seconds - Fills up after 4.5 hours
  • Logging every 10 minutes - Fills up after 56.7 days
  • Logging every hour - Fills up after 340 days

DROP D2 AG

  • Data Points: 7257
  • Logging every 2 seconds - Fills up after 4 hours
  • Logging every 10 minutes - Fills up after 50 days
  • Logging every hour - Fills up after 302 days

DROP D3

  • Data Points: 6220
  • Logging every 2 seconds - Fills up after 3.5 hours
  • Logging every 10 minutes - Fills up after 43 days
  • Logging every hour - Fills up after 259 days

DROP D3 Fire

  • Data Points: 6531
  • Logging every 2 seconds - Fills up after 3.6 hours
  • Logging every 10 minutes - Fills up after 45 days
  • Logging every hour - Fills up after 272 days
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This is dependent on a setting for the DROP in the Manage Data Log section. If you go to Manage->Manage Data Log, you will notice a Wrap Log toggle button. If the Wrap Log toggle button is slid to the right (indicates ON), then the oldest logged data will be overwritten when the data logger is full. If the slide is to the left (indicates OFF), then no more data will be collected when the data logger becomes full.

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The D1 can store 16330 data points. The D2 can store 8164 data points. The D3 can store 6220 data points.

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You can obtain a new battery door from our site here: Battery Doors ... Permalink

Our DROPs use the standard CR2025 battery coin cell which can provide 3-4 months of battery life. If you want, the DROPs can use a CR2050 battery which can get you an extra month or two of battery life, however you will need to change the battery door and purchase a Kestrel 123 battery door for the DROP to make it fit

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No the DROP will not connect with the Kestrel LiNK Ballistics app. The app does not have a ballistic solver in it so you need to have a 2700 or 5700 in order for it to work correctly. However there are other 3rd party apps that will work with the DROP. Here is a list of them: 3rd Party Apps

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Downloads

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP


Downloads

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP

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Downloads

DROP Data Logger Certificates of Comformity

Kestrel DROP Wireless Environmental Data Logger specification chart

DROP Data Logger Instruction Manuals

Getting Started with Kestrel DROP Wirelss Environmental Data Loggers

LiNK (Kestrel)

This tutorial will show you how to create a graph of the data that you exported from your Kestrel 5000 series or Kestrel DROP using one of the Kestrel LiNK applications.

Kestrel LiNK Manuals and Documentation


Support Documents for all Kestrels

Product Safety and Warranty Kestrel 5000 Series

DROP Data Logger Downloads

Here is some guidance on how to solve some power issues with the DROP

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