No, sorry. You are wrong.
During heavy precipitation, the new spoon tipper dramatically over-reads. I did multiple tests where I had manual gauges both on the ground, as well as mechanical tippers, and at the same height as the spoon tipper. All gauges apart from the spoon tipper would be within 1mm of each other. After rain events of 15mm, the spoon tipper would read as much as 5mm more. The heavier the precipitation, the higher that over-read would become.
There were several events where it was in excess of 10mm higher than all other gauges. It even gave me a rain rate of 411.4 mm/hr - it was not fit for purpose, neither were the other two that I tried. The problem lies with the spoon tipping earlier than it should do during heavy precipitation, and not tipping when the spoon is completely full.
The see-saw tipper does not have this issue.