Some people don't care about that kind of wind resolution. If it's important to you, then go ahead and pay hundreds more. I know I won't being a Davis system again.... at least not until they make some serious innovations and changes in their hardware.
Anyway, if you explore how the wind data is captured, you might realize the frequency of transmission rate isn't all that necessary. The 5n1 samples with a 4-second window. The highest value recorded gets transmitted every 18 seconds. If Acurite took that 4-second window down to 3, then it might meet the WMO definition for capturing gust data. Close enough for me.
Anyway, if you explore how the wind data is captured, you might realize the frequency of transmission rate isn't all that necessary. The 5n1 samples with a 4-second window. The highest value recorded gets transmitted every 18 seconds. If Acurite took that 4-second window down to 3, then it might meet the WMO definition for capturing gust data. Close enough for me.