Davis Instruments 6250 Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station

by Davis

• Self-contained weather monitoring system includes Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS), LCD console, and mounting hardware (mounting pole sold separately)
• Console features an easy-to-read, backlit 3 by 4.375-inch LCD display with a glow-in-the-dark keypad
• Wireless transmission from ISS to console of up to 1,000 feet with fast updates every 2.5 seconds
• Reports current weather conditions, including indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, dew point, and rainfall
• Console includes weather forecast icons, moon phase, sunrise/sunset times, graphing of weather trends, alarms and more

Product Description

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The 6250 Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station provides accurate, reliable weather monitoring in a self-contained, easy-to-install system. Designed to provide the weather data you need for home use, educational purposes, boating and more, the Vantage Vue includes a sleek but tough outdoor Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) and a comprehensive console. The ISS sets up in minutes and starts sending data wirelessly to your console anywhere in your home, school, or business--within a 1,000-foot range. The ISS updates to the easy-to-read LCD screen on your console every 2.5-seconds. Constantly updated readouts provide you with current weather conditions, including indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, dew point, and rainfall. The user-friendly console features a backlit, 3 by 4.375-inch LCD screen and a glow-in-the-dark keypad that allows you multiple views and functions including weather forecasting, moon phase and sunrise/sunset times, graphing of weather trends, alarms and more. Vantage Vue's innovative Weather Center button will display additional data on weather variables for today and over the last 25 days. Finally, with the optional WeatherLink data logger and software you can gain access to additional weather analyses in a variety of versions.

The sleek and tough Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) is built to stand up to intense weather conditions.

Console Features:

• Forecast Icons: Icons let you know to expect sun, part sun, clouds, rain, or snow.
• Variable Display Options: See updated variables every 10 seconds for heat index and wind chill to get a better "feel" for the outside environment.
• Weather Center: provides additional information for each weather variable, such as daily highs and lows, temperature changes by the hour and barometric value changes. Also displays astronomical data such as meteor showers.
• User-Friendly Keypad: Domed buttons are easy to sense and press. Glow-in-the-dark keypad offer day and night usability.
• Retransmits: Main console can extend range to additional consoles up to 1,000 feet away.
• Graphs: Graph the last 25 hours, days or months. View up to 50 graphs including temperature, rain, rain rate, wind and barometric pressure--all on the console.
• "This Time Yesterday" Feature: Data point on the graph indicates the weather during the same time yesterday to help compare and analyze day-to-day weather trends.
• Alarms: Set 22 simultaneous, different alarms to warn of dangers such as high winds, freezing temperatures, rain rate, flood warning, and more.
• Time and Date: View the current time and date or the time of sunrise/sunset.
• Moon Phase: See the eight phases of the moon from new to full.
• Barometer: Five-position trend arrow shows whether barometric pressure is rising, falling, or stable.
• Temperature and Humidity: Console updates outside temperature every 10 seconds and inside temperature every minute. In addition, outside humidity updates every 50 seconds and inside humidity every minute.
• Rain: Console updates rain totals and rain rate every 20 seconds for the last 25 hours, days, months.
• Wind Speed: See wind speed updates every 2.5 seconds, in miles per hour, meters per second, kilometers per hour, and knots. Provides the average and high wind speed for two-minute and ten-minute intervals.
• Units of Measure: Data is reported in US standard units.

Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) Features:

• Wireless: Frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio frequency from 902 to 928 MHz ensures consistent transmission up to 1,000 feet from integrated sensor suite to console. Survived cyclic corrosion tests simulating wear in extreme weather environments
• Solar-powered with stored energy backup: Solar Panel energizes the station during the day. On-board super capacitor provides power at night. Lithium battery provides backup when needed.
• Rain Collector: Self-emptying tipping spoon measures rain with 0.01-inch resolution.
• Anemometer: Records wind speeds from two to 150 miles per hour.
• Wind Direction: Measures wind direction in compass points or degrees.
• Temperature/Relative Humidity: Outside temperature readings from -40 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 to 65 degrees Celsius). Measures relative humidity from 0 to 100 percent.
• Weather Proof Cover: is corrosion-resistant and extremely durable. Electronics are potted or over-molded for added moisture shielding.
• Radiation Shield: protects from solar radiation and other sources of radiated and reflected heat.
• Easy Installation with included mounting hardware kit.
• Bubble Level: Allows for more accurate installation and better data collection.

What's in the Box?
Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS), LCD console, mounting hardware

Product Description

The Vantage Vue weather station combines Davis’ legendary accuracy and rugged durability into a compact station that’s easy to set up and use. Vantage Vue includes a sleek but tough outdoor sensor array and distinctive LCD console. The compact sensor array measures current weather conditions, including temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, dew point, and rainfall. Sets up in minutes and starts sending data wirelessly to the indoor console. The console also displays weather forecast icons, moon phase, sunrise/sunset times, graphing of weather trends, alarms and more. The unique Weather Center function provides additional information on each weather variable. In addition, Davis has made Vantage Vue radio-compatible with our flagship Vantage Pro2 stations, so you can mix or match most components.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 7 x 15.1 inches ; 6.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002LLVFK0
• Item model number: 6250
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (191 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,089 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #23 in Home & Kitchen > Home Décor > Weather Instruments > Weather Stations

