Thanks Alec! A great review. (BTW... the sensor suite sends packets to the console every 2.5 seconds so fast-changing wind data is accurately captured.)
Right. I notice on the console the little radio-type icon that comes on and off. I believe that indicates a signal from the sensor on the roof. My Davis weather station has been running perfectly summer and winter for about 10 years. That's 90 degrees in the summer, -20 in the winter with winds to over 60mph. No service; no battery change, no loss of signal. Great instrument. Can't be beat for the money. Alec
Alec, you live in a nice area. 12:20 in the afternoon on July 5th and it's only 77.2* outside. In Georgia at that date and time, it would be about 90 headed for 105, in the shade! Great video. Take Care and be safe, John
Thanks John. I do get hot, humid weather here for days at a time in the low 90's before dropping back to normal. I love my weather station because of our extreme changes in a year. Winter can be -25F, summer 95F and every kind of rain, ice,snow,wind possible. I do love Georgia peaches so keep you weather hot.
You either have your thermometer in the sun or are reading the heat index or a car thermometer, which is very inaccurate. It doesn't get that hot in Georgia.
Thank you for the demo. Even before I watched this demo on Davis Vantage Vue weather station, I had seen the same Davis instrument from Singapore, costing about S$800 plus tax (approx US$622) I was about to procure it. Once the shop keeper realized that I was from California (Bay Area) he told me that I could buy Vantage Vue manufactured by Davis Instrument, Hayward, CA at a lesser cost. Upon return, a few days ago, the first thing I did was to get in touch with Davis Instrument by eMail, requesting the price and availability of Vantage Vue. They came up with a fantastic price structure that was hard to go unnoticed. I’m buying it. The demo by the Davis female staff is not worth watching. It, even made me think twice, “to buy or not to buy”. Your demo is the best and that made my decision concrete. Thanks.
I'm sure you will find it simple to setup and very helpful. We refer to it every morning as I get wild temperature / wind / rain fluctuations at the ranch in Canada. Let me now once you have it how its working for you. Thanks for watching. Alec
Hello Alec from sunny South Africa. My dad and I did a ton of research, eventually landing up on your video. By far the best on the net! Our Vantage Vue went up on the roof today!
Hi great review in Lehman's terms many thanks and all the very best from the UK. Can I ask do you still have a working unit and do you recommend. Kind Regards
This weather station is still working today. I did add the internet module for monitoring outside the house. Definitely recommend it and still available today. A
I love your delivery! You're great in front of the camera!! :-) Anyway, I just bought this very weather station earlier this year. I haven't had a chance to install it yet. I seem to be hung up on best way to mount the pole. I'm leaning towards a roof installation like you did. How did you mount the pole? So far I've seen two different ways. One is a what they call a "gable-end" roof mount that were apparently designed for TV antenna masts but I'm sure it would work fine for this. The other is a tripod mount that works on the roof. How did you mount yours and why that particular way?
You will love this Steve. I used a tripod antenna mounted in a deep concrete base (I like things not to move), bolted to the house eves and cross braced. We got a lot of wind at the ranch and this keeps my weather station very stable. With the new internet option (see #82 Weatherlink Live), I can monitor the weather anywhere, not that I'm going anywhere these days but I did travel a lot before. Enjoy it Steve.
@@AlecPeirceAtTheRanch I checked out #82. Weatherlink looks pretty cool. It looks like, if you want to, you can also collect data on your PC, create reports, collaborate with others, etc. I'll have to look into it. I'm trying to form a picture of what you described. It sounds like you essentially put the pole in concrete next to the house and then also bolted it to the house for stability? I'm not quite seeing how the tripod is used though. I know it takes a lot to do one of these videos but I bet you could get some hits from people searching for how to mount or install their weather station. At least I think it would be neat to see what you did. :-)
Our neighbor mounted his on a single, strong pole (galvanized fence rail, 2" diameter, 12' long) on his gable end. He fastened a strong metal 'L' bracket to the roof below the gable and used caulking to seal the screws. One end of the pole sits on the L. The pole then goes straight up from the L bracket and just touches the end of the gable where he fastens it to the eave with a metal bracket. It's been up for almost a year and no sign of wear at all. It's a lot less work than a tripod. The Weather Station is not heavy so it doesn't need much to hold it solidly in place. Also with his, he can stand on the top of the eave and change the battery or check it. Alec
The base station logs past measurements, the biggest gust this year was 96 Kph. It's a great instrument that i check daily before going out. Thanks for watching Jack. A.
