Best Wifi enabled thermostat
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Eddh said:
Glad it's worked for you!
Interestingly my Drayton system has been faultless now for a couple of weeks and seems to be bedding in now after fiddling with it every other day at the start.
I'm still messing with schedules and adapting these to our lives, when we go to bed etc but all good so far!
My Drayton Wiser system had been fine too (after the initial fiddling because the control is so much finer than the old stat).Interestingly my Drayton system has been faultless now for a couple of weeks and seems to be bedding in now after fiddling with it every other day at the start.
I'm still messing with schedules and adapting these to our lives, when we go to bed etc but all good so far!
However, I thought I'd ask for a wifi extender because they send them out for free. Installed it last night and it was fine; this morning it can't connect to the main room stat in the hallway, despite the extender only being about 5ft away from that. Installing the extender seems to have messed up my system
Since the rad stats are still happily connected it doesn't really matter; there's still heat demand so the unconnected room stat doesn't mean it'll be cold when I get home.
B17NNS said:
Oakey said:
Seems like a massive oversight as well, what's the point in having controllable TRV's if you have to run the boiler manually in the meantime until they release (if they ever do) the bit that controls your boiler as well?
Another (non) kick starter.1) Their hub is supposedly going to support other smart home devices, so not just heating. I don't suppose that will happen at launch though.
2) Their "plus" TRVs use energy harvesting, so no batteries going flat. I will be impressed if they have got that working properly with a motorised TRV.
3) Their early bird offers are pretty good, 4 energy harvesting TRVs plus the hub for less than £100 is a bit of a bargain. If they work properly.
Jobbo said:
My Drayton Wiser system had been fine too (after the initial fiddling because the control is so much finer than the old stat).
However, I thought I'd ask for a wifi extender because they send them out for free. Installed it last night and it was fine; this morning it can't connect to the main room stat in the hallway, despite the extender only being about 5ft away from that. Installing the extender seems to have messed up my system
Since the rad stats are still happily connected it doesn't really matter; there's still heat demand so the unconnected room stat doesn't mean it'll be cold when I get home.
Yeah I had that, amongst other things. The extender's issues was what finished it for me. Took it back the next day.However, I thought I'd ask for a wifi extender because they send them out for free. Installed it last night and it was fine; this morning it can't connect to the main room stat in the hallway, despite the extender only being about 5ft away from that. Installing the extender seems to have messed up my system
Since the rad stats are still happily connected it doesn't really matter; there's still heat demand so the unconnected room stat doesn't mean it'll be cold when I get home.
Still amazed with how good the evohome works, seems much more grown up than the wiser and hasn't needed faffing with once since fitted. Seems like the learning phase is over now too.
shady lee said:
Yeah I had that, amongst other things. The extender's issues was what finished it for me. Took it back the next day.
Still amazed with how good the evohome works, seems much more grown up than the wiser and hasn't needed faffing with once since fitted. Seems like the learning phase is over now too.
I was a bit suspicious about how simple the range extender’s installation instructions were. But it seemed to work; I took the battery out of the room thermostat and put it back in and all’s been well since. If I have any other problems the extender is going to be the first thing switched off when fault-finding. Still amazed with how good the evohome works, seems much more grown up than the wiser and hasn't needed faffing with once since fitted. Seems like the learning phase is over now too.
shady lee said:
Nope.... Think of hive as a simple on off thermostat... That's internet enabled.
No opentherm
No tpi
No zone capabilities
No weather comp.
But it is a very simple, very reliable unit.
Thanks for that, ill give it a miss then. My current stat has all of that, without the Internet capabilities. No opentherm
No tpi
No zone capabilities
No weather comp.
But it is a very simple, very reliable unit.
Joe M said:
Thanks for that, ill give it a miss then. My current stat has all of that, without the Internet capabilities.
If your after a single stat that's smart is be looking at nest (provided you can get power to where it is sited) or tado.Both do geolocation and opentherm, with the tado you can add trvs later on too.
shady lee said:
If your after a single stat that's smart is be looking at nest (provided you can get power to where it is sited) or tado.
Both do geolocation and opentherm, with the tado you can add trvs later on too.
I bought a Nest Thermostat on Amazon Prime Day earlier this year for about £110, so look out for offers.Both do geolocation and opentherm, with the tado you can add trvs later on too.
Really pleased with it - yes it "simply" turns the boiler on and off, but it "just works". I've since bought the smoke/CO2 detectors, so I'm a fully signed up fanboi now!
Smart TRVs would be nice, but really not necessary for my needs.
wiggy001 said:
I bought a Nest Thermostat on Amazon Prime Day earlier this year for about £110, so look out for offers.
Really pleased with it - yes it "simply" turns the boiler on and off, but it "just works". I've since bought the smoke/CO2 detectors, so I'm a fully signed up fanboi now!
Smart TRVs would be nice, but really not necessary for my needs.
If you have a opentherm boiler it will modulate the burner, plus it has geolocation for any smartphone signed in )same with your smoke detectors) and it also has tpi, a learning feature that calculates the time to temp etc.Really pleased with it - yes it "simply" turns the boiler on and off, but it "just works". I've since bought the smoke/CO2 detectors, so I'm a fully signed up fanboi now!
Smart TRVs would be nice, but really not necessary for my needs.
Also has auto schedule which I've been told works well.
So not quite as on/off as the simple hive no.
shady lee said:
wiggy001 said:
I bought a Nest Thermostat on Amazon Prime Day earlier this year for about £110, so look out for offers.
Really pleased with it - yes it "simply" turns the boiler on and off, but it "just works". I've since bought the smoke/CO2 detectors, so I'm a fully signed up fanboi now!
Smart TRVs would be nice, but really not necessary for my needs.
If you have a opentherm boiler it will modulate the burner, plus it has geolocation for any smartphone signed in )same with your smoke detectors) and it also has tpi, a learning feature that calculates the time to temp etc.Really pleased with it - yes it "simply" turns the boiler on and off, but it "just works". I've since bought the smoke/CO2 detectors, so I'm a fully signed up fanboi now!
Smart TRVs would be nice, but really not necessary for my needs.
Also has auto schedule which I've been told works well.
So not quite as on/off as the simple hive no.
AW10 said:
Anyone else having Tado support issues? Put a request in via their app 8 days ago and have had two "sorry but we're real busy" replies but no action on the request. P*ss poor service.
Not needed to since initial installation well over a year ago at which time was resolved by a phone call. What's the problem?Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff