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On the topic: I've had an ecobee 3 for the past few years, and I'm pretty happy with it - if you're in the market I'd highly recommend one. Killer features are
by gregmac 6y ago
On the topic: I've had an ecobee 3 for the past few years, and I'm pretty happy with it - if you're in the market I'd highly recommend one. Killer features are mostly from the room sensors:
* Keep upstairs comfortable at night, main floor during the day
* Auto home/away mode (based on motion). This works so well, I only just changed the schedule to account for working from home about a month ago
I also like "Run fan for minimum of x minutes per hour" as it makes a noticeable difference on sunny days where the South side of the house is normally a lot warmer than the North.
Other than that, the app is decent and it's easy to connect to Home Assistant.
I have an older wifi thermostat controlling my fireplace, and a very useful automation I only just added turns on the furnace fan when the fireplace is "on" (temp set above 21) which helps keep the house balanced.
- wincy 6y agoMy only complaint about the ecobee is the Alexa integration will listen when I tell my Echo Dot to play music then I’ll end up with the Dot playing Apple Music and the Ecobee playing I Heart Radio or whatever because it doesn’t support Apple Music. So two songs playing and one on a garbage thermostat speaker. I wish it could just have Alexa support but only for thermostat stuff then ignore anything else.
- johns 6y agoWhy not turn off Alexa all together on the stat and have the regular Alexa control it through the integration?
- wincy 6y agoWell the thermostat is in the living room and the echo is near the Alexa enabled microwave in the kitchen. So then we wouldn’t be able to adjust the thermostat from the living room without buying another Echo or Echo Dot.
- JamesSwift 6y agoI too am pretty happy overall with it. The web portal is pretty bad though. Its very finicky about logging in and maintaining its session. The app "Just Works" for the most part.