Connectivity: Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 GHz. WEP 64, WEP 128, WPA and WPA2 encryption methods. DHCP (dynamic) or static IP addressing. Transport Layer Security (TLS). 915 MHz
Bandwidth: 15+ MB/month - Depending upon Alexa Voice Service usage
Compatible with SmartSensor
30 minutes to install thanks to an easy to follow installation guide and an in-app step-by-step walkthrough
Homeowners can save up to 23% annually on heating or cooling costs, plus ecobee pays for itself in under 2 years
Adjust your thermostat from wherever you are using your iOS (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch) or Android device
Works with: Apple Homekit, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT and Google Assistant
Please note: make sure your HVAC panel is fully closed. Some systems will not turn on if the cover panel has not been closed properly
Place them in the rooms that matter the most and have the temperature balanced throughout your whole home
Measuring both occupancy and temperature, sensors signal your ecobee Smart Thermostat to automatically switch to the right mode for comfort when you’re home or for savings when you’re not
I have one, I like it. I have four sensors, only use three of them for temperature control, the fourth lives in the basement just for information. I don’t know why I told you all this, it’s not going to help you make your decision.
I’ve had the Ecobee 4 for years. Add in more sensors and it’s hands down the best thermostat I’ve ever had. It had more features compared to the Nest when I bought it, and the Ecobee ecosystem has gotten even better than it was then. Eco+ is a really nice new feature to have as well. I’ll take this over the Nest any day. I can’t wait for them to do stuff like smart duct that sync with sensors.
@DarkHuD wouldn’t that be fantastic? I have one room that gets super cold in the winter, it would be so nice to have everything but that room shut off, just pump that one room up for an extra ten minutes or whatever instead of the whole house for half an hour.
@DarkHuD@fuzzmanmatt A well designed HVAC system must have adequate airflow to operate efficiently and safely (80% minimum?), so a ‘smart duct’, which might be a motorized damper controlled by a room temperature sensor that would open the damper and turn on the HVAC system to heat\cool one room could be done today, but isn’t something any competent contractor would endorse or recommend. Zoned systems are common and have been done for many years (upstairs\downstairs for example), but they require good system design, more equipment and control to be done right. IMO, for the best in individual room control, multi-head ductless mini-splits are the best choice. Very efficient, reliable variable speed control, super quiet, and heat or cool only the room\s that need it. Not cheap, but if I were building my forever house, it’s the only way I’d do it! For one room that can’t be kept comfortable, install a single zone mini-split for that room if it’s an important living space.
@DarkHuD@krmugn52 I was quoted over $10,000 to have my furnace and ducts replaced when I moved in. I wasn’t about to spend that much, and redoing the insulation would make a bigger impact. I put a furnace in for $1500 and it’s good enough! The AC is still from 1989, though. I would love to do a zoned mini split when I finally get around to replacing everything, but it’s not high up on the list.
@brandom It’s easy to do with a good product on sale. Sitting at my PC being able to set schedules based on the needs of my house, set certain temps to disable at certain times to control the average temp, setup stuff like humidity and temp pre-staging is just like having tech catch up to your childhood dreams of the future. Eco+ takes that a leap forward. Big ups from the email!
@chrismatic Wait… they’re selling the Eccobee? Is that a knock-off variant name like the board games played in Hooterville in a memorable Green Acres episode: Scribble, Cabbage, & Motonony?
I’ve been using the Ecobee 4 for a few years. It’s great: easy to set and program, Alexa integration, and app-based control. Installation on my >30 year-old Lennox Pulse was a bit complicated, but the available guides got me through it. I think I spent less than this for mine due to a promotion from my utility company (probably via Focus on Energy); it’s a good price, but look for deals that apply to your address.
One minor complaint: I’ve been waiting two years for it to support the thermometer that is in my Alexa Echo Plus, but it is still a pending feature. I currently have one remote sensor and that has actually sufficed, but comfort might be better-controlled with more.
@tohru I followed their instructional video, called customer support once to verify one step, and reviewed the process a few times before actually trying it. I also took pictures of the old thermostat’s wiring in case I ever wanted to go back or had issues. I remembered to turn off the breaker and the blower motor switch before making any changes.
You can find these brand new with 1 sensor for $165 shipped all day long so I’m pretty disappointed. I expected a better deal from meh. Would’ve been in at $150
@earmstrong yeah, so add $30 for the extra sensor and meh is $16 cheaper. Guess its still a good deal but usually meh is better. I mean, i bought the ecobee 5 (brand new with 1 sensor) 6 months ago for $175. I’m in the market for a second one for upstairs so I’m just disappointed it’s not a better deal i guess. For that price, ill snag the newer model with 1 sensor.
I’m currently running an older nest downstairs and an ecobee 3 upstairs. I honestly like the day to day behavior of the nest more. It just seems “smarter” but the added remotes I have in use with the ecobee are fantastic! Allowing me to control things based on one, or an average of a few, is a great feature.
This is a great deal. If I could explain to my wife why we needed a newer smart thermostat to replace the old one, I wouldn’t hesitate to jump on it.
@Pacers yah, but that Nest is part of the Google mothership. And the ecobee is an excellent alternative.
We strive for and reward service provider diversity and companies with business models that do not rely pretty much all the way on selling our eyeballs and behavior.
That doesn’t mean we don’t use any Google services - we simply limit them.
Got mine at Costco. My first smart t-stat. After getting it connected and programmed, I pretty much haven’t touched it since. Kind of disappointed, in a way, that there isn’t more to do with it. (Other than yelling at Google or Alexa to bump the temp up once in a while.)
Make sure you have line voltage to operate WiFi thermostats. Older homes don’t have the wire necessary to operate. My A/C technician hates these devices yet makes a lot of money with their issues.
@craigcush My old thermostat setup lacked a “C wire” (Common or ground return wire) but fortunately there was an unused wire in the cable bundle between the furnace and the thermostat so I was able to wire one up. If you’re not so lucky the Ecobee comes with a wiring adapter that makes it function without the C wire.
@craigcush@pdhenry yah, at least when we were researching them, ecobee included the c-wire adapter with every thermostat - while Google Nest made you buy it separately.
@craigcush I actually have an Ecobee that I haven’t installed yet but in the meantime I’m running a Lux Geo. It’s not quite as fancy but does work with Google/Alexa. More importantly, it gives three different options to power it. Either the c-wire/bridge, batteries, or via a usb input. I was running it on batteries but it wasn’t great at warning me when they were low. So I currently have it powered via usb since it’s almost directly above an outlet. It’s a good alternative to the higher priced smart thermostats, especially since they just released a much improved app.
This is the thermostat I play Beastie Boys on in my office. It doesn’t just integrate with Alexa, it has Alexa built in (so it includes a microphone and speaker).
I had an Ecobee3 upstairs and it had an issue. When I sent it in, Ecobee customer service shipped me a brand new Ecