Recommend a weather station

Min · 08-09-2011 2:05pm

Where is the best and cheapest place to buy Davis weather stations?

gbee · 08-09-2011 2:16pm

NIALL D wrote: »

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200649202851&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

if this is a good one ill buy it....

This looks like the newer version that I refereed to earlier. Of the three, this one is both as good value and had some updates which are desirable for this range.

Lumi · 08-09-2011 2:21pm

Min wrote: »

Where is the best and cheapest place to buy Davis weather stations?

I purchased one a few months ago Min and recommend that you have a look at both Prodata and Weathershop
They both have some good deals at the mo

Drop me a PM if you want specifics on price etc

Min · 08-09-2011 5:18pm

Fionagus wrote: »

I purchased one a few months ago Min and recommend that you have a look at both Prodata and Weathershop
They both have some good deals at the mo

Drop me a PM if you want specifics on price etc

Thanks, it is what I am looking for, saw American sites but the delivery fee was high.

Pangea · 12-09-2011 11:46am

What sort of station would one recommend for measuring wind speeds?
Would love to have one for todays event.

mac80 · 12-09-2011 12:08pm

The more you can afford the better the quality http://www.weathershop.co.uk/shop/collections/best-sellers.html

Davis would be considered the best.
Best to do a Google on any station you intend to buy to see what the general opinion is.

mac80 · 12-09-2011 12:16pm

Sorry forgot to say, before buying make sure and ask how often the station logs the windspeed.
I had a WMR 88 and it is a fine station but only records the wind speed every 40 or 50 secs.
The Davis reports every 2.5 secs

gbee · 12-09-2011 12:17pm

If you are serious, you MUST, and I mean MUST get the Davis Vue as a STARTER ~ it's close to €500/€600.

I was afraid to sepend that kind of money TBH ~ but you won't get ANYTHING accurate under that.

Chaeap ones can be Fine, one may, like I do keep adjusting the readings but the cheap WS suffer from anomolies and spikes and disconnections and clogging up and I could go on ~ but there is fun in this cheap WS game too.

But for the serious weather person you must start at the top ~ Davis Vantage Vue as a minium started kit.

DOCARCH · 12-09-2011 2:13pm

The Davis Vue is a good deal cheaper than E500/E600 - the Vue is good but has it's limitations in my opinion, given that all the instruments are grouped together so not all instruments will be in their optimum positions (e.g. you want your anaeomometer up high but not necessarily your rain gauge and thermos).

You should get a Davis Pro/VP2 for around the E600 to E700 mark if you shop around. I have one on order!

I have a LaCrosse station at the moment that cost around E350. When I got that I soon realised I should have gone with a Davis!

Min · 14-09-2011 12:16pm

My Davis VP2 arrived today, I feel like a child on Christmas morning

rhonin · 14-09-2011 12:40pm

Min wrote: »

My Davis VP2 arrived today, I feel like a child on Christmas morning

Sweet

Hoping to get the vantage vue myself in a few weeks.

Lumi · 14-09-2011 8:56pm

Min wrote: »

My Davis VP2 arrived today, I feel like a child on Christmas morning

Great news Min! Well wear

The Davis pro2 is a brilliant piece of kit and here's hoping you get some decent weather to record with it!

Min · 14-09-2011 11:58pm

rhonin wrote: »

Sweet

Hoping to get the vantage vue myself in a few weeks.

Yeah, very sweet, took me a while to get it all working as there was a setting wrong which didn't allow the console to display information from outside, but got it fixed via the datalogger and software.

That will be great, you'll have it before the snow

Fionagus wrote: »

Great news Min! Well wear

The Davis pro2 is a brilliant piece of kit and here's hoping you get some decent weather to record with it!

Thank you, you saved me a lot as I got the datalogger and software for £75 which was a big saving. Over £200 for that if buying on it's own at the weathershop.

I will be installing it tomorrow, before the rain comes...

eskimocat · 19-09-2011 10:39pm

The one thing i would advise anyone about getting a weather station is to watch out for meddling neighbours... very suspiciously on Sept 11th, my station recorded what must be a record low for Dromahair in Sept...
MINUS 13c :rolleyes: me thinks there was an icecube involved... it was either that or i had a very significant localised weather event!!:P

Funny enough, that same morning at the same time... it was literally raining buckets of water!

19-09-2011 11:02pm

Someone must have a can or two of this :pac:

gbee · 19-09-2011 11:04pm

eskimocat wrote: »

The one thing i would advise anyone about getting a weather station is to watch out for meddling neighbours...

