I wonder if the market for weather stations is too small, as there are tens of thousands of stations in the US alone. However, another question that might be asked as a supplementary poll is what do you use the weather station/data for, that may then give some indication of what sort of investment folk are likely to make. Looking at other weather websites (without naming names) it appears that many are just using the data for interest. Many spend much of their time making better websites to display their data, others upload to CWOP , Wunderground or the like, and very few take the data to the next level and become almost semi professional. That is at a level which, I believe, exceeds the standards set by Davis. Excellent kit as it is, professional kit is clearly better. For those of us on this side of the pond, spending upwards of $3000 dollars on a weather station would take an awful lot of grovelling to respective partners to persuade them it is a good idea. Considering also that may roughly equate to a dollar a day running costs for replacements. not a lot I know, but in one big lump??
There was a recent survey in Weather magazine, the journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, about the use that amateurs put their stations to, and what stations are used etc. I don't think it is available on the web yet but if interested parties want to contact me I will see if I can scan it and send it. Before I did though it would be nice to get an unbiased poll here of what we use our stations for. Any interest?
Best wishes
Mike