Davis Instruments 6152 Vantage Pro2 Wireless Weather Monitoring Station

M A: It may seem pricey, but if you are particular about accuracy, don't buy anything else.

United States on Aug 20, 2023

John: I have had a Davis device for about 15 years. It was due for replacement and when the temperature probe failed I elected to buy a new package - the Davis Vantage Pro. I retained my old UV and Solar radiation sensors.
The installation was a lot of fun. I like this sort of work. It probably took about 4 hours between set-up on the bench and then mounting on the pre-existing rooftop tripod.
The instructions were very complete. I had a little trouble with setting up the console which receives transmission from the instrumentation but the Help line was promptly answered and a very knowledgeable technician gave me instructions in about 2 minutes!
The end result: Superb product delivering trustworthy data. I'm happy.

Canada on Apr 11, 2021

GHP: Totally excellent product. Nicely packaged. Clear instructions. You get what you pay for.

Canada on Nov 06, 2020

Amazon Customer: Trying to get support is pretty much impossible. We bought the station to calculate GDD but it doesn't do it. So basically we now have an overpriced outdoor thermometer that also gives us wind speed. Great.

Canada on May 09, 2020

domi03: bonne réputation de la marque.
un peu cher,mais efficace

France on Feb 06, 2020

Rick A: Pretty satisfied with the product overall, used it over the winter with no concerns. The console could use a bit of an update but still provides the data. Will likely get the link for my computer to increase the versatility of the weather station.

Canada on Apr 19, 2015

Walt: After trying several different brands of weather stations - and putting up with their unreliability and premature failures, I decided to sink a bit more money than I had previously in hopes of a more reliable weather station. Also the slow response and reporting times of the other ones I tried created an exercise in frustration in that they missed wind peaks 90% of the time as they seemed to only report the wind speed at the moment of reporting.

I had an Acu-rite that lost contact with the transmitter every time the wind was above a stiff breeze. The transmitter was 25 feet away from the receiver and in direct line of sight. Plus its humidity sensor failed at just over a year old.

Installation took just under an hour as I already had a support set up for an older weather station so I just had to mount the ISS and anemometer. I elevated the anemometer to about 20 feet and this is included in my installation time.

You can get your latitude and longitude from a number of sources. I used the National Weather Service page to get the position of my local airport and then mapped my elevation with Google Maps (the 25 foot difference did make a difference with the...

United States on Mar 09, 2014

Tim Isenhour: January 2016 update: This station is still rocking as it did the day it was new. Yes, I have replaced the battery, which wasn't low yet, but did so anyway. I have also replaced the OEM rain collector with the new and very improved one. But, and this is a huge but, this is a really accurate and dependable weather station. I have reported my station to Weather Underground since I purchased it, and without bragging, it has been the most visited PWS in my area since I put it up... and I contribute that to it's accuracy and name brand. There are lots of lesser brand PWS in my area but they often fail and report erroneous data. If you care to check out it's data, the station ID is KNCHICKO15.

Bottom line: if you are serious about real weather data, then this is the unit for you.

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February 14/2014 update:
A hidden feature, or at least it was for me. The HUGE rain collector also acts as a snow collector. Let me expand. While I would not recommend you climbing up a pole/your roof to measure snowfall, you can have the best of both worlds. Build a "snowboard", instructions can be found on google; then use the rain fall measure when the snow melts in your gage...

United States on Oct 10, 2013