The WeatherFlow webpage http://weatherflow.com/smart-home-weather-stations/ have illustrations that show Sky with “flexible mounting” described as keyhole mount, 1/4"-20 screw, and 1" pole. At around 1:47 here, it looks like a rooftop Sky install on a screw camera mount https://www.youtube.com/wat…

IOW it’s looking to me as if Sky would need to be shipped with two separate mounts, to provide one for the pipe mount, and the other for the keyhole/screwhole mount; but in fact Sky is being shipped with only the pipe mount. I’ll admit that I watched this early review https://www.youtube.com/watch?…

This is interesting. WFs website still clearly shows a picture of the Sky with keyhole and screw mount ( http://weatherflow.com/smart-home-weather-stations/ ). Perhaps @dsj can clarify, as I am also planning on using the screw mount.

Good question! While we originally intended to ship SKY with both mount options, field testing revealed that the pole mount was clearly superior in terms of data collection. We therefore decided to ship with only the pole mount in order to encourage this mounting option. If you have a situation that…

Thanks dsj! I will be sending the email soon. FYI in addition to all of the other features of the WeatherFlow system, the flexible mountings for SKY were a deal clincher for me. A pole mount is no-go in my location (must be likewise for many other urban dwellers), so it was great to find a quality …

@ dsj Interesting situation. Does the Air still come with the slots or am I going to have same issue in mounting them ?

A bit more background. Remember, as a company with deep meteorological roots our motto has always been: “Better Data, Better Decisions”. During field testing, we discovered that the SKY got the cleanest data when mounted up on top of a pole. So we redesigned the SKY mount to work with a standard …

if anyone needs a screw mount i have 3 spare ones feel free to send me a pack of pork sausages and ill pop one in the post… sorry gary need a sense of humor sometimes wasnt meant has you see it :grin:anyway lets hope using that little screw mount is solid and held down without any movement otherwise…

Many thanks for clarifying this (and @dsj ), and providing a nice solution for those of us who are unlucky to not be able to use a pole mount for various reasons!

One can always switch the mounts. Use the Air mount on the Sky and get the Sky mounted high. It will be easy to mount the Air using the Sky mount or no mount at all. Then one can get the new mount from WeatherFlow and not have to wait to get the Sky in service.

Oh nooo, I’ve already prepared a mounting location to fix the Sky with a 1/4 "-20 screw… see photo! [IMG_20180522_194231]

"Flexible mounting" for Sky

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"Flexible mounting" for Sky

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