Discussion
Hi,
I have an electrician coming in to sort out a few minor jobs, so I thought to use him to install a new smart thermostat too (simple requirement to manage the on/off heating and hot water schedule).
My initial research points towards Tado but I have no idea if this the latest kit.
Any particular reasons I shouldn't proceed with Tado X?
https://shop.tado.com/en-gb/products/wireless-smar...
I have an electrician coming in to sort out a few minor jobs, so I thought to use him to install a new smart thermostat too (simple requirement to manage the on/off heating and hot water schedule).
My initial research points towards Tado but I have no idea if this the latest kit.
Any particular reasons I shouldn't proceed with Tado X?
https://shop.tado.com/en-gb/products/wireless-smar...
I have the older tado and happy with it.
The main issue with the older one was it only allowed one bridge and could have range issues, not sure if the X changed that. It wasn’t zigbee so signal wasn’t relayed by other devices, which seemed like a fairly odd design decision.
App needs the cloud service to make changes and subscription for all the features. There are some others that are entirely local, like the Drayton Wiser, but iirc they cost a lot more.
The main issue with the older one was it only allowed one bridge and could have range issues, not sure if the X changed that. It wasn’t zigbee so signal wasn’t relayed by other devices, which seemed like a fairly odd design decision.
App needs the cloud service to make changes and subscription for all the features. There are some others that are entirely local, like the Drayton Wiser, but iirc they cost a lot more.
We also have the older one. It’s overkill if you just want to replace a central thermostat.
Tado comes into its own when you put their thermostatic valves on every radiator in the house so each radiator can individually call for heat without affecting any other radiator. And if you have a big room with more than one radiator link those rads to a wireless temperature sensor in that room. That way the sensor controls all rads in the room.
The only downsides we’ve noticed is that they’re not silent and if you’re a light sleeper you might notice the sound. And changing the batteries can be a pain as you have to turn the head to lock into the base but sometimes that base just spins and it’s difficult to grip to stop it spinning, But I think they’ve changed this on X.
Apart from that we love it.
Tado comes into its own when you put their thermostatic valves on every radiator in the house so each radiator can individually call for heat without affecting any other radiator. And if you have a big room with more than one radiator link those rads to a wireless temperature sensor in that room. That way the sensor controls all rads in the room.
The only downsides we’ve noticed is that they’re not silent and if you’re a light sleeper you might notice the sound. And changing the batteries can be a pain as you have to turn the head to lock into the base but sometimes that base just spins and it’s difficult to grip to stop it spinning, But I think they’ve changed this on X.
Apart from that we love it.
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