Just one man's opinion:
OUTSIDE
• With the SHT31 production life in question; what NEW sensor(s)?
• Single Temp sensor and separate RH sensor?
• Change to industry-standardized sensor communication bus (sw or hw change)?
• Much easier access/replacement of FARS NiMH batteries!
• Upgraded, LONGER-life, FARS fan (DC normal; AC optional)
INSIDE
• Meld VUE and VP2 console capabilities or incorporate VP2 functions into VUE console.
• Consider COLOR display screen?
• Conform VP2 console to CWOP-expected ALT barometer format output.
• New 'stripped-down' VUE console for wall-mount (display only) that receives WiFi input from master VUE console.
• Consider WiFi-Logger direct to IP capability?
• Consider wetbulb temperature calculation addition into display
You asked...
TOPIC - "Back to your regular-scheduled transmissions."
Agreed with all the suggestions here.
But as much as a VP3 sounds like an imperative given the age of the VP2, I'd be happy with the existing product line so long as Davis was willing to fix broken stuff and leave what's working alone. Going new invariable creates a bunch of new problems and probably introduces a raft of counter-productive features (like WiFi-only ISS, cloud-only data, crappy documentation, etc). Technology industry trends are not going in a positive direction for DIY-ers and a new product would have to concede to the CURRENT marketplace, in one form or another, where people, including skilled professionals, don't fix things, read things or want to deal with details. They want it dead simple (so simple, oftentimes, it doesn't even work! Not much simpler than that!).
I, too, am curious about this new spoon design as I've been having issues recently with my 5 yr old tipping bucket (repeated ~30% errors even though everything appears in working order and does work perfectly *sometimes* for no reason related to the usual suspects: wind, debris, leveling, shadowing, etc). If this were an improvement, I could see picking one up in the spring.