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| Reviews Summary for Peet Bros Ultimeter 2100 |
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Reviews: 16
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Average rating: 3.8/5
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MSRP: $399.99
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Description: ULTIMETER 2100 - best in its class! The much-anticipated successor to our most popular weather station ever (ULTIMETER 2000, the world-renowned standard for performance and reliability in a home weather station), the ULTIMETER 2100 features a stunning platinum-tone housing with brilliant blue display backlighting. To improve the user interface still further, an illuminated keypad provides exceptional visibility in darkness or low-light conditions. The ULTIMETER 2100 utilizes Peet Bros.' patented and proven weather sensor technology, including our unique all-digital wind sensor. It has all the features of its predecessors - all the features you've asked us for - and a few you might not have thought of. Its microprocessor is 8 TIMES FASTER and has 4 TIMES THE MEMORY of our earlier weather stations.
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.peetbros.com
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MW1CFN
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Rating: 0/5
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Dec 25, 2011 23:58
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Revised Opinion!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Sadly, the Peet has let me down very quickly. The anemometer started showing chaotic oscillations in the vertical plane, and less than a day later, the weather vane had failed. The wind velocity also failed, but restored with a reset.
Very poor, after only three or so months in the air and for a company that markets on the supposedly superior quality of its sensors. Davis anemometers also failed on me, but it took about 18 months to two years to come about. We'll give the replacement Peet unit a chance, and report back again some time in the future.
My developing view? It's better to go retro and ditch these consumer units altogether. I'm already using certified glass thermometers, and may well return to manual estimation of wind speed instead of constantly maintaining consumer units not capable of withstanding the elements for very long.
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VY0HL
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Rating: 2/5
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Oct 23, 2011 12:53
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Design flaw
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Just upgraded to the PRO anemometer, but there is a design issue with it. The larger cups have very little clearance under the vane. Since the bearing has so much "slop" the cups strike the vane, slowing it down and produce an inaccurate wind speed. I have a spare hub, and tried the the PRO anemometer and vane on it but get the same results. As a result I have gone back to the old anemometer. This was a total waste of money upgrading!
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KF4ZUX
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Rating: 3/5
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May 15, 2011 05:46
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Peet Bros Ultimeter 2100
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I had some problems with my humidity sensors and rain. I have no problems with peet bros service. I'm not impressed with the weather text package. I now have the PRO Anemometer as a back up the old one dont get the low wind wont change untill the old one quit.Station type/software: Byonics WxTrak, Peet Brothers Ultimeter 2100.http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/AR461?tile=10;humidity=0#dewpoint god bless and thanks kf4zux
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K1SMM
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Rating: 3/5
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Mar 15, 2010 16:38
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Not recommended
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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The cost is too high and they try to justify it with accuracy, etc. I don't find it to be accurate to that extent. The temperature reads +2 degrees above a military grade analog meter next too it.. They also claim wires are more accurate than wireless, Hello? I like my $35 Lacrosse unit and will expand on that. Sorry I bought the Peet.
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N4DBM
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 7, 2008 13:09
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Excellent for APRS/CWOP
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Same as my review for the Ultimeter 800. I had some problems with one of my humidity sensors. They sent me a new humidity element free the next day. The software "Weather Text Tools" is an interface that's easy to use and logs data. Easy to interface with APRS-WX or CWOP using a client such as UI-View 32. Can also be hooked directly to a TNC or stand-alone radio/modem like the Byonics WX-Track for a completely remote station. For the price, it's hard to beat this one.
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KH8AF
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 16, 2008 08:58
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Great units
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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We have over 22 2000's and 2100';s in service all over the Pacific..some 8-10 years old. They are Great units and very reliable. Like anything today, the later 2100's have much improved. Have many with multiple Weather Pictures and hardily recommend them. Only very few failures are in the earlier humidity sensors. Anemometers seen to just run forever. The people who bought the company and moved it to Florida do not however have quite the same dedication to customer service as the founder Bill Peet.