Funny you should say that, In an effort to get more reliable readings I've raised my own weather station another three feet ~ I'm apparently getting more consistent readings ~ but it is strange when one can see the same time that episodes occur ~ either birds, cats or ........ zing, zing, zing .. :eek:

Lumi · 19-09-2011 11:17pm

eskimocat wrote: »

The one thing i would advise anyone about getting a weather station is to watch out for meddling neighbours... very suspiciously on Sept 11th, my station recorded what must be a record low for Dromahair in Sept...
MINUS 13c :rolleyes: me thinks there was an icecube involved... it was either that or i had a very significant localised weather event!!:P

Funny enough, that same morning at the same time... it was literally raining buckets of water!

Data spikes like that happen from time to time with Maplin/FineOffset stations

Have a look on the Cumulus forum http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5605
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5841&p=49883&hilit=rainfall#p49883

Afik there's a tool you can download from Cumulus to remove & correct the offending data or I'll sort it for you when I'm doing the other stuff

The neighbour is probably innocent

:D

EDIT: Just had a look at your data Cat - that's definitely neighbour-related!!
Kill the fecker

:D:D

19-09-2011 11:34pm

Fionagus wrote: »

Data spikes like that happen from time to time with Maplin/FineOffset stations

Have a look on the Cumulus forum http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5605
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5841&p=49883&hilit=rainfall#p49883

Afik there's a tool you can download from Cumulus to remove & correct the offending data or I'll sort it for you when I'm doing the other stuff

The neighbour is probably innocent :D

I had a funny rain event once, 100mm in five minutes or something like that, found the neighbour* scratching it's arse on the fence post that was also holding the rain gauge. :rolleyes:

*horse

oswaldcobblepot · 21-09-2011 10:32am

Hey,

I'm looking for a cost effective (CHEAP!) weather station for around the hundred euro mark. I want to measure rainfall, air temp (max, min, mean) solar radiation, windspeed and direction. However one of the most crucial to me is soil temp. The reason I want to monitor these parameters is to determine the optimum timing for mineral and organic fertiliser application and utilisation, to reduce the inciddence of soil structural degradation in the form of soil compaction, and to monitor the microclimate on my farm in general.

I have found several weather stations on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/NKA-Professional-Wireless-Weather-Station/dp/B0049ATRBA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1316597128&sr=8-4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Wireless-Weather-Station-interface/dp/B002LSEN52/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

The thing is neither log soil temperature. It seems to me that the only other option I have, without spending too much money, is to use a usb temp logger and bury it in the ground. However this is a bit of a pain in the ass and if I had a weather station that does soil temp too then that would be ideal. Secondly I'm dubious about the quality and accuracy of these weather stations.

Anyone have any advice on this?

Cheers.

vicwatson · 21-09-2011 6:09pm

this looks to be the same one again on ebay..
cheaper than both of the above..

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tchlink:top:en

if this is a good one ill buy it....

I bought this one last year from Waters and Stanton in England - don't buy from them anyway unless you have the rest of your life to spare

I had a problem with the unit and eventually they took it back to check it out. They eventually sent it back to me saying it was fixed. It was fixed for about a day and the same problems. Now I understnad sh1t happens and thats why I allowed them try make a repair, but their lack of communication is deplorable to say the least. I must had sent them around 10 e-mails before I got a reply to my initial complaint, another 10/15 before I sent the unit for repair, and about another 20 after it trying to get my full refund, which I did, but only after another 5 to 10 e-mails.

An absolute distaster, I even e-mailed the owners and they never bothered replying.

Just saying, they are cheapest on the web that I could find - the above is the reason for it. They were a disaster customer relations wise.

Up to you.

I am off to start looking for a new one now myself hence me coming across this thread.

NIALL D · 21-09-2011 7:20pm

thank god !!!!
i was jus about to buy one of these last week .. i looked at loads on ebay an that seemed about the best value but done some reading up on different models in different places...
ended up pulling out.

as far as i can see if you want a PROPER GOOD QUALITY weather station you would want to spend around 500 euros at least...

for now im goin to spend the money , around 100 , on one the small ones , like the ones argos have.. jus a small screen for indoor an a sensor for outdoor.. at least i know it will be accurate..!!
gives indoor/outdoor temp and humidity , ice warning , has alarm etc...

its jus for starters , and might spend the money on a proper one down the road at some stage...

vicwatson · 21-09-2011 8:20pm

What about the likes of this Niall D ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oregon-Scientific-WMR80-Wireless-Weather/dp/B001L56Q6K/ref=pd_cp_ce_3

It's on their own website at a lot dearer (assuming the Amazon seller ship to Ireland) - you can look at the manual on this website too - I'd prefer station that has all the rain gauge, wind speed indicator and wind direction indicator all on the one pole so to speak.....

http://uk.oregonscientific.com/cat-Weather-sub-Professional-prod-Full-Wireless-Weather-Station-plus-UV-Sensor.html#

vicwatson · 21-09-2011 8:24pm

for now im goin to spend the money , around 100 , on one the small ones , like the ones argos have.. jus a small screen for indoor an a sensor for outdoor.. at least i know it will be accurate..!!
gives indoor/outdoor temp and humidity , ice warning , has alarm etc...

