Best Wifi enabled thermostat
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As promised some updates from me on the Tado, although not much to report as yet.
It has arrived (finally), I was given a date of 13th January - ordered on 20th December - and I had to poke Tado via Twitter to get it sent.
The fitter got in touch yesterday before it was even delivered and I've given him a date of next Tuesday, which is also the day I'm having my new smart electric meter fitted.
I'll report more as and when...
It has arrived (finally), I was given a date of 13th January - ordered on 20th December - and I had to poke Tado via Twitter to get it sent.
The fitter got in touch yesterday before it was even delivered and I've given him a date of next Tuesday, which is also the day I'm having my new smart electric meter fitted.
I'll report more as and when...
eatontrifles said:
As promised some updates from me on the Tado, although not much to report as yet.
It has arrived (finally), I was given a date of 13th January - ordered on 20th December - and I had to poke Tado via Twitter to get it sent.
The fitter got in touch yesterday before it was even delivered and I've given him a date of next Tuesday, which is also the day I'm having my new smart electric meter fitted.
I'll report more as and when...
i presume you need to have the app running, be in wireless range or have gps enabled all the time. oh and take your phone with you when you It has arrived (finally), I was given a date of 13th January - ordered on 20th December - and I had to poke Tado via Twitter to get it sent.
The fitter got in touch yesterday before it was even delivered and I've given him a date of next Tuesday, which is also the day I'm having my new smart electric meter fitted.
I'll report more as and when...
Siscar said:
I agree, much better to tell it what you want it to do than it learn. Knowing where you are and adjusting accordingly - that has merit.
I assume you can register multiple phones so that the poor bugger left at home does not get left in the cold as the main phone is at work 
garyhun said:
Siscar said:
I agree, much better to tell it what you want it to do than it learn. Knowing where you are and adjusting accordingly - that has merit.
I assume you can register multiple phones so that the poor bugger left at home does not get left in the cold as the main phone is at work I've gone for Owl as I use their system for monitoring electric useage - installing this weekend.
Tiggsy said:
garyhun said:
Siscar said:
I agree, much better to tell it what you want it to do than it learn. Knowing where you are and adjusting accordingly - that has merit.
I assume you can register multiple phones so that the poor bugger left at home does not get left in the cold as the main phone is at work I've gone for Owl as I use their system for monitoring electric useage - installing this weekend.
recalluk said:
5678 said:
Slightly annoying, my Tado order has slipped from week 6 to week 9 with no explanation!
Mine is stated as 28th of Feb .. only ordered yesterday.eatontrifles said:
recalluk said:
5678 said:
Slightly annoying, my Tado order has slipped from week 6 to week 9 with no explanation!
Mine is stated as 28th of Feb .. only ordered yesterday.AB said:
We have the British Gas one.
Fitted and set up for £200 iirc.
http://www.britishgas.co.uk/smarter-living/control...
Combined with our new smart meters we've seen our monthly bills reduced by circa £60 a month by simply not having the heating blasting away with nobody in the house if we are late home from work.
Ie we use the app to turn the heating on 20 mins before we get in rather than coming on at 6pm regardless.
Just booked fitting of Hive... got to wait 11 days for fitting now.Fitted and set up for £200 iirc.
http://www.britishgas.co.uk/smarter-living/control...
Combined with our new smart meters we've seen our monthly bills reduced by circa £60 a month by simply not having the heating blasting away with nobody in the house if we are late home from work.
Ie we use the app to turn the heating on 20 mins before we get in rather than coming on at 6pm regardless.
Looking for a bit of advice - the house has no thermostat, just a Drayton timer switch & TRV's on all the radiators, making it an absolute pain to get a consistent comfortable temperature, especially when I use the woodburner. I'm not interested in the Tado location service, mainly as my phone is PAYG & normally has internet & GPS turned off. The hive installation requirements state that a working thermostat is required, so presumably that's out, so any advice?
Tiggsy said:
Siscar said:
Should a ten year old be home on their own? Genuine question I don't have any of them.
lol...yes. The average 10 year old is fine alone for a couple of hours - unless the heating is off, then they get cold!On the flip side, my son is 11 and has had an iphone for at least a year, and every single kid in his class has some sort of smartphone. So even if we did leave him at least he would be warm
I'm going to try the Tado and just install the app on all our phones. Going to rent it and test out their guarantee at the end of the year!
Junior Bianno said:
This seems curiously out of touch. Yes you could leave a 10 year old at home for a couple of hours, but you are going to have seriously tricky questions to answer if there's an accident - it's an offence to leave a child alone when it could put them at risk. Sure the vast majority of people wouldn't leave a 10 year old at home for a couple of hours by themselves - I wouldn't.
Leaving someone in a house is not a "risk" - if there were boiling pans everywere, sure....if he was 5, sure.....but a 10 year old should be quite able to sit and watch TV without blowing up!!!I often leave my 7,10 and 13 year old while I go out running - I have a phone, I'm never more than 10 mins away, they know the neighbours.
People are raising some pretty sheltered kids!
10 year olds walk to school alone.....a far more dangerous (due to traffic) situation than a living room!
Tiggsy said:
Leaving someone in a house is not a "risk" - if there were boiling pans everywere, sure....if he was 5, sure.....but a 10 year old should be quite able to sit and watch TV without blowing up!!!
I often leave my 7,10 and 13 year old while I go out running - I have a phone, I'm never more than 10 mins away, they know the neighbours.
People are raising some pretty sheltered kids!
10 year olds walk to school alone.....a far more dangerous (due to traffic) situation than a living room!
Leaving 3 kids including a 13 year old is a totally different scenario. Leaving a 10 year old by themselves for a couple of hours, the risks outweigh the benefits...IMO. Anyway, back to Thermostats - enough of Mumsnet I often leave my 7,10 and 13 year old while I go out running - I have a phone, I'm never more than 10 mins away, they know the neighbours.
People are raising some pretty sheltered kids!
10 year olds walk to school alone.....a far more dangerous (due to traffic) situation than a living room!
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