To everyone - thanks a million for all the comments and advice. I shall have to think about this carefully. I currently have my anemometer at 10 m and yes, putting the whole vue iss at that height may be a little too high for my pole to have the weight at the top end. This may well end up pushing me towards the pro2 if only for that reason.
Anyways - many thanks for all the help in my decision making process. Andrew On Friday, 25 May 2018 19:59:29 UTC+3, vince wrote: > > On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 10:33:13 PM UTC-7, Andrew Milner wrote: >> >> As a non-davis user, but thinking about splashing out the cash, does >> anyone have views or opinions on the benefits or disadvantages of the vue >> over the pro2 davis stations - for reliability and/or accuracy? The vue >> looks to me to be the better option - but maybe I am missing some important >> differences. >> >> > - The Vue is smaller and lighter and less expensive. The VP2 is > bigger. Like really really bigger. > - The consoles are different, but I think they're both hideously ugly > and 1978ish in appearance. > - The battery backup on the VP2 console is a nice feature if your > power bounces occasionally > - The VP2 permits you to add additional sensors (not many people need > this) > - The Vp2 lets you split the sensors so the anemometer is near the > recommended 10m height while the rain/temp sensors are at the recommended > lower 1.5m or so height I used to have my VP2 at about 9 feet elevation > and finally put up a flagpole that let me mount the anemometer at 20 ft or > so....made a massive difference in finally reading the wind and especially > the gusts. > > > Davis-related: > > - Maintenance is nothing basically other than popping the rain > collector off and clearing out bugs/dirt/etc. a couple times a year. I > haven't had any problems with birds nesting/perching, but I think the new > VP2 come with bird spikes to attach to the rain collector to prevent that. > - Replacement parts are easy to find, from cards to sensors to > consoles etc. > > > My VP2 has been up since Jan-2009 and just plain works. I had to replace > the reed switch 18 month ago which was 5 minutes of soldering, Davis sent > me replacements for free. They also sent me a replacement sensor card > 'after' the unit was out of warranty. Great service on the phone and via > email every time I've contacted them. I can't say anything bad about the > hardware or the people. > > That said, their datalogger price is just a total scam for money in my > opinion, but I found a deal back then for under $100 and got the serial > logger. Works fine with a serial2usb converter. > > I guess I'd say that if you can get the anemometer up very high to mount > it as close to properly as possible, see if you can do the VP2 for that > feature, if you can handle the price. > > There are lots of places that sell Davis gear with ok prices. The Vue > looks like about $160 cheaper at places like Scaled Instruments (stations > <https://www.scaledinstruments.com/product-category/davis-instruments/complete-weather-stations/> > > and parts > <https://www.scaledinstruments.com/product-category/davis-instruments/> > available there). > -- 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.