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

137 of 137 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Toy December 31, 2009

By Jeffrey D. Hickey

While I have only had this a few days, it is clear the bar has been raised on home weather stations. It certainly costs more than the glut of other home units, but this is a case of getting what you pay for. The set up was easy, though picking the best location requires some thought. I did not want our unit on the roof, since we have no flat surface and the unit does require some periodic maintenance, cleaning the rain gauge trap, dusting off the spiders etc. Once we determined the best location, the top of a fence in our garden, it took about ten minutes to mount. The distance to the console is approximately 50 yards, with several walls between, and the reception is perfect. The console is easy to read and once you get into the well written manual, you have access to information previously only available to professional weather units. I have found all the gauges and sensors to work flawlessly and in a few days, the accumulation of information has been impressive, with trends emerging backed by data. For the home weather enthusiast, this is the best toy I've received. The console even informed me of the lunar eclipse tonight in the Eastern Hemisphere. I've also found the people at Davis to be friendly and helpful. They are justifiably proud of their products, but the new Vantage Vue is a major step toward a relatively affordable, yet comprehensive package for those of us who are weather enthusiasts. I live in a wilderness coastal environment with complex eco-systems, micro climates, and changes that can occur quickly. The Vantage Vue keeps me informed of any change, warns me of potential problems, tracks the evolution of an event with accuracy and then stores it for future reference. My only real complaint is the lack of an atomic clock, but those can be had for next to nothing these days, and the clock on the console has not changed one second from a nearby atomic clock since set up. Time will tell on durability and ease of maintenance, but the simple yet sturdy design make me believe this unit will hold up very well. I give the Vantage Vue the highest possible recommendation. And by the way, Happy New Year.

ONE YEAR UPDATE--I have now been using the Vantage Vue for a little less than one year. In that time, it has performed almost flawlessly. The wind sensor failed, and was promptly replaced by Davis, as it was still under warranty. They sent me the part, and instructions how to replace it. Problem solved.

I still give this five stars. I would give it more if possible.

I also wanted to advise Mac users that if they want to store weather data at home and/or upload it to weather sites, like Weather Underground, the software program to use is Lightsoft. Their program is designed for Mac only and from what I've seen, is better than any pc based program on the market. In any case, it is definitely the best Mac program for storing and transmitting weather. It is not available at amazon, so here is their website: [...]

I hope this helps for both potential Vue buyers and for Mac owners.

TWO YEAR UPDATE--The only thing I've had to do during the second full year of use was replace the lithium battery, and take the unit down for cleaning. The battery gave approximately a week of warning before needing to be changed, and could be done without removing the unit from the stand. It has streamed information to my computer and Wunderground the entire year. It continues to be the best weather toy I've received. Do not hesitate to purchase this unit if you want to track your weather.

THREE YEAR UPDATE--All I did this year was clean the unit and replace the lithium battery. They say the battery should last two years, with the solar panel handling the brunt of the work, but we live in a spot with a south facing hill that blocks the sun from the Vue during a portion of the winter, so the battery has to pick up the load. I have had to replace it annually. But that's it. Everything else has worked perfectly since we replaced the wind sensor two years ago. Still five stars, still my favorite toy. If you've got a weather enthusiast in your house, this is the best gift you could buy.

258 of 264 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Vantage Vue - a better weather staion November 22, 2009

By Larry F. Nelson

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The Davis Vantage Vue Weather Station is a new model from this U.S. company that builds high-end stations. The Vantage Vue is the low end of their products, but is still far above the competition in quality and features. I bought this one to replace another weather station that, although I've had it for several years, had never been very satisfactory. When the wind gauge worked, the rain gauge wouldn't. The wireless transmitter wouldn't send signals through an exterior wall to the console, so I had to hard-wire them together. The software connection in my computer was a poor database.
When I got a new computer, I no longer had the required serial port for the old station, and since the anemometer, wind-direction and rain gauge had long since quit working, it was time to replace it with a better system.
The vantage Vue checks wind velocity and direction, temperature, rain-fall, humidity and barometric pressure like most weather stations. This one also calculates wind chill, heat index, heating and cooling degree-days, moon phase, 12-hour forecast, and several other functions, and displays them on an easy-to-read display. It works wirelessly so well, that I tested it by carrying the console 100 yards from the house and could still easily get transmissions from the sensor suite. The Station comes with well-written manuals that are easy to understand. Installation was pretty simple and without any complications. I highly recommend this unit for serious weather-watchers.

89 of 91 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wind Works Great December 24, 2009

By David N. Lewis

Amazon Verified Purchase

I have had many weather systems. Also many brands. This is the 1st one that gives you wind speed and direction every 2 1/2 sec. All the other systems I have had over the years gives you the wind gusts 2 mins. after you have heard and felt it. This is my first Davis unit and I find no other reason to go to the other brands. The old saying you get what you pay for is true. This unit is more than most units on the market but IT WORKS perfect. It is worth the extra money. All functions of this system work perfect. After all the weather stations that I have had over the years, this one I would rate a 6 star if they had that high of a rating.