Given Maplin’s went years ago I know spares for these are hard to come by so is it of interest to anyone here?
The obvious issue is the base station no longer reliably talks over USB, If you reset it, it will talk for a while, maybe a day, maybe a few days but not that long. There no obvious damage inside, but others have said this has happened to them, so something gone. It also doesn't quite seem to reset right, even leaving it without batteries in for a few weeks its still has some random (or corrupt) data stored you can’t seem to erase. This is probably related to the USB issue.
The external unit is OK, it’s been outside for at least 8 years plus so of course the plastic may be a little brittle, and one of the lugs on the rain gauge has broken, but the gauge works fine otherwise. There may be some spiders included as a bonus
The unit is on 433.9Mhz as Marlins stuff can vary even with the same part number.
Happy to give it to anyone who can use it to keep their unit running, I’ve put UK, because its less hassle than shipping anywhere else but if you willing to sort out shipping its yours..