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I use a Hive thermostat. It's much cheaper than Nest and it doesn't talk to the cloud at all, if you buy the hub-less version. It communicates over Zigbee and
by odiroot 4y ago
I use a Hive thermostat. It's much cheaper than Nest and it doesn't talk to the cloud at all, if you buy the hub-less version.
It communicates over Zigbee and works great with Home Assistant over Zigbee2MQTT.
My version supports both heating and hot water (important for system boilers in UK) but there's also a "just heating" version for combi-boilers.
The installation is really trivial, at least in UK where the programmer plate is pretty much standard in every house.
Even if you don't connect it to HA, the programmer/thermostat provided by Hive is so much better than the usual Drayton crap you see in UK.
- blackfawn 4y agoAny issues using the Hive without the hub? They sure make it sound required... Any features that don't work, etc? And HA can fully control the Hive thermostat via Zigbee?
- odiroot 4y agoI guess you can call it an issue but it stops being "smart". As in, no special "AI" to decide when to heat etc. You have to program it yourself. Or hook it up to HA and send the on/off commands as you wish. As for HA, there's really no dedicated service or add-on for Hive. But the generic thermostat service is good enough. I combine the scheduled heating in Hive with "on-demand" through HA when needed.
- kinnth 4y agoDo you use any thermostat switches on your radiators to manage temperature too? Any recommendation on brands in the UK?
- odiroot 4y agoI just manually alternate bedroom/living room throughout the day. Yes, it's a lot of walking (1up1down) but still better than spending ~£50 on each radiator.