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Sorry guys I have been not looking at this thread for a while. I can confirm that the ecowitt.net feed from the HP2551 should support all the sensors it can display. Mine certainly has done so since the console was enabled to upload to Ecowitt.net with the appropriate firmware update. As for Mapanz's console. That is weird, you certainly do appear to have something slightly different to the rest of the ws-2000/Hp2551 models. Perhaps you have an evolution unit. Will be curious to see if its the same when you get the replacement, although of course it could just be the plastic trim that's different. As for the WS-80, this is in test in HK at the moment (seen the photo's) and I believe will be available within a month or so assuming no significant bugs are found.

Did you get a gw-1000? If you did you could power that from a USB power bank and move it around. By using the WS-View app on your phone you can see the signal quality. You might be able to determine a source of interference or even if its just your console. Its possible that Lucy is waiting for the new stand alone sensor variant to be ready and send that to you but I cant say anymore than that about it as I have been sworn to secrecy!

You might be able to get a compatible spare screen from Froggitt in Germany. However as Trebor has pointed out these are old tech and prone to problems. Unless you are a tinkerer I would look for a different solution.

I think Cardiff will not see 30C today judging from live data see map (12:45) however I would suggest somewhere like Exeter or Bristol are more likely to reach 30C today

Really liking the davis screen setup you two have crafted. I would strongly suggest that you offer the design to FO/Ecowitt as it really should be part of the package and the one big weak spot with the current separate sensors offering! If they don't want to make a variant themselves for mass production they could provide a PDF guide for others to do the same as yourselves.

Not strictly on topic but I thought I would share this anyway as it clearly is showing how the modeled warm air is actually lying across Europe and SE corner of the UK. This was Live at 13:15. and is live weather station data

See snap of a realtime map of weather stations across Europe....tells a story for actual on the ground temps!

I noted that the HP2551 firmware update (1.4.6) contains some refinements that improve the radio reception on the console. Might make a difference for some folks. Looks OK for me so far.

You will probably get a letter from DHL or whoever was used a week or say later with the fee to be charged. That's how it worked for me. Glad to see Lucy is sorting you out with the missing sensor stick.

Most of my story can found in the thread above.. I find it pretty accurate and you wont get better unless you invest in a Davis Vantage weather station and that will be 2-3 times more expensive at least. I am a few miles from the RHS Wisley Gardens which has an official Met Office weather station so I can do a reasonable bench mark against that and Farnborough Airport some 10 miles away also. I have my sensor array on a small aerial mast attached to the side of my garage. I think my import fees were something like £15 which was mostly DHL's admin costs for importation. The HP2551 colour console is lovely to look at and can be mixed with pretty much all options (either all in one sensor array (like me) or the newest individual sensor arrays) You can look at the WU data as IGUILDFO67

Woot! Good news! My kit took greater than 3 weeks from order to dispatch but it did cover the Chinese New year which is a 2 week shutdown! Once shipped mine took 2 days to reach me via a convoluted trip around the world. Always fascinates me the way parcel routing works!

See Photo....remember its signal quality (not strength) Rain rate is there, small font and is more obvious if you compare with one of my original pictures above.

All I know from Lucy is that a weather cam is in 'Development' so we will see! I have also suggested a soil temperature sensor as well as I could see that being useful for gardeners/farmers. Lucy seemed to like the idea. As you say the HP2551 does pack a lot in already so imagine they will have to re-organise although for the console it might be as simple as showing a lightening symbol if detected. I am not too familiar with other lightning sensors so I am not sure what other data would or could be determined and displayed..

Excellent news..need more UK representatives on the Ecowitt Map! Sorry that you had difficulty getting in touch with Lucy...but all good now! Ecowitt really do seem to be motoring along with new kit and projects. As much as I would love Davis they seem to be stuck in the last decade compared to the evolution that Fine Offsett/Ecowitt are bringing to market.