Never. It's pretty windy up there so snow has not been a problem. The rain gauge doesn't work in the wintertime. It really doesn't work well anytime but otherwise it's a 24/7/365 weather station. Thanks for watching. Alec
Hasn't happened yet. There's really nothing to freeze. The rain catcher dumps every few minutes and everything else is brass or plastic. And they've designed it so ice and snow don't stick to it. Take care. Alec
More than height, it's height above nearest structures. 16.4' is great but it should be 6' above the anything with 30'. That is, whatever it's height it must be above any other nearby things that might create turbulence. Good luck. Alec
Monitoring & recording current surface weather is not hard, forecasting global weather at different scales is real challenge which is the meteorologists mainly focus on. Weather forecasting nowadays may not be good enough to the level we dream of, but it is still the best environment forecasting we get with some confidence. It is also the foundational drive force of hydrological forecasting, air quality forecasting, etc. Davis Vantage Vue is a "toy" product comparing to observation instruments for national weather service network, but it is cheap and easy-to-use, still good to have one when automatic weather station from government or research institution is not available in the heart of your beautiful ranch, IMO.
Nope. The unit is battery operated so there's no danger from electrical shock. I'm also not worried about lightening since we have several other things nearby that are higher - windmill (all metal), trees, flagpole (all metal), etc. If it was the highest metal object in the area, I'd attach a copper wire running to a pipe in the ground just to be safe. Alec
Alec, I thought you are in Canada? Canada is a METRIC country, If so, Why do you have your wesather station set to imperial? Davis Instrument make excellent weather stations. would recommend them to anyone.
I'm old. I use metric when it's convenient but I still enjoy imperial. I suppose it's nice to be able to use both. Kinda' like speaking two languages! Thanks for watching. Alec
Had one of those, hated it, old fashion, stuck in the 1980's, no innovation. Perfer the Tempest, no moving parts and is every bit as accurate as my Vue was, no moving parts means no maintenance, dont even have to change batteries
Thanks for a great video. I’m looking at getting one. I live in London (U.K.) love your humour. Please be safe. All the best , and thank you.
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks Alec! A great review. (BTW... the sensor suite sends packets to the console every 2.5 seconds so fast-changing wind data is accurately captured.)
Right. I notice on the console the little radio-type icon that comes on and off. I believe that indicates a signal from the sensor on the roof.
My Davis weather station has been running perfectly summer and winter for about 10 years.
That's 90 degrees in the summer, -20 in the winter with winds to over 60mph.
No service; no battery change, no loss of signal.
Great instrument. Can't be beat for the money.
Alec
You want accurate wind data you need the cabled version. No delay in wind data
Alec, you live in a nice area. 12:20 in the afternoon on July 5th and it's only 77.2* outside. In Georgia at that date and time, it would be about 90 headed for 105, in the shade!
Great video. Take Care and be safe, John
Thanks John. I do get hot, humid weather here for days at a time in the low 90's before dropping back to normal. I love my weather station because of our extreme changes in a year. Winter can be -25F, summer 95F and every kind of rain, ice,snow,wind possible. I do love Georgia peaches so keep you weather hot.
You either have your thermometer in the sun or are reading the heat index or a car thermometer, which is very inaccurate. It doesn't get that hot in Georgia.
Thank you for the demo. Even before I watched this demo on Davis Vantage Vue weather station, I had seen the same Davis instrument from Singapore, costing about S$800 plus tax (approx US$622) I was about to procure it. Once the shop keeper realized that I was from California (Bay Area) he told me that I could buy Vantage Vue manufactured by Davis Instrument, Hayward, CA at a lesser cost. Upon return, a few days ago, the first thing I did was to get in touch with Davis Instrument by eMail, requesting the price and availability of Vantage Vue.
They came up with a fantastic price structure that was hard to go unnoticed. I’m buying it.
The demo by the Davis female staff is not worth watching. It, even made me think twice, “to buy or not to buy”.
Your demo is the best and that made my decision concrete. Thanks.
I'm sure you will find it simple to setup and very helpful. We refer to it every morning as I get wild temperature / wind / rain fluctuations at the ranch in Canada. Let me now once you have it how its working for you.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
Hello Alec from sunny South Africa. My dad and I did a ton of research, eventually landing up on your video. By far the best on the net! Our Vantage Vue went up on the roof today!
Wonderful Pieter. You will love it. Get the Weatherlink Live add-on to monitor it anywhere in the world.
I just installed one yesterday. Thanks for the idea Alec!
It becomes addictive Scott.
When I wake up the first thing I do every day is roll over and check the weather station.
Good luck.
Alec
Nice presentation of the weather station.
Thanks for watching Lod.
Alec
Hi there ... just upgraded my old fine offset. Station to the Vue.... absolutely love it! All the best from here in Derbyshire UK.... cheers
Hey! I was in Derbyshire last fall.
With your crazy weather, I think you'll really enjoy it.
Alec
Hi great review in Lehman's terms many thanks and all the very best from the UK. Can I ask do you still have a working unit and do you recommend. Kind Regards
This weather station is still working today. I did add the internet module for monitoring outside the house. Definitely recommend it and still available today.
