Hello I am new to the world of weather stations. I purchased a ws-8025
from lacrosse a few months back and I am satisfied with it. What I am
looking to get is something a little different for my dad, who loves to
keep track of his weather. I have realized in order to get an accurate
station with a nice interface you need to spend a bit of money. I
however do not wish to spend more than $350, I want it to be able to
have rain, wind and temperature sensors.

Two products I have seen after a few hours of reading online, they are
the ws-2610 from lacrosse, wmr968 series from oregon scientific, and
the Honeywell TE923W. What do yall think of them, or could you
recommend something better?

I dont really like the touch screens of the lacrosse 2610, but I love
the feature that tells you what time the max/min temp actually occured.
I dont like the little ball bearing fan on the wind sensor, or the
tiny rain cup. The Anemometers with the cups to measure speed seem to
be more sensitive I would think.

Davis instruments seems to have a nice model the 7425cs, but that is a
crappy console interface.

Would I be better off buying each piece seperate. IE: a rain gauge
sensor from one company, and an anemometer from another.

Any response to my lengthy question would be gratefully appreciated.

Iused a wm918 for YEARS only prob I had was temp sensor went bad after 6
months , they replaced it in a week
I live on Ms Coast about 1.5 miles from the Gulf
I now use a Davis vantage pro 2 wireless and love it


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Hello I am new to the world of weather stations. I purchased a ws-8025
from lacrosse a few months back and I am satisfied with it. What I am
looking to get is something a little different for my dad, who loves to
keep track of his weather. I have realized in order to get an accurate
station with a nice interface you need to spend a bit of money. I
however do not wish to spend more than $350, I want it to be able to
have rain, wind and temperature sensors.

Two products I have seen after a few hours of reading online, they are
the ws-2610 from lacrosse, wmr968 series from oregon scientific, and
the Honeywell TE923W. What do yall think of them, or could you
recommend something better?

I dont really like the touch screens of the lacrosse 2610, but I love
the feature that tells you what time the max/min temp actually occured.
I dont like the little ball bearing fan on the wind sensor, or the
tiny rain cup. The Anemometers with the cups to measure speed seem to
be more sensitive I would think.

Davis instruments seems to have a nice model the 7425cs, but that is a
crappy console interface.

Would I be better off buying each piece seperate. IE: a rain gauge
sensor from one company, and an anemometer from another.

Any response to my lengthy question would be gratefully appreciated.

I've been using the Heathkit ID-4001 since it came out in the late 70's
and it's still is very accurate after all these years. I love the huge
LED display that can be seen across the room even in bright light.

Granted, it's a very old unit and replacement parts are almost
non-existant anymore, but you might want to do a search on e-bay. Put
the following in the search: heathkit weather

Some of these can be picked up fairly cheap. If nothing else, you can
see a picture of what they look like.