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Compare this to the WiFi thermostat that I previously thought was cool: http://www.radiothermostat.com/filtrete/ http://www.radiothermostat.com/filtrete/ In a
by asmithmd1 15y ago
Compare this to the WiFi thermostat that I previously thought was cool:
http://www.radiothermostat.com/filtrete/ http://www.radiothermostat.com/filtrete/
In addition to being a touch screen it has hard buttons labeled: PROG, MENU, MODE, FAN, and SAVE ENERGY
It is a total disaster. When I went away for vacation this summer I wanted to turn off the daily program and hold at a max of 85. Instead I put it into winter hold mode and it maintained a chilly 62 for the entire week I was away. The WiFi link failed the first day I was away for some reason and the iPhone app happily reported the last temperature it had received as current so I had no hint there was any trouble.
- WalterBright 15y agoAny ui with a "mode" button is inevitably a disaster.
- jarek 15y agoMeet my alarm clock, 12 years and going strong. Perhaps I should upgrade to something with a touchscreen and wifi.
- WalterBright 15y agoI've thrown away many watches and clocks with 'mode' buttons after losing its instruction manual.
- jarek 15y agoI'm pretty sure my alarm clock's manual is on another continent. Then again, it doesn't take me a manual to figure out the "mode" button cycles between showing seconds, day of the week, time in both current and configured secondary time zone, and time and date in secondary time zone. I'm sure it could be made much more user friendly, material efficient, durable, and affordable with a touchscreen.
- simcop2387 15y agoI've had that particular problem with an old thermostat before. No wifi or anything, but when the batteries would run out, it would get stuck into AC mode, no matter the previous settings. Getting back from vacation was like a meat locker. It seems weird that the "failure" mode of these things seems to be make the plants think it's winter.