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KE5C
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 2, 2008 18:28
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Very Pleased
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Since I've neither owned nor used any other serious amateur weather equipment, I'm not going to say the Ultimeter is better than brand X or I wish I had bought brand Y. I picked the Peet based on comments in the Xastir list group - I wanted a station that worked out-of-the box with Xastir which I run on Linux. Then the funny part is, I ran it that way a few days and just decided to dump the reports to my own web page instead so I could easily look them up from anywhere - http://www.ke5c.net/wx/ shows what I am doing right now. This is a preformatted text mode report, so it is very easy to work with. In fact, I am not tying up a computer but instead am using a "serial port server" to deliver the reports to a server I can access - see Lantronix MSS100. I decided to go all out and upgraded to the best sensors they had, and with the Christmas special, I paid $650 for the 2100, heated anemometer, marine grade wind sensor, 0.01 inch tipping bucket rain sensor, outdoor humidity-temp sensor with solar shield and the Weathertext data tools which I am not using, but they were included in the special and do work. The construction seemed very solid, and the interconnecting cables sturdy and well made. The wind, humidity and temperature sensors are up about 35 feet on my tower, and the rain bucket is on my (non-functioning) chimney top. The Ultimeter has been RF proof so far, and I am just very pleased overall.
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W3LK
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 23, 2008 16:08
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Upgrade the anemometer
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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If you upgrade to the 2100 display, you really need to upgrade to the Pro anemometer. The old one didn't register below 1.5 mph and the new one registers at .5 mph, sometimes less. The cups are considerably larger as is the direction vane. Additionally, where the old unit reads in whole numbers, the new one reads in 1/10ths, as well.
I did the upgrade last year (after using the 2000 for more than 6 years with no problems) and I am more than pleased with the increased performance.
I do not use any of the supplied software.
73,
Lon - W3LK
Naugatuck, Connecticut
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N1EDU
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 23, 2008 04:17
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Out of Box so far so good!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I got a good price, so that always helps, and this unit is replacing a Lacrosse 2317 that failed twice in 2 years.
Out of the box, everything did as I expect, or better. I read the book, I read the reviews here. I am impressed specifically with the anemometer - updates at .5 seconds (or better when wind is over 5 mph!)
Some previous posts complained that the cups don't spin up or are inconsistant in light wind conditions. On the living room couch, I blew gently and maintained .5 to .6 on up to 5 mph quite easily.
I side arm mounted the wind sensors Saturday evening (who does tower work in NH in mid January, in the dark ?) and today is Wednesday. So far, I'm very happy with the system. It was easy to set up, and the data seems to corespond to my reference points.
I'm a big fan of wunderground.com. In Lacrosse circles, the only software to use is called weather underground heavy uploader or wuhu. It is freeware. The developer is a great guy, and I may have him convinced to take a look at the data stream to see if it'll fit in to the existing application without much trouble.
I'm not impressed with the weather text package - it simply extracts the data into either .txt or .csv files.
I like that the interface box has another output so I could run Wx APRS on one side of my room, and perhaps the console on the other, close to the computer.
Stay tuned for more, but so far so good.
Dave
N1EDU
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AL7B
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 15, 2007 01:51
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2100 Upgrade - Worthwhile
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had the Peet Bro Ultimeter 2100 weather station system for about 4 years. I like the system but as I mentioned in a previous review felt the anemometer was the weak area of the station.
I called Peet Bro to inquire about their new PRO Anemometer. It had larger cups and I was hoping for better light wind sensitivity. Peet Bro informed me the PRO Anemometer required an upgrade of the Ultimeter 2100 computer/keypad. They had a special price available for owners of older 2100 units. The upgrade includes a new computer/keypad, PRO Anemometer and software CD. Peet Bro sent the upgrade hardware and even gave me credit for the old keyboard before they received it.
The PRO Anemometer is well worth the upgrade. I am now able to register winds in the 1 to 3 MPH range, which were always missed by the old unit. The upgraded keyboard/computer also has several improvements. The graphics of the keypad are better defined and it seems the back lighting might be LED instead of light bulbs. The new manual states the backlight can be left on all the time where the manual for the older unit recommended using it sparingly.
Setting of the date is less cryptic now, allowing you to select the year rather than having to determine what the year is relative to the last leap year. Offsets are included for not only the wind, but also temperature and humidity. The manual is also of better quality.
The anemometer is located at the 35-foot level of my radio tower and about 5 feet from the feed point of my 40-meter inverted-v and 10 feet below my Mosley CL-33 beam antennas. I have not noticed any issues with RF interfering with the operation of the weather station on any HF band.
It looks as if Peet has matured the Ultimeter 2100 computer/keypad over the past few years. I wish I had upgraded months ago. Peet Bro makes it easy to do.
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