What weather station should I buy

[Tornado Tim]

I am thinking of buying a weather station.... The question is what 1?????
I want to get 1 that does not cost the earth but be decent in features.
Im thinking max cost $600.
And I want it linked up with weather-display and want a storm alert feature on it.
Please don't recommend La-crosse stations as i have heard from people that they give out inaccurate readings.
Can anyone advise....
Thanks
Tim

[Manukau heads obs]

wireless or wired?
with the la crosse station, you do need to replace the poor quality wiring with better quality wires, thats for sure (e.g CAT5 )

[Tornado Tim]

With Wired stations does the cat5 cable supply enough to power the meters? i know on standard computers it hardly gives out power.
Really I don't mind, wireless is convenient but that means I will have to get on the roof every 1-2 months to swap the batteries, but if wired meters require batteries then ill go for wireless.

[Tornado Tim]

is this one good? It does not say it has a storm alarm on it thou?
http://www.weatherstation.co.nz/0000009 ... f67901.php
Let me know what you think..... or I should go for something else.

[Manukau heads obs]

the Irox is a good station
a bit slower at data update ratest though than comparable stations

[Tornado Tim]

Ok any alternatives to that?

[Tornado Tim]

Has anyone have any recommendations? Please I want to make a informed choice...

[Manukau heads obs]

you could also check out say the Davis WMII , but you need to factor in the cost of having to get the data logger for the PC connection
also check out the Oregan Scientific WMR968 station

[Tornado Tim]

you could also check out say the Davis WMII , but you need to factor in the cost of having to get the data logger for the PC connection
also check out the Oregan Scientific WMR968 station

Thanks for that, thinking about the Oregan Scientific stations but now i have stumbled upon the WMR200.
What one is better? I cannot seem to find a reseller for those Oregan Scientific stations apart from the Australian one.
Does it have to get imported?
Thanks Manukau heads observer!