Davis Instruments Wireless Vantage Pro2 with WeatherLink Console

This is the third Davis Vantage Pro station we've had at this location. The previous one, a Vantage Pro 2 that replaced an original Vantage Pro was placed in service15 years ago. Still worked, however, the solder point for one of the battery terminals failed making the supply power intermittent. Rather than just resoldering that terminal, we decided to replace the system with the newer designed rain bucket and tipping gauge. The new tipping gauge is a different design and we are taking it on faith that Davis has engineered this single tip model to match the performance of traditional two bucket tip designs. (This change made our household climatologist nervous.) The new, redesigned display has some nice features including WiFi connectivity for sending data to the Davis Weather Link internet site and receiving data from air particle sensors, which we do not have (yet.) Happily the Weather Envoy and a collection of Pro 2 displays, in use for the past 15 years, connected seamlessly. The solar light sensor transferred easily to the new housing's base and worked corrected. it appears that the "brains" of the system are unchanged, but I would expect that the the current production model solar panel is more powerful than the one from 15 years ago. In short this is appears to be a good, iterative design improvement over the previous Vantage Pro 2.

Excellent pro grade weather station, my neighbor has a similar model and the data amazingly matches up daily with mine so they are very accurate. A bit pricey but this seems like it will last, my neighbor has had his for 8 trouble free years. Love being able to monitor station ftom phone, ipad or the monitor it comes with. Highly recommended!

Intimidating to set up but don’t worry, customer service is great and patient! Now an essential device to monitor weather here

I replaced an old Vantage Vue with the Pro2. I wanted to locate the Pro2 in a wetland area about 700 feet from the house where the console is located. Although there are trees between the sensors and the house I can still see the sensors from the window where the console is located. The product specs indicated up to 1000 ft (line of sight) range between the sensors and console unit, however, I couldn't get a viable signal from the sensors and the console. So I purchased a repeater, located it about 300 ft from the sensors (400 ft from the house), and now get a good signal. So, my only complaint is the specs advertising a range up to 1000 ft. My recommendation to anyone siting their sensors more than 500 ft from the console is to also purchase the repeater as well. Setup for both was simple.

This replaces a 12 year old Davis Vantage Pro 2 where the ISS simply fell prey to age and weather. Differences include the new ISS (integrated sensor suite) having bird spikes to discourage birds from landing on the rain bucket and leaving messes and a redesigned tip sensor for measuring rain. I really enjoy using the new WeatherLink console. The original Vantage Pro 2 receiver is still compatible. There is one annoyance with the new WeatherLink console: it frequently loses outside humidity readings. I expect it's a firmware issue as the Vantage Pro 2 display continues to display valid readings for humidity when the WeatherLink console shows dashes. It is nice being able to read wind speed in 10ths of MPH or KPH. Wind speed is still updated every 2½ seconds. Updating is very reliable, even in high winds unlike cheaper weather stations that update every 18 seconds or longer that frequently miss updating for extended times. The moon phase is easier to read and more instinctive to interpret in the WeatherLink display than the older Vantage Pro 2. Having sunrise and sunset times is a plus for me. Graphing is greatly improved, and there's plenty of memory for the history. Setup takes a few steps , but it really is a breeze, it can locate itself as long as you have Internet connectivity (WiFi). Time and date is automatic. You will need to set which ISS or transmitter(s) you're monitoring as well as any installed options such as ultraviolet etc. It will also need to know which channel(s) to monitor. You can set up a WeatherLink account to check remotely and share your weather conditions with others if you want. Note that the name you assign the console is what others see if you share your weather. Note also that if you share your weather, your location is shown on the map. You can still view your own weather remotely even if you don't share it publicly. If you have another WeatherLink system online at another location linked to your WeatherLink account, you can view it with a swipe of the screen. The console can connect to any 5V phone type power supply. It also has built in battery backup. I set power saving to turn off the display after a minute in case the power fails. Tap the display to turn it on for a minute (or whatever time you want). There are two mounting options. It has desk stand and wall mount attachments. There is a lot more, but hopefully I've mentioned the main highlights.