Mastofolk, my 10 year old Netatmo weather station has given up the ghost. I’m after a replacement that will feed readings to #HomeAssistant and ideally has hooks for HomeKit as well, though I can probably get HomeBridge to manage that.

EcoWitt come highly recommended, but there looks like a bit of an Australia tax. Any suggestions gladly accepted.

@trib Ecowitt is on my shopping list for when I eventually do this. This bloke’s video+writeup (whole channel really) is worth checking out for an Aussie review.

https://www.thestockpot.net/videos/localweather

Actual Clouds > The Cloud — The Stock Pot

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned while building a modern smart home is this: good automations start with good data. If your inputs are unreliable, delayed, or generic, your automations will never be what you promised your SO they would be. My ‘inside the house’ data is pretty solid, than

The Stock Pot
@gurgle @trib I got one of those (the "wittboy") a few years ago for the same reason (no moving parts) but since discovered the haptic rain gauge is far from accurate if you have anything other than normal solid rain. It's terrible with light showers and other oddities - I got suspicious when I saw occasional wild variance between it and my old manual nylex rain gauge from Bunnings, so I went and also got one of these https://shop.ecowitt.com/en-au/products/ecowitt-wh40h?_pos=3&_psq=rain+gauge&_ss=e&_v=1.0 - hooks up to the same gateway, and has much less variance with my manual gauge. I've been meaning to write this up properly on my blog for ages but somehow just haven't found the time yet (sorry!)
Ecowitt WH40H Wireless Self-Emptying Rain Gauge with 3.5cm Enhanced Rain Funnel Design