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Banded
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Oz
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Smart Thermostat Recommendations?
I bought this Honeywell smart thermostat I believe either early this year or maybe it was a black Friday deal in 2021.
Honeywell Home RTH9585 Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat Model #RTH9585WF1004/W https://www.lowes.com/pd/Honeywell-H...ity/5002420259 It had been working fine for the past several months but lately, it is acting screwy. We have tried everything including rebooting by removing the faceplate and reinstalling it as well as reset to factory settings. After looking around on the web, I'm discovering that these issues I'm having seem to be common with this model. So, I would like to replace it with something else. I have looked at similar thermostats like Nest and ecobee but I still find complaints about them acting up on people. Can somebody give me a recommendation on a smart thermostat that will work properly and last for years? I don't need anything with voice control or extra sensors. Just a basic smart thermostat. I like this model for the wi-fi and I can control it from my phone app. It also has a nice big display. The outdoor weather is a nice touch. Looking for any and all suggestions. Are there any good smart thermostats out there that won't break the bank? |
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GDT white noise poster
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Chonson County
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Yeah mine is the older Nest, like one of the first ones I think (it came with the house when I bought it at the end of 2016). I turned off the learning mode but yeah you can't schedule temperatures. You can kind of set things in the app but it kind of defaults to lower/higher temps when it's not at one of the set points at a certain time.
It's not that big of a deal but it's kind of annoying but not so annoying I'm going to buy a replacement before it dies |
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Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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For simple: Nest. For a power user like me: Ecobee.
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Banded
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Oz
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The Honeywell thermostat had been working fine from when I installed it a year ago. Went through last winter and all of the seasons until now with no issues whatsoever. But lately it's been heating the house up to warm at like 4 or 5 am and/or not staying on long enough to heat up the house when we get up at 6:30am. Why can't they make things that work and are durable? ![]() I thought I had it figured out. Did a factory reset. Got rid of the setting that has it heat up so that the temp is at the 70 degrees when we get up in the morning. And that worked flawlessly until this morning. Temp. was right where it was set on the schedule last night. Then went down to lower temp that we like to have overnight. Then kicked on right at 6:30am. The problem is that it wouldn't stay on long enough to heat up past 65. That's not terrible but a little cool getting out of the shower in the morning. I just want something that works . ![]() |
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#19 |
Abandoned Former Rams Fan
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: A van down by the river
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A good way to explain it is Nest is like the Apple of the thermostat world. They make quality products that are easy for anyone to use. If you want to be able to have total control, they may not be the best for you.
Ecobee does make some nice stats, we use this one a lot. Has a built in Alexa speaker (it does everything a stand alone Alexa speaker does) and has optional remote sensors which detect both occupancy & temp. Which allows the thermostat to know what rooms people are in & average the temp of those rooms as the temp reading, as opposed to just using the temp at the thermostat location. https://www.supplyhouse.com/Ecobee-E...-Voice-Control |
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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![]() My 50 year old(?) thermostat still works fine. |
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#21 |
When a nightmare becomes real
Join Date: Nov 2003
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I've got a Nest and it works pretty good. My favorite feature is the ability to set a PIN so the wife/kids can't **** with the temperature.
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#22 |
Three-Pat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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Got a Nest as well. Definitely like it.
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#23 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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bump for different reasons
I have a standard thermostat A few times in the past few weeks, I have dome down and the thermostat has no display. The air exchanger lights are off and the humidifier control was off. I put a different memory battery in the thermostat a few days ago but it happened again this morning. Luckily the heat continues to work. The lights came back on when I woke up the humidifier control. Is the thermostat going bad? Had one go bad before. Or the humidifier controller? |
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Abandoned Former Rams Fan
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: A van down by the river
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It sounds like it's the 2nd option, because if batteries are powering the thermostat, the batteries going out shouldn't affect the control for the humidifier. However also if you're losing low voltage from the thermostat the heat shouldn't work. So hard to say exactly whats going on. Last edited by ScareCrowe; 12-20-2022 at 12:03 PM.. |
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#25 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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the batteries in the thermostat are AA.
Company that installed it said that maybe I needed a new filter. and think it may be over heating because we are also running a humidifier in a room and not using distilled water. Although our water is very good. I will give it a shot. See what happens. Also made sure it was running on a timer and not a hold temp. |
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Abandoned Former Rams Fan
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: A van down by the river
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I'm not sure what they're talking about with the humidifier. I've installed & worked on hundreds of them & they all hook to tap water. Also in no instance should your furnace "overheating" cause any difference in the way your thermostat operates. And the humidifier won't affect anything either, it may make you feel warmer at a given temperature but it won't affect the operation of the furnace. You might need a new filter but that has nothing to do with the stat going blank, or at least I don't see how it could |
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#27 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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I am going to bump this--since I have commented on it.
I want to switch from this https://www.kele.com/Catalog/22%20Th...on%20Sheet.pdf To this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y6M2OUC...lig_dp_it&th=1 It looks like it should be easy enough. More concerned about the C wire. Which mine looks like I have it. Just dont want to run it through the wall. I would do it later, when dont really need ac or heat. Issues? Pics are from the old thermostat. ![]() ![]() |
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#28 |
error 404
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Bizarro World
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I have my nest linked to my amazon alexa. I can tell alexa to adjust the thermastat from my bed in the middle of the night of it's to cold or hot.
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