I've had one of these for the last 2 years and it's perfect - especially for the price !!

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/4-lcd-wireless-out-indoor-weather-station-with-clock-and-outdoor-temperature-sensor-2-aa-34582

NIALL D · 21-09-2011 8:50pm

vicwatson wrote: »

What about the likes of this Niall D ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oregon-Scientific-WMR80-Wireless-Weather/dp/B001L56Q6K/ref=pd_cp_ce_3

It's on their own website at a lot dearer (assuming the Amazon seller ship to Ireland) - you can look at the manual on this website too - I'd prefer station that has all the rain gauge, wind speed indicator and wind direction indicator all on the one pole so to speak.....

http://uk.oregonscientific.com/cat-Weather-sub-Professional-prod-Full-Wireless-Weather-Station-plus-UV-Sensor.html#

to be honest i am no expert on these or anything ,but i read through all this thread and others on different forums and read through the ratings people gave etc...
an seems that the more you spend the more reliable you get..

the oregonscientific might actually be good , alot of people said they make fairly good quality stuff..

NIALL D · 21-09-2011 8:52pm

vicwatson wrote: »

I've had one of these for the last 2 years and it's perfect - especially for the price !!

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/4-lcd-wireless-out-indoor-weather-station-with-clock-and-outdoor-temperature-sensor-2-aa-34582

yep its something like that im lookin for ..
thanks for the link...........

Min · 21-09-2011 10:18pm

oswaldcobblepot wrote: »

Hey,

I'm looking for a cost effective (CHEAP!) weather station for around the hundred euro mark. I want to measure rainfall, air temp (max, min, mean) solar radiation, windspeed and direction. However one of the most crucial to me is soil temp. The reason I want to monitor these parameters is to determine the optimum timing for mineral and organic fertiliser application and utilisation, to reduce the inciddence of soil structural degradation in the form of soil compaction, and to monitor the microclimate on my farm in general.

I have found several weather stations on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/NKA-Professional-Wireless-Weather-Station/dp/B0049ATRBA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1316597128&sr=8-4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Wireless-Weather-Station-interface/dp/B002LSEN52/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

The thing is neither log soil temperature. It seems to me that the only other option I have, without spending too much money, is to use a usb temp logger and bury it in the ground. However this is a bit of a pain in the ass and if I had a weather station that does soil temp too then that would be ideal. Secondly I'm dubious about the quality and accuracy of these weather stations.

Anyone have any advice on this?

Cheers.

I am sorry to say this. You will have to spend a lot more for what you want.
I got the Davis Vantage Pro 2 because you can add things to it and it is among the best available. With the plus model you get solar radiation and UV and you can add a station to it to measure soil temperatures, soil moisture and leaf wetness.
It is not cheap but for what you want it is not cheap and you won't get anything for around 100 euro.

I just wonder if a farmer could put it on the tax returns as a valid capital expenditure given the weather is such an important aspect of farming.

mac80 · 23-09-2011 9:20am

sharemore wrote: »

I recommend this weather station to you ，price and quality so good. But need 5 battery。and buying online the biggest problem is the shipping time, so you may consider more about this...this one is cheaper than the DX one
http://www.focalprice.com/EX007S/Weather_Station_Clock_with_Digital_Recorder_Silver.html

Why would you recommend this ! is not compatible with any software that I know off and is an unbranded chinese copy :mad:

Stay clear of this weather station

Oliver1985 · 17-10-2011 7:58pm

Evening all , after getting the weather bug last year I am going to buy a home station have 100euro to spend could anyone give me a good one for that price?
Was thinking about getting this one

http://www.pjboner.com/products-page/signatrol/wh1090-low-cost-weather-station/

17-10-2011 8:19pm

Oliver1985 wrote: »

Evening all , after getting the weather bug last year I am going to buy a home station have 100euro to spend could anyone give me a good one for that price?
Was thinking about getting this one

http://www.pjboner.com/products-page/signatrol/wh1090-low-cost-weather-station/

I have one of those, does the job, only issue with it is the temperature sensor is insufficiently shielded from sunlight. So therefore, it reads high in direct sunlight, if you mount it in a proper shelter it should be OK.

Iancar29 · 20-10-2011 2:05pm

SELLING MY BELOVED STATION PEOPLES ... PM if INTERESTED

http://www.adverts.ie/other-electronics/irox-pro2-complete-weather-station/1045621

:cool:

vonbarracuda · 29-10-2011 1:13pm

The girlfriend is after buying me one the starter stations in Maplins , its pretty basic but gives me a good few details , our property is sheltered from South so wont get a wind reading when the wind is coming that way.

Recommend a weather station

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