I got intrigued with a $99 offer for an AcuRite Pro+5n1 today then remembered the concept of the Atlas Elite coming so I held off. I am so disgusted with the rainfall measurements being recorded by my two VP2s I am about to give up on Davis and try something else. Yes, the SHT31 is a remarkable temp-humidity sensor, but the rest of the station is dated and I am getting tired of buying new rain bases and buckets only to find their accuracy as bad as before. I am reluctant to hook up my Rainwise 111 rain gauge (as suggested by CW2274) to the VP2s as it adds clutter to my yard and my wife might institutionalize me for going off the reservation. That said, the Rainwise is very close to what I consider my most accurate gauge, that is, the CoCo 4" plastic (non-tipping bucket) gauge.
On paper, the forthcoming AcuRite elite gauge looks great, but from reading consumer reviews of current AcuRite equipment, I am skeptical AcuRite can deliver. In the meantime, I may continue to try, for the umpteen time, to calibrate the rain gauges once again! I can live with a black and white console, DOS looking Weatherlink software, a clunky way to connect the console to my computer, but wildly inaccurate rain measurements is clearly unacceptable! You would think Davis could correctly calibrate at least one of my two newly purchased rain base and bucket mechanisms but so far, no luck. Where is the competition when we need it!!