Taylor Precision Products 5293501 Rain Gauge, Clear and Teal

I have bought 3 other rain gauges. The first one was glass. It would get dirty inside & was hard to clean because it had a narrow opening. It was also hard to see the water measurement unless you got close to it. The next two were a hard plastic. These were easy to see but they both yellowed in time and cracked. I have had this one for about a month. I was surprised when my husband included the removable ground stake when he mounted it on the fence. It makes sense though because it keeps it from moving when the clear bracket the stake has is attached to a nail. You can see it in the 2nd picture I posted. The things I like about this one are: 1. It’s silicone so it won’t break or yellow (I hope it won’t yellow in time!). 2. It’s very easy to see at a distance - big numbers and red ring that shows the water level. 3. It’s easy to attach to a fence - all you need is 2 nails for the brackets to sit on. 4. It’ll measure up to 7 inches of rain - the other I had only measured 6. The one thing you have to be careful with is where you pour out the water because the red ring falls out and you don’t want to lose it.

Macht was er soll regen messen. Und bleibt bei frost heile.

After breaking the glass one we had 2 years in a row after replacing it, we said no more! Nice and big with a red ring inside so you can easily see the amount of rain in the gauge. Great value/price. Would buy again and recommend to others.

I really like this rain gauge (1) because it's soft and pliable and won't break if I forget to bring it indoors before a freezing night, (2) the numbers and incremental markings are large so they're easy to read from inside the house (albeit I do have to use my monocular to get closer), and the red floater makes it easy to distinguish what the level is as I'm trying to read it from inside the house using my monocular. My last rain gauge was hard plastic, and it worked beautifully, until one really cold night when the water collected earlier in the day froze and cracked it badly. I don't have to be concerned about that happening with this one. I think Taylor did a great job with this.

I have gone through 2 frost proof unbreakable rain gauges that cracked during the winter just like all the rest. This gauge seems to be truly different since it is flexible silicone. I believe that I finally have a rain gauge that you can leave outside year round without worrying about it cracking. Great product that was needed in the market. It fits perfectly in my existing rain gauge holder, it seems well made and the floating red ring makes reading the gauge very easy.