The 6 Best duty raingauge Heavies (2023 reviews)

Stratus has been making good-quality gauge for years, thanks to a combination of clever design and high-end materials. The Stratus Rain gauge is top-of-the-line, accurate to 0.01" of rain. It's also great for measuring the amount of moisture (or lack thereof) in snow fall. It's a sturdy, high quality collection device that's easy to mount on a post. It has a funnel at the top, and an inner tube that lets you see when you get less than an inch of rain.

This gauge is easy to use, is accurate ( if sited properly) and does not cost a small fortune. It's also a must if you want to have your own accurate instrument for measuring rain and/or snowfall.

Why We Like This:

Best design for a rain gauge for most uses
Measures up to 11 inches of rain without empting gage
Very useful for tracking your own rainfall trends, totals, and averages

Best For avid Weather watchers: Outdoor home Made Outdoor tough duty raingauge heavy

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The outdoor home made outdoor tough duty raingauge heavy is specially designed for your daily usage and has all useful features. This high quality rain collecting instrument is designed to withstand the burning sun and cool frosts. It has 4 marks to 1/4", 4 more marks to 1/2", 4 more marks to 3/4" and 4 more to. The numbers could be darker, to see more easily from a distance, but its a good product. It's well built, easy to mount and easy to remove to dump the water out.

The rain gauge works very well. It is made of high quality polycarbonate plastic that won't crack, go yellow or get cloudy from long term exposure to the elements. The gauge is larger than most which makes the graduations much easier to read. The rain gauge is easy to install and because it is clear it blends.

Why We Like This:

Easy to install, durable plastic construction
Works well and is easy to read the measurements
Good looking, easy to read and easy two-screw installation

Best With Solar light: Acurite duty raingauge heavy

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Not everyone likes to purchase gauge for their regular usage, but the acurite duty raingauge heavy would be an anomoly. This is a very good rain gauge as far as accuracy and being easy. It is a great way to test your automatic sprinkler output. The water in the rain gauge acts as a magnifier and makes the numbers behind the water appear larger and clearer. It is built from heavy duty plastic and the painted gauge has lasted years. The magnification is perfect. The numbers and graduations on the scale are easy to read. It just makes it easier to read when you're up close.

The design is quite simple, but superbly effective and ingenious. It is a very good rain gauge as far as accuracy and being easy.

Why We Like This:

Simple, easy to read and the no-hassle screw mount system is great
Works well and easy to read at a distance
Easy to put, easy to read, easy to empty and put back again

Best With lip: La Crosse technology duty raingauge heavy

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This is the best rain gauge ever. It is good as it gets for a plastic rain gauge. It's meant to be installed on the top of a deck rail. The gauge is made of clear plastic, mounting it on a dark fence, rail, wall, etc. It is a great size, easy to read with the floating red indicator, and looks great.

This gauge is excellent quality and the numbers are very easy to read. The overhang shields the gauge, or some sort of spacer has to be added to the mount. It is important to mount this with a level.

Why We Like This:

Nice big display and easy-to-spot floating gauge
A very nice looking, easy-to-read rain gauge
Makes a great present for friends or relatives
Easy to mount, easy to read, easy to empty

Best With temperature: Acurite Rain Gauge

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The acurite rain gauge's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. This rain gauge works super well and is simple to use. It sets anywhere in the house and lets you keep track of what is falling outside anytime day or night. It doesn't beep for long, so no need to get up to shut it off. The container that catches the rain has a hole in the bottom that allows drops to drip onto a teeter totter mechanism below. It measures rain as it passes through the chamber. It is easy to install with little maintenance. It's nice having the results of a rain guage right inside the house where there's no trouble seeing the amount.

Why We Like This:

Works fine,saves a trip outdoors to check rainfall
Easy to install and is doing a nice and accurate job
Very good, lacks a leaf screen and easy mounting method
Very nice to look at the amount of rain fall without getting wet

Best For two years With No wear: Outwest Trading duty raingauge heavy

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Being able to slip the gauge off and back onto its plastic mounting piece is a great design solution. The rain gauge is really easy to install and the volume of water in the gauge is easy to read, especially when the gauge is held up to the light. It is easy to empty and to put back in place but made sturdy enough that it should not break unless handled with complete carelessness. The mounting plate holds the gauge securely in place without any movement.

This is a nicely made gauge and looks like it will be easy to keep clean. The numbers are large enough to read easily, but it is just that it needs better contrast between the numbers, the water and the plastic gauge.

Why We Like This:

Rain gauge outdoor built tough to survive harsh storms
Uv resistant, non-yellowing, and won't rust
Great rain gauges for yard that accurately measure rainfall