Shanna-like-Banana
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 21, 2009
I'm looking for tried and true recommendations from "Smart" Thermostat owners, who actually like their smart thermostat.
Our home has two seperate units that each run off their own thermostat, so I am in the market to install two of them. I'm looking for feedback from ppl who actually have and use the smart features of the thermostats.
I know there are several brands/types on the market now above and beyond just the Nest.
The primary features I want are
- to be able to program/control different hours of the day AND different hours within the days of the week, not just one setting for M-F and another setting for S/S.
- App control functions to change the temp on the way home from school/work/out of town, etc.
I dove into some online reviews of Nest and the Google Home (?) and they greatly varied. It seems as though there are now many versions of both, some only being sold from certain retailers (Lowes/Home Depot) and certain variations sold at a certain time (Black Friday)
Some loved them, but I saw many reviews that the features didn't work as expected and problems with temps not holding without BlueTooth connections (I don't even 100% understand what all the means)
The thermostats we have now are programmable but limited only to a M-F setting and a S/S setting. I need a more expanded schedule and app ability to change/override the program.
We live in the South where summer temps reach above 100 and winter temps can fall to the teens at night.
Our home has two seperate units that each run off their own thermostat, so I am in the market to install two of them. I'm looking for feedback from ppl who actually have and use the smart features of the thermostats.
I know there are several brands/types on the market now above and beyond just the Nest.
The primary features I want are
- to be able to program/control different hours of the day AND different hours within the days of the week, not just one setting for M-F and another setting for S/S.
- App control functions to change the temp on the way home from school/work/out of town, etc.
I dove into some online reviews of Nest and the Google Home (?) and they greatly varied. It seems as though there are now many versions of both, some only being sold from certain retailers (Lowes/Home Depot) and certain variations sold at a certain time (Black Friday)
Some loved them, but I saw many reviews that the features didn't work as expected and problems with temps not holding without BlueTooth connections (I don't even 100% understand what all the means)
The thermostats we have now are programmable but limited only to a M-F setting and a S/S setting. I need a more expanded schedule and app ability to change/override the program.
We live in the South where summer temps reach above 100 and winter temps can fall to the teens at night.