A
Nicely done my good man. Thanks!!
Thanks Tater.
Alec
Good expression. Thank you.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
I love your delivery! You're great in front of the camera!! :-)
Anyway, I just bought this very weather station earlier this year. I haven't had a chance to install it yet. I seem to be hung up on best way to mount the pole. I'm leaning towards a roof installation like you did. How did you mount the pole? So far I've seen two different ways. One is a what they call a "gable-end" roof mount that were apparently designed for TV antenna masts but I'm sure it would work fine for this. The other is a tripod mount that works on the roof. How did you mount yours and why that particular way?
You will love this Steve. I used a tripod antenna mounted in a deep concrete base (I like things not to move), bolted to the house eves and cross braced. We got a lot of wind at the ranch and this keeps my weather station very stable. With the new internet option (see #82 Weatherlink Live), I can monitor the weather anywhere, not that I'm going anywhere these days but I did travel a lot before. Enjoy it Steve.
@@AlecPeirceAtTheRanch I checked out #82. Weatherlink looks pretty cool. It looks like, if you want to, you can also collect data on your PC, create reports, collaborate with others, etc. I'll have to look into it.
I'm trying to form a picture of what you described. It sounds like you essentially put the pole in concrete next to the house and then also bolted it to the house for stability? I'm not quite seeing how the tripod is used though. I know it takes a lot to do one of these videos but I bet you could get some hits from people searching for how to mount or install their weather station. At least I think it would be neat to see what you did. :-)
Our neighbor mounted his on a single, strong pole (galvanized fence rail, 2" diameter, 12' long) on his gable end. He fastened a strong metal 'L' bracket to the roof below the gable and used caulking to seal the screws. One end of the pole sits on the L. The pole then goes straight up from the L bracket and just touches the end of the gable where he fastens it to the eave with a metal bracket. It's been up for almost a year and no sign of wear at all. It's a lot less work than a tripod.
The Weather Station is not heavy so it doesn't need much to hold it solidly in place.
Also with his, he can stand on the top of the eave and change the battery or check it.
Alec
Great job man, like your video's
Thanks Ronnie.
I hope they've helped you a bit.
Alec
Have you ever measured those 70MPH winds with the WX station?
The base station logs past measurements, the biggest gust this year was 96 Kph. It's a great instrument that i check daily before going out. Thanks for watching Jack.
A.
How often do you have to brush snow off it, and has it gotten screwed up by ice/sleet?
Never. It's pretty windy up there so snow has not been a problem.
The rain gauge doesn't work in the wintertime. It really doesn't work well anytime but otherwise it's a 24/7/365 weather station.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
was the highest wind speed of 52 mph made by a wind storm or a thunderstorm?
That was just a high wind. We've had higher. We don't get cyclones or hurricanes here but lots of wind.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
Do you have problems in winter with the station freezing?
Hasn't happened yet.
There's really nothing to freeze. The rain catcher dumps every few minutes and everything else is brass or plastic.
And they've designed it so ice and snow don't stick to it.
Take care.
Alec
I have this station in my small town its gonna be 16.4ft high
More than height, it's height above nearest structures. 16.4' is great but it should be 6' above the anything with 30'. That is, whatever it's height it must be above any other nearby things that might create turbulence.
Good luck.
Alec
Monitoring & recording current surface weather is not hard, forecasting global weather at different scales is real challenge which is the meteorologists mainly focus on. Weather forecasting nowadays may not be good enough to the level we dream of, but it is still the best environment forecasting we get with some confidence. It is also the foundational drive force of hydrological forecasting, air quality forecasting, etc. Davis Vantage Vue is a "toy" product comparing to observation instruments for national weather service network, but it is cheap and easy-to-use, still good to have one when automatic weather station from government or research institution is not available in the heart of your beautiful ranch, IMO.
Thanks for your information and support.
Alec
Alec, did you use a ground wire??
Nope. The unit is battery operated so there's no danger from electrical shock. I'm also not worried about lightening since we have several other things nearby that are higher - windmill (all metal), trees, flagpole (all metal), etc.
If it was the highest metal object in the area, I'd attach a copper wire running to a pipe in the ground just to be safe.
Alec
Alec, I thought you are in Canada? Canada is a METRIC country, If so, Why do you have your wesather station set to imperial? Davis Instrument make excellent weather stations. would recommend them to anyone.
I'm old. I use metric when it's convenient but I still enjoy imperial.
I suppose it's nice to be able to use both. Kinda' like speaking two languages!
Thanks for watching.
Alec
To Alec
Had one of those, hated it, old fashion, stuck in the 1980's, no innovation. Perfer the Tempest, no moving parts and is every bit as accurate as my Vue was, no moving parts means no maintenance, dont even have to change batteries
This unit has been great and when one part failed, replacement sent with no questions. As long as they give good information, we are both happy right?