That's excellent news. What does the sticker on the back of the console say (HP2550A)? Just curious, as the product naming can be ambiguous. I have the HP2550A display console and that seems to connect to just about everything but would be good to know positively that it works with the individual sensor suite. I think the current crop of weather stations from Fine Offset/Ecowitt are a genuine leap forward from where consumer level stations have been for a long time. If you can post some photo's of the setup that would be nice for folks to see.

Despite the weather radar and predictions it has been bone dry today in the South with plenty of sunny spells although windy and only 1.8mm precipitation yesterday. Been out on the downs today and looking North over London I can see some small showers falling from isolated clouds. This is far from the heavy rainfall predicted.

Looking good. Please post about your experience of the individual sensors and your console. I am curious as to which console you got with the sensors! Was it the HP2551/WS2000 style console rather than the HP3500 console as if that works with the individual sensors then this will the first example seen in that configuration. I believe Lucy mentioned to me that it was possible but I went for the all in one array for ease of use. Top tip, though is to get hold of a GW-1000 as that gets you access to the ecowitt.net data repository. Its only $35 and is great giving you an independent way to upload without using the console. The HP2551 console will eventually get the ecowitt.net upload sometime soon though so it might be worth waiting for the eventual firmware update.

I think you'd be better off going to someone like Ecowitt or Froggit and just buying a Sensor array and a data logger and that way you'd save money but not having the console if you are not there to look at it. Froggitt are just resellers of Fine Offset but they have the advantage of being local (Germany). Ecowitt on the other hand work directly with Fine Offset in Hong Kong and can tailor anything for you. They wont have the products itemised as you want on their website but if you drop Lucy an e-mail at Sales@ecowitt.com then I am sure she could put together a cheap system for you. For instance the new GW-1000 data logger (sends data directly to ecowitt.net and the other sites like WU) is only $35. All you would need ontop is the sensor array. People myself included are working on how to capture the data directly from the Gw-1000 to save into Cumulus, but this is not really needed if you are happy with the ecowitt.net site. (To be honest as long as you have a net connection its great)

Not aware of anyone in UK/Europe having the HP3501 yet as its a new variant. The individual sensors were only released in the last few months and paired together with the display console. I am not sure if you are aware but Ecowitt works hand in glove with Fine Offset so these are the latest and greatest and they do provide great support. I am sure you will find Lucy responds quite quickly.

Ignore the last photo....not sure how that got in the review and cant seem to edit the post to remove it!

Any of the modern Ecowitt WiFi weather stations will connect to your Wifi service and send the data direct to the weather service of your choice (WU etc) You can get some of their kit from Amazon.com if you want to avoid shipping from Hong Kong where they are based. I use the HP2551 in the UK and you can see my data at Weather Undergound (IGUILDFO67) In case you are wondering I have only just changed to this station so there is no historical data. (Just noticed you are in the UK, so possibly better to go direct to Ecowitt and ask for a quote to ship) Worked easily for me. 2 days from HK to Surrey and Customs hit was £18 (mostly admin charge)

Don't know if the original poster is still interested but I note that Ecowitt (direct brand for Fine Offset stations) has started a new line of individual weather station components. You can purchase a separate anemometer with Solar sensor, a rain gauge and other individual components and use these with a console if you wish or a IP logger for sending the data straight to the Internet. See www.Ecowitt.com You can pretty much mix and match with Ecowitt if you drop them a e-mail and ask for what you'd like and a quote to ship to you. My kit even came with the correct UK power adapters for the console.

D Man if you are interested in the Ecowitt Solar/Cellular station I suggest that you contact support@ecowitt.net and ask for a quote as the price might not be too bad and you might even be able to negotiate a reduced price if you offer to upload a product review for them as they are a new brand offering the latest weather station kit from Fine Offset so are looking for exposure.

