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Davis Instruments 6250 Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station Review

Davis Instruments 6250 Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station
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The Davis Vantage Vue Weather Station is a new model from this U.S. company that builds high-end stations. The Vantage Vue is the low end of their products, but is still far above the competition in quality and features. I bought this one to replace another weather station that, although I've had it for several years, had never been very satisfactory. When the wind gauge worked, the rain gauge wouldn't. The wireless transmitter wouldn't send signals through an exterior wall to the console, so I had to hard-wire them together. The software connection in my computer was a poor database.
When I got a new computer, I no longer had the required serial port for the old station, and since the anemometer, wind-direction and rain gauge had long since quit working, it was time to replace it with a better system.
The vantage Vue checks wind velocity and direction, temperature, rain-fall, humidity and barometric pressure like most weather stations. This one also calculates wind chill, heat index, heating and cooling degree-days, moon phase, 12-hour forecast, and several other functions, and displays them on an easy-to-read display. It works wirelessly so well, that I tested it by carrying the console 100 yards from the house and could still easily get transmissions from the sensor suite. The Station comes with well-written manuals that are easy to understand. Installation was pretty simple and without any complications. I highly recommend this unit for serious weather-watchers.

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The Vantage Vue weather station combines Davis\' legendary accuracy and rugged durability into a compact station that\'s easy to set up and use. Vantage Vue includes a sleek but tough outdoor sensor array and distinctive LCD console. The compact sensor array measures current weather conditions, including temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, dew point, and rainfall. Sets up in minutes and starts sending data wirelessly to the indoor console. The console also displays weather forecast icons, moon phase, sunrise/sunset times, graphing of weather trends, alarms and more. The unique Weather Center function provides additional information on each weather variable. In addition, Davis has made Vantage Vue radio-compatible with our flagship Vantage Pro2 stations, so you can mix or match most components.

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Wireless Vantage Pro2TM Plus with 24-Hr Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield Review

Wireless Vantage Pro2TM Plus with 24-Hr Fan Aspirated Radiation Shield
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The BEST DAVIS has to offer to date....
The Vantage Pro2 PLUS is a great unit and for any weather hobbyist this home PWS (personal weather station) is in the professional category. I have had mine for two months and love it plus the data you send is recorded by NOAA, MESO and all the rest and the installation is very well explained step by step.. It is wireless and flawless, the wireless capabilities I think is 1,000 feet but with Davis you can purchase relay stations to put your station farther away from where the console is indoors that you receive your signal from. The anemometer (wind meter) has a 40' cable on it so you can put your weather station on a pole but mount the anemometer up to 40' away the ISS (the weather station body). The Plus2 comes with UV and Solar Radiation sensors and it is also fan aspirated and what that means is it has a low cfm fan inside to cool the interior so an accurate ambient temperature is read, this is the most accurate outdoor temp reading that can be done thanks to that little fan moving air very slowly through the interior of the ISS-weather station. Maintenance is low, you may have to open it up once or twice a year to clean the inside and remove dust or such but opening it up is very easy to clean.The other things you will need when you purchase this unit is a mounting pole which come in kit form or you can fabricate. In the ground would be nothing more than a steel or galvanized pole set in concrete. Davis makes a universal galvanized tripod roof mount and it is very good, I own that but haven't installed it. I used an existing yard pole and took a regular satellite TV dish mount pole for an installation that would allow you to mount your satellite dish to an existing pole at your home, it works great for this purpose. If you live in SNO country then you will need the rain collector heater to melt snow fall to get the actual water content, you may purchase this at a later date if this weather station is tipping the budget in the initial purchase of the station itself.You will also need to figure out what software you like to use, I like the WeatherLink I.P. as it directly uploads via a Cat 5 cable to your wired/wireless router/DSL modem, that is all automatic on the uploads and the Davis console for this unit is house current powered with a DC adapter PLUS it also has battery back up, 3 size C batteries...This is a professional weather station but do not be overwhelmed by that.. Davis offers excellent support and the instructions that come with their products are pretty much idiot proof meaning easy. I would say if you can set up a brand new computer then you can set this Davis weather station up via the instructions and if you get stumped Davis support is there for you....If you are thinking of having fun as a weather enthusiast/hobbyist then this professional weather station is for you..5 STAR RATING....... I selected the 5 STAR rating but it ended up showing only a 4 star rating, a glitch in the upload I guess.

