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So let's talk alternatives. EcoBee? Honeywell? What's the suggested alternate device and route for those of us that like a little control, like having other se
by ljoshua 7y ago
So let's talk alternatives. EcoBee? Honeywell?
What's the suggested alternate device and route for those of us that like a little control, like having other services that can integrate, and don't want to be yanked around by shutdowns?
- jmuguy 7y agoI would recommend Ecobee but their status page has looked like a Christmas tree lately. Hours long outages, every day, for days in a row.
- mikestew 7y agoEcoBee is what I bought when the writing was on the wall with Nest. Works with HomeKit, so EcoBee could go under tomorrow and Apple stuff can still talk to it. Or if an open solution is more to your liking, works with Home Assistant, too, though it goes through the API to work.
- pugworthy 7y agoCheck out open source things. Some listed at https://www.hackster.io/projects/tags/thermostat https://www.hackster.io/projects/tags/thermostat
- oliyoung 7y agoAny ZigBee thermostats should work with Alexa and HomeKit
- bloopernova 7y agoI have an ecobee, it seems to work pretty well, and has definitely saved us money on heating and cooling costs since we bought it. As for automation and APIs to control it, generally we only use the Android app, but we have linked the ecobee to the Google Home app. I haven't yet tried to add it to the Mozilla webthings server running on our Retropie. We only have a 2 bedroom apartment, so our scope for lots of automation is somewhat less than if we owned our own home.
- drbytes 7y agoEcobee it seems. Until they are acquired by google and then rinse&repeat.