> I live in snow country and I'm not going to do anything that potentially introduces a new failure mode into my heating system. On the flip side, my Ecobee no

> I live in snow country and I'm not going to do anything that potentially introduces a new failure mode into my heating system. On the flip side, my Ecobee notified me that my furnace was broken while I was at work. I don't really see name-brand smart thermostats in the same category as most home automation devices. There's also a lot of nice features that can improve efficiency. For example, we drastically cut our cooling bill by utilizing the scheduled fan mode to pull cool, main floor air into the air handler and redistributing it (partially to the second floor).