hi do i need this

[dazza1223]

hi im thinking off buying the Davis Weather Station Vantage Pro2

but for the exta £200 u get the daytime fan aspiration i dont know if it a over kill or will it be better to get it ? in the uk?

[RayProudfoot]

Hi dazza. I have it as a friend was able to buy it on a trip to the US and the price was much lower than we would pay here. For UK climate I wouldn't say it's necessary.

[freddie]

I would get it. When you have light winds and sunshine it keeps the air flowing past the temperature sensor so you measure the outside air temperature rather than the temperature of the air inside the unit. If you don't have it then you get higher temperatures than reality.

[dazza1223]

ok so im in to mind becos i found the iss on a ebay for £85 but the prob is that it drain the battery farst prob the cap? and it wilth the solo and uv ? and the hole lote ss is with out the solo and the fan £650


ive got £455 at the mo so i dont know weather just to keep saveing

but it i buy the whole lote new it £1,380.00

[Mapantz]

I personally don't believe it's needed in this country.

I have my naturally aspirated Davis sensor and another sensor with a DIY radiation shield and a fan on a post at the exact same height. Back in the Summer, I broke my high temp record several times, but both sensors recorded the exact same temperatures.

[ConligWX]

I use a Daytime FARS on my vPro2. I had considered a full 24hour, but since I live in NI and our temps here are much lower than most of England I decided only to invest in the Daytime one which was a cheaper upgrade option for me.

[dazza1223]

Thank u all for the good advice it been helpful and I've ordered it and now the thing what do I do re set all my 6 yer data to start fresh as with the new sola and the uv
?

[mcrossley]

There is no need to reset your data if you don't wish to. Just change the solar and UV settings when you get the new station, plus of course the connection method if it is going to be different.

[dazza1223]

Thank u Mark very much

[ConligWX]

think In done the same when I moved from a Vue to a vPro2. there is no need to reset. just enable sensors and the type of connection (if its different)

[dazza1223]

Lol everyone start with the Vue and work up to the pro 2 maybe I'm just 5 years behind and thank u I will do what u said

[ConligWX]

Well the Vue is a good all rounder. my old vue still running down the road a bit from me with a friend.

http://ho66es.org/weather/

[dazza1223]

Oh yh there are brilliant I had mine 6 years and all I hade to change was the wind cartridge I be probably be seeing it soon so if u know off any one want it once I got my other one up and set up