denodan

I have hadca Davis vue and my Tempest side by side fir awhile and stood equally as well as the Vue, bar rain. I decided to ditch the Vue, just to old tech for my liking in the 21st century.

Still for the average person who is not a real weather geek, The WS 2000 is great for the average person who just want to know the weather, all these weather stations are pretty much on par these days. Sure Davis updates faster, so has this advantage, but for the average person why pay big bucks for Davis? For value for money and for your money the WS2000 is great value and is one of the few to allow addons, even a lighting detector and soil sensor or extra temp sensors to get temps in different areas, and the ws2000 like Davis is one of the few allowing addons

Sorry Davis is ro stuck in the 1990's for me, no innovation. It's maybe the gold standard, but boy is it last techology. Things move on, and your paying for the Davis name. You could say the old fashion cars in the 50's and beyond are the gold standard, built stronger, etc, but everyone but the real apart from the enthusiastic people with own them. I think Davis is the same, only real fanboys of weather want them, everyone else goes with something much more modern. Much the same way most would go with a modern car rather than 70 year old tech.

Never an issue with my Tempest wind sensing at all. Only weak part is poor rain recording, but evrn then a bucket can be wrong also, especially if it's extreme rain or very heavy. How long ago did you have your Tempest? Or was it the older qeather flow? Have seen reports that they are every bit as good a any Davis, bar rain, if not more accurate when it comes to wind, due to no cup resistance, so more sensitive to wind movement and think it can record. 2mph, and wind cups take much more. Yeah seen a report on Wxforum were one guy has both and in depth analysis, etc the Tempist was every bit as good a Davis.

I used to have a Davis Vue, and Davis, while many say are good standard are stuck in the past, displays like they are from the 80's still expensive data loggers and link, while many have gone wifi so no data links, etc like Davis and coloyr displays, etc. I find my Tempest better than my Davis ever was, apart from poor rain totals, everything is far better, no moving parts, no rain bucket to clean out or wind bearings to replace, etc. As for the best Value, all over the internet, they are claiming the Ambient WS2000 is pretty much one of the best value for money stations. Sorry not a fan of Davis, not progressed in their techology, and charging a fortune for old techology and yes they do break down also. I have my Tempest and it's great, also have a cheaper ecowatt clone and as its not an ambient cannot get parts, and would assume frequency difference could cause problems as its not registering outside temps, yet strong full signal Bara for station and find and rain working as well as indoor temps, so ordered a WS 2000 to replace it from the USA and I know I can get parts and frequency would not be an issue. Sorry love those colour displays, unlike the old 80 style of the Davis. I hear lots saying a console does not matter, but those systems without one all want one or wished they did. And many Tempest owners are making displays for their Tempest, however I just use my iPad mini for the task, so easier to just get a cheap tablet than having to buy a console display. Trouble is hooking up to pc needs to be on 24/7 and the console on Davis are poor. The WS2000 has a great colour display, easy to read data and graphs, no pc needed to keep track of your weather and saves to underground weather, etc so don't need your pc on 24/7 which will cause extra wear and tear and shorten its life, and fans. Having pc on 24/7 think of all the dust the fans are sucking in.