Howdy Stu, JC, and WeatherCat fans,
Shame, it's a year late for me, could have saved a lot of beer tokens instead of buying the Davis.
When you wrote this, I couldn't help but think about the Buick sales slogan of the 1960s:
"Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?"I have a feeling that these stations may work well, but as Stu described, they are very lightly-built and simply won't go the distance. Sure, you can just replace them over and over again, but there is a hassle factor in replacing parts and a frustration in the downtime while you get your station going.
Already we have had a few of the WeatherCat faithful with other stations upgrade to Davis. It wouldn't surprise me if Davis has a large fraction of its customers coming from previous owners of stations like Fine Offset. These stations allow people to wet their appetite for weather data. The folks who really like this sort of things, then go on to make the investment that seemed outrageous when they first got interested.
That's what happened to me with my Oregon Scientific 968.
Sure am glad Stu that you are adding support for these stations. Once you bring them on board, . . .
they are putty in our hands!! . . . . . .
Err, I mean we can give prospective station owners some friendly unbiased advice!
Cheers, Edouard