I have had a WS-1400IP since February & I am pretty happy with it. It was an easy set-up, didn't need any extras to get it online & seems to fairly accurate; rain gauge is usually within .01" of my CocoRahs measurements, temps, pressure & wind are always close to the Davis stations nearby.
I had it up & online within an hour & it's pretty cool to be able to check the weather at home when we are traveling. The data storage on WU is searchable & you can download it for an Excel spreadsheet. I don't mind not having a console
The wind speeds recorded by WU are frustrating in that they seem to rounded off to several of the same values used over & over. And you don't really get the max wind gust recorded. There are a few threads about this in the Ambient sub-forum.
The only other issue I have is due to heavy snow (I don't know if this would be an issue for you) as it collects on the top of the sensor suite & blocks the anemometer from spinning. I have to clear it manually. I am thinking about removing the wind instruments from the top & mounting them on a separate pole, hard wired with a tether, but I haven't done this yet.
How long it lasts would be the question, but so far. so good.
I don't have any experience with any Acurite equipment but I have noticed that several of the local Acurite station often report abnormally high temps depending on the time of day, which is also mentioned in a few threads.
I had it up & online within an hour & it's pretty cool to be able to check the weather at home when we are traveling. The data storage on WU is searchable & you can download it for an Excel spreadsheet. I don't mind not having a console
The wind speeds recorded by WU are frustrating in that they seem to rounded off to several of the same values used over & over. And you don't really get the max wind gust recorded. There are a few threads about this in the Ambient sub-forum.
The only other issue I have is due to heavy snow (I don't know if this would be an issue for you) as it collects on the top of the sensor suite & blocks the anemometer from spinning. I have to clear it manually. I am thinking about removing the wind instruments from the top & mounting them on a separate pole, hard wired with a tether, but I haven't done this yet.
How long it lasts would be the question, but so far. so good.
I don't have any experience with any Acurite equipment but I have noticed that several of the local Acurite station often report abnormally high temps depending on the time of day, which is also mentioned in a few threads.