So I have had my new Ecowitt station (HP2550/2551) in place now for approximately a week and I have been delighted. You can see my weather data on WU as IGUILDFO67 I thought I would share some pictures and a small review as I have been well pleased and thought somebody may well else benefit from my purchases The system arrived extremely well packaged and in my case was shipped by FedEx fairly swiftly from Hong Kong (2 days) Here you can see the items just as I opened the box The various components as I started to put the station together. I had some optional components; 5 extra Hygro/Thermo sensors, a Soil Sensor and a PM2.5 Air quality sensor and a IP Logger (Gw-1000). You can have up to 8 additional thermo/Hygro sensors and these can be named on your console for ease of identification. You ask what use are these? Well I have some dotted around the house, one in the garage and one in the Freezer so I can tell when my son has left it open! The most interesting additional Ecowitt sensor is the PM2.5 Air Quality sensor. This device is solar powered with rechargeable batteries as backup. The sensor should last 10-20 days and then can be topped up via a Micro USB socket which will probably be required quite a lot in the UK winter climate! There is an optional battery powered additional display you can have elsewhere in the home/office etc which shows Air Quality live and 1 hour/24 hour views. It also indicates the battery state of the remote PM2.5 sensor. So far after 7 days the indicated battery still shows good in March daylight conditions. As a bonus the small PM2.5 display also has an internal temperature and humidity sensor and displays that as shown in the photo. The Soil Moisture sensor is also a new additional sensor and measures the % soil moisture through conductivity. I understand that you can have up to 16 soil sensors. These are battery powered by a single AA battery cell. The device is fairly large as seen by the photo in my hand and I currently have this on test in a hanging basket left over from last summer which still has petunias proving that winter was a non event in the South! There is a mini monitor that can be purchased as an additional display for this as well but I did not have one of those so cannot share a photo though you can see it on the Ecowitt site. In my case I observe the data directly on my HP2551 console or on the Ecowitt.net website via the GW-1000 The final extra I am playing with is the GW-1000 IP Logger. This matchbox sized device is powered via a USB socket so can be plugged into the side of a PC or a spare phone charger. This is how I am powering the device with a USB extension lead. For note the battery in the picture was purely there as a scale reference. The GW-1000 in itself contains a temperature/Humidity sensor and barometer which you can see on the wired extension. The clever little beast see's all the sensor sources such as the station sensor array, 5 x internal thermo/hygro sensors, PM2.5, soil sensor etc and uploads the data to the usual sources (WU etc) as you require (some sites only accept certain data). In addition it allows upload of the full sensor set to Ecowitt.net. This is great and allows full graphing and viewing of all your uploaded data over time which means that you can have a independent external copy of your data. The device itself has no obvious storage and you have the capability to view the data from your sensors live via WS-View app on Android should you not want to upload to the Internet or in addition. Going back to the HP2550/2551 display which you can see in the previous post above, I have to say is great. It is super clear and displays everything in a logical manor. There is a capability to back received data up to a MicroSD card that you can pop in its side. You can even make the display show graphs of various data source if you want though I prefer to use Ecowitt.net and the data from the Gw-1000 for that! As previously mentioned the HP2550/1 display also shows the Soil Moisture data and the PM2.5 sensor summary. Finally a pic of the array in position I hope this summary has been of use to folks who might be looking for a new weather station in the UK. Take a look at http:\\www.ecowitt.com Be warned though the prices quoted are bit all over the place as sometimes they are Canadian dollars or Aussie and of course US$ and if you are genuinely interested then drop Ecowitt an e-mail at support@ecowitt.com and they will quote you a shipped price which is what I did. You may get a import bill a week or so later which caught me out but it was only £18 and most of this was admin by FedEx. I absolutely do not regret this purchase given the lack of choice now that Maplin is gone. The bonus of dealing with Ecowitt is that they are connected with Fine Offset the manufacturers and so have all the latest kit and tech support etc.

OK, I am delighted to say that I now have my Ecowitt HP2550A weather station unboxed and temporarily setup. Hopefully I will have time tomorrow to treat the sensor array with PTFE and install the bird spikes and place into its permanent home. So far the display and sensors have impressed mightily. I have attached a picture. Everything was as they (Ecowitt) promised and even came with a UK PSU for the display. Everything had been pre-tested and configured for me so it was a doddle getting going. See attached pic. Interestingly it also shows the PM2.5 air quality sensor data and also the soil moisture sensor. The Gw-1000 gateway picked up all the sensors and is uploading them to ecowitt.net.