One of the factors that led me to go with Davis is the wind update rate. When it's really blowing it's usually pretty gusty and I want to see something approaching real time. I'd never believe an anemometer that's only showing 30 second averages or even 30 second latency. Also, after doing some research, and my own experiments with stand-alone thermometers, I decided that a fan-aspirated radiation shield was going to be necessary to get reasonably accurate temperatures.
That pretty much means a VP2. The other problem with integrated instruments like the Vue is that the anemometer really should be sited differently than the temp and rain collector. My anemometer is 25' above the roof, on a pole that couldn't support an integrated instrument package (and that would be a bad place to measure temperature anyway). The rain collector and thermometer should also be sited somewhat differently but putting them together is not so much of a compromise. So while the Vue may measure accurately, putting all the instruments in one package ends up making the weather data less accurate than it could be. -Les > On Dec 13, 2016, at 3:20 PM, vince <vinceska...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 2:29:17 PM UTC-8, pon...@gmail.com wrote: >> I'd rather just buy a "VW" that works (not a Rolls Royce). It's certainly >> been interesting to see the reports of driver problems with other hardware. >> Working with weewx is now a requirement for me and I wouldn't consider >> anything that doesn't. Thanks again. >> > > You have to ask yourself what your time and stress level are worth to you. > Personally, I spent the money for the VP2 a long time ago. Worth it for me. > > Back then, the Vue was just announced, so I didn't go with a model new to > market. I'd probably go with the Vue if I was buying today, due to its > smaller size, unless there were quality or accuracy things saying it wasn't > comparable in quality that I haven't been keeping up with. > > And Davis support was 'great' the two times I had to contact them. They even > sent me a ISS circuit board replacement a month 'after' mine was out of > support. Great service. > > > -- > 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