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Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus Station 6163 with Solar Radiation & UV SensorsFREE SHIPPING - USA / $100 OFF INTERNATIONAL DELIVERIES This weather station is a near scientific quality weather station and is manufactured to a quality standard known as "NIST" traceable. This wireless weather station has a transmission Range up to 1000'. Wireless repeaters are sold separately to increase range in 1,000' increments.Fastest Updating of Data at 2.5 Seconds! Includes display, Integrated Solar Powered Sensor Suite with Auto-Emptying Rain Bucket, Outdoor Temp and Humidity Sensor, Wind Gauge, and mounting hardware. For remote mounting of Anemometer, a wireless transmission kit is available. (Sold separately. Wireless Systems Only.) To operate this unit on AC power, a 220v - 110v power transformer is required for operation in many countries outside of the USA and Canada. Indoor Temperature & Humidity, Barometric Pressure, Tendency & Graph, Dew Point and Wind Chill "Streaming Ticker" with Current Weather Highlights! Over 100 different messages! View current data or highs and lows for up to 24 different days, months, or years. Weather Forecast icons: Sun, Partly Cloudy, Clouds, Rain, or Snow. 8 Moon Phases. Time and date including sunrise/sunset. Umbrella icon appears when it is currently raining. View daily rain, or rain for this storm, or season to date. Graph last 24 hours, days, or months of readings, or highs/lows. View over 80 graphs including additional analysis of temperature, rain, rain rate, wind, and barometric pressure. All without a computer! Storm Warnings and More: Set over 70 alarms! Compass rose with 16

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Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Weather Station (Wireless) Review

Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Weather Station (Wireless)
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We took care of a home in Hawai'i that had a Davis Vantage Pro2 station installed and though I am the "weather nut" in the family, my wife became very interested and checked the full-function console screen every day. Each gust of wind would cause her to ask: "How strong was THAT one?" After five weeks there she was the one that suggested we order one for our home. I never dreamed that I could own one like this but Amazon prices it so that it is possible. The installation was simply clamping it to a 2" diameter pipe that sits in a cup on the deck and attaches to the eave of the house. I carry the console to the neighbors and show it off. They may purchase their own console (about $300) and read data from my transmitter package (1,000' range), or I can place duplicat consoles in the greenhouse, garage, or den, with a limit of eight total. Also, each console will re-transmit to another, in a "daisy-chain" fashion. Not only does this device display more current items then you could ever think of, it maintains past data and graphically depicts the previous 24 hours of most items. As an example, for rainfall you will get totals for today, this month, this year, the last 24 years (if it was running then), the current rate of rainfall, and the total rain for this storm. It will also tell you the totals of the last 24 storms. How accurate is it? With the optional software, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will accept your data, (you can read about it if you go to: [...]), as well as schools and other groups. Optional equipment will allow you to determine if you should water your plants, to measure temperature in multiple places, and to read solar radiation levels. We are VERY happy with our Davis Vantage Pro2 system and strongly recommend it to you.

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Vantage Pro2 Wireless with standard radiation shield. This system uses frequency hopping spread spectrum radio technology to transmit weather data wirelessly up to 1,000 ft. (300 m) With data updates every 2.5 seconds. Includes Vantage Pro2 console/receiver, integrated sensor suite and mounting hardware. Integrated sensor suite includes rain collector, temperature and humidity sensors, anemometer with 40-Feet (12 m) anemometer cable and solar panel. Sensor suite is solar powered. Console may be powered using the included AC power adapter or with three C batteries (not included)

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