Brand Spotlight: Davis Instruments

Brand Spotlight: Davis Instruments

At Instrument Choice, we proudly stock over 150 brands of scientific instruments and laboratory equipment. To help you find the best products to suit your application, the Instrument Choice Scientists regularly spotlight brands so you can better know them and the products they offer.

In this edition, we spotlight Davis Instruments, the leaders in personal and professional weather stations.

About Davis Instruments

Davis Instruments began manufacturing market-leading weather stations and related instrumentation over 50 years ago. During this time, the company earned a reputation for designing and manufacturing weather stations of superior quality and performance. With Davis Instruments branded equipment, you can expect:

  1. Durability: Davis Weather Stations have been subjected to a minimum of 10 quality tests before shipping. All stations are engineered to withstand corrosion, wind speeds up to 90m/s, and extremes in temperature.
  2. Precision and Accuracy: Products by Davis Instruments provide scientific-grade precision and accuracy. All sensors have been continuously improved and finessed over the company’s 50-years of operation.
  3. Value: As a testament to its sensors' durability and refinement, there are countless examples of Davis Weather stations lasting longer than a decade.

Weather and Environmental Monitoring Equipment by Davis Instruments

Your Instrument Choice Scientists have chosen to feature examples of Davis Instruments weather stations and air quality sensors built to withstand our challenging Australian climate.

Vantage Vue Wireless Weather Station
Product Code: IC6250AU
 

Features 

The Vantage Vue wireless weather station includes two components:

  1. An outdoor Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS); and
  2. A console, which provides the user interface, data display, and calculations. 

Notable features of the Davis Vantage Vue include:

Great for:
We recommended the Vantage Vue to home weather enthusiasts and professionals for applications such as farming. 

Specifications:

Measures: Temperature, barometric pressure, dew point, heat index, humidity, rainfall, rain rate, wind chill, wind direction and wind speed. 

 

Vantage Pro 2 With Standard Radiation Shield
Product Code: IC6152AU
 

Features:

The robust and highly accurate Vantage Pro2 is the professional weather station of choice for:

  1. industry and farming applications
  2. home users requiring precision weather data. 

Notable features include:

  • The IC6152AU measures ten weather parameters.
  • Transmits data 300m to the console.
  • On the console, users can set various weather alarms, view current and historical (daily, monthly and yearly) data and much more.
  • Expandable - has an assortment of add-ons and accessories which extend your station's sensor capabilities, as well as the means of data access and acquisition. Browse the complete guide to the Davis Vantage Pro 2 Weather Station Add-ons and Accessories. 

Great for:

The IC6152AU is excellent for professional users in farming and industry and home users who want professional accuracy. 

Specifications:

Measures: Temperature, barometric pressure, dew point, heat index, humidity, rainfall, rain rate, wind chill, wind direction, and wind speed.

 

 AirLink Air Quality Sensor
Product Code: IC-7210

Features:

Not restricted to weather monitoring equipment – Davis Instruments has recently launched a new, featureful and versatile air quality sensor.  

The AirLink Air Quality Sensor accurately measures Particulate Matter PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 and is suitable for use both in and outdoors. 

Collected measurements are sent directly to the WeatherLink Cloud via WiFi, where you can view easy-to-understand graphs and colour-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) readings. With Davis AirLink, you will have the following information at your fingertips;

  1. Air quality index (Including current AQI, NowCast AQI and High AQI)
  2. Air Quality Trends
  3. Alarms; and
  4. Bonus environmental data including temperature, humidity, dew point, heat index and wet bulb. 

Great for:
Measuring air quality inside and outside the home, offices and warehouses. 

Specifications:

Measures: Particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, and PM10), temperature, humidity, dew point, heat index and wet bulb.

 

Conclusion

With over 50 years of experience in the manufacture of market-leading stations, Davis Instruments has an earned an unequalled reputation for high quality and robust instrumentation.

The examples detailed in this article are just a few of the many offerings by Davis Instruments. For more information on any of the products mentioned above or for assistance in tailoring an environmental monitoring solution to your needs, speak with an Instrument Choice Scientist: Call 1300 737 871 or email [email protected].

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