I recently purchased a Lacrosse WS2310 wireless system for my wife who’s a weather buff. I did this without any research, and found the unit at bestbuy for 195.00. I then began to look at others, as I always do, and found the Oregon Scientific 968, which seemed on paper to be the better unit for 209.00 shipped.
I read a couple of reviews on the OS, some good, some very bad. Was wanting to get opinions on each of these units, because I’ve got 30 days to take back the WS2310. I don’t know if I have the $ for the Davis. Thanks.
For what it’s worth, I did a lot of looking around before I bought a station and I’m a Davis owner, OS was my second choice but I decided to spend the extra when Davis announced the Vantage Pro, I was not very impressed with LaCrosse.
I have an WS2010 which is close to the 2310, I think. I now have a VP2 also. The LaCrosse dosen’t come close to the Davis. IMHO and dollars. Should have spent the cost of the 2010 on Davis extras.
Have no idea about the OS
–Dave
If you have the money, I would definitely go with the Davis. If not, I would go with the OS (which is what I have), and then the LaCrosse. If you have any other questions, you can send me a PM or email me. Good luck.
I’d stick with the 2310 for now and then later move into 1-wire stuff, it’s pretty amazing what can be done with it combined with WD, but the learning curve is a little steep.
I also went with the La Crosse 2310, primarily for financial reasons (The BOSS said you want to spend HOW MUCH) LOL
I have since augmented my station with a 1-wire AAG Humidity sensor which is now the official Humidity readings reported by my station. I also run the station wired so that the more frequent data updates take place. I have been and am very satisfied with the La Crosse, the one glaring problem with the 2310 is the humidity sensor which, as I noted above, I corrected with the addition of the 1-wire sensor.
I have to say that in readings these forums day in and day out that it would appear that if Money is not an impediment the Davis VP (top of the line) is the way to go for almost anyone. After the Davis I believe that you have to first determine if you want to run your station wireless or wired.
Once you have determined your wired/wireless requirement then look for the station that provides the most often updated data in the mode you plan to run it. It helped that when I was searching i found a new La Crosse for $160.00 USD including shipping which pretty much blew the other stations away price wise…
I wrote this FAQ when I set up my 1-wire Lightning sensor…
I then just added the Humidity sensor in line, and Weather Display detected it and it is now set as the Humidity sensor instead of the La Crosse humidity… That part is all Brian’s doing with Weather Display
Eventually I will be adding a 1-wire solar sensor too…
(Note Eric has redesigned most of his boards and the pricing has changed slightly from when I bought my lightning sensor)
All you need to get started is either the USB adaptor or “The Link” and one sensor. After that it is simply plugging another sensor in line. Some folks have no Weather Station as we are discussing here but their entire “Weather Station” is all 1-wire…
This is the way (1-Wire) I will go probably to extend my weather station. If I ever finish my website
I’m now using a WMR928N (European-version of the 968, I believe).
Wireless, which I like (although the updata frequency can be an issue … but I don’t have “Amateur” in my stationname for nothing ).
It’s not very extandable. You can only add three more temp/hygrometers and I did. One is functioning as a “solar sensor”, sort of … it seems to work nicely, though.
If I had an infinite amount of money, or if I didn’t have other interests, or if I do need to be more professional, I guess -in hindsight- I would go for at least a Davis. And maybe I wouldn’t go for wireless for added accuracy and reliability …
and dont forget the labjack, which is USB based, and fast support in WD…and you can add temp/hum sensorss and the lightning counter to that…and even a solar sensor too
(and as a an aside,
they replaced by lightning hit labjack, no questioins asked, great service)
I would not buy Lacrosse again. I have a 2310 and between the lack of support, the cheap wiring which causes interference at times with your data and the storm I had today in where lightening nearby caused my unit to croak… guess you get what you pay for.
Lack of support and cheap wiring are reasonable complaints. Nearby lightning strikes can fry very expensive equipment, so I’m not sure if it’s fair to say that the Lacrosse units are any more susceptible to lightning than anything else.
