1st anniversary of my WH-1081. How did it perform?

[henkg]

On 2011-07-23 I received my WS. Installed it, and started the system.
One year later, until this morning:
- Not one restart needed.
- Still the same batteries
- All sensors are working OK
- Accurate readings, as far as I can tell.
- Wind sensor: no verdict. I works, but my location is far from optimal.
I decided to change the sensor batteries now. The battery contacts were as new, no rust.
System restart went OK.
Only wish: a better housing for the temperature sensor. I still need to build a kind of Stevenson screen.

(Dutch version of WH-1081: Alecto WS-4000, on 868 MHz)

[steve]

It's always good to hear success stories; with the problems some people seem to have with Fine Offset stations, it would be easy to write them off as a waste of time and money.

[Super-T]

The earlier 1080/1081 seems to perform better than the later models.

[mcrossley]

Mine is now 2.5 years old and still going strong.
Problems so far:

• A temperature sensor failure after about 10 months, had it replaced
• The pressure reading went bonkers, after one power down the absolute pressure reading took on a 100+ hPa offset. Apply the appropriate correction on teh base unit and Cumulus means it still reads the relative pressure very accurately compared to Rays Davis unit up the road.

I am my third set of batteries, with one set replaced 'in anticipation' rather than actually going flat.

[nking]

It's always good to hear success stories; with the problems some people seem to have with Fine Offset stations, it would be easy to write them off as a waste of time and money.

I would agree given the price/performance I still regard these units as excellent value for money

[cutter]

My WH1090 went 14 months no trouble but the following 2 years it has gone down hill losing contact regularly and it eats batteries for breakfast they last about 6/8 weeks I have tried it on the mains and it is no better I have now had enough the wife said no more bad language when it goes t#ts up, so I am sending for a TFA Primus having read some good reports on them,so when I receive it in 2/3 weeks if anyone wants some spares free the wind/water /console I believe are OK I think it is the temperature sender unit that is faulty these will be collection only in the Bradford W/Yorkshire area.Alan

[Super-T]

My 1081 has been running since July 2008. Only problems have been bad USB soldering and frozen bearings on wind instruments.
Batteries are changed yearly in the transmitter, regardless.
I fully expect the plastic outside to become brittle and just fall apart one day.

[mayo.mick]

I have my WH1080 up and running, one year this month as well. Every thing working, no problems at all

[1080]

My WH-1091 Has been going since August 2009.....no real trouble......only 1 of the 3 cups of my anemomoter busted

off.....when a cow decided to see what it might taste like .....glued it back on.... that was 1 or 2 years ago.... still

spinning fine.

[Hunter362]

My Ambient Weather WS-2080, has been going since Oct 2010, had some minor "sensor lost" in the begining,
but ever since has been running great.
Still on my 1st set of batteries ! The specs say they should last about 2 yrs, and am happy they have lasted this long!
Data quality as measured by CWOP is overall 99%
Data Quality for Fairmount, NY
CWOP ID - D6725
http://weather.cerchia.com/ajax/wxcwopstats.php?span=4w

[Mace]

I bought the Maplins badged N96FY in February 2011 when it was on offer at half price, about £65 from memory. In that time I have changed the batteries once as it was losing contact occasionally and replaced the anemometer about 3 months ago at a cost of £13. I have a friend with a Davies Vantage Pro who has spent enough on replacement parts to buy 3 full price N96FY's. Sure it could probably do with an improved Stevenson screen but I consider it an excellent low cost introduction to personal weather stations.