I've been using a Davis Vantage VUE for about 5 years with no issues except you have to change the backup transmitter battery about once a year (in Nova Scotia, anyhow . . . maybe not as often in warmer latitudes.) Anyhow, Davis is as you describe, the Rolls Royce of personal weather stations. There have been a few reports of Raspberry Pi systems missing data occasionally from the Vantage VUE, but I think that's been sorted out. I'll find out shortly as my new Pi is slated to take over the weewx duties from my main server. I have nothing but good things to say about Davis' products.
- Paul On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 12:40:36 PM UTC-4, Mike Thompson wrote: > > I know it sounds like another one of those stupid questions you get on > forums, but on the other hand I would only know the answer after I've > splashed out loads of cash on a Davis weather station. > > Here's the background, for about 4 years now I've been running a Maplin > branded Fineoffset with weewx on a raspberry pi. The fineoffset has been > pretty reliable I replaced a couple of components but they are readily > available and cheap. However as I've gathered more data I'm after greater > precision. Firstly the rain gauge isn't capturing rainfall accurately for > three reasons; > a) Splashback - I think I've almost eliminated this by raising the sides > b) Cobwebs - spiders get in and are proving very difficult to keep out. As > the cobwebs increase the see saw needs more force to cause it to tip > c) Occasionally I get one huge spider under the see saw and it jams. > > I've seen a resolution to b) & c) using smaller gauge gauze to stop the > spiders getting in in the first place. > The second precision area is wind speed and direction. The Fineoffset's > sampling rate is something like 48 seconds which means that gusts are > significantly under reported. > > I've got a bit of spare cash so I thought I'd 'upgrade' to a Vantage Pro > or Vue as Davis seems to be the Rolls Royce of weather stations and the > sampling rate is so much shorter, but would I get the extra precision that > I'm after? > > If you've upgraded to a Davis from a Fineoffset (or something similar) I'd > be interested in your experiences. > > Thanks in Advance > Mike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
