I have a Vantage Pro (one) going on 17+ years. I'd say it lasted ~10 years without a real failure. Overall, I have been VERY pleased with the product and the service. I also have an extra temperature sensor that I move around the house (attic, garage, etc.).
In the past 7 years, the rain gauge reed switch went, which I replaced. Also the on board super capacitor went, which I also replaced (had to solder in a new one). Currently the anemometer, is broken (registers 2x the real wind speed). Also, something is gone in the charging systems as it only works when the sun is shining.
So right now, I have a weather system that only works on sunny days, only in the day time and won't give me proper wind speed.
So I'm considering my next move.
Does anyone know if a fairly simple way to get all the data out of my Vantage Pro (one) console and into another VP console? I love having 17+ years of data in the console and I love the little graph function on the Vantage Pro.
To replace the whole thing with a VP2 (including Weatherlink) would be pretty expensive and AFAIK, I wouldn't be able to retain my old VP1 console data
So if I can't retain my old data, I think I might as well get an Ambient 2000. I like having the ability to add extra sensors.