To be fair the cheapest thermostat sold at homedepot is probably super reliable since it is using a very simple hardware stack. It isn't like this stuff really

To be fair the cheapest thermostat sold at homedepot is probably super reliable since it is using a very simple hardware stack. It isn't like this stuff really ought to go wrong very often. Maybe you break a solder I guess over a lot of heat/cool cycles? It's just a thermometer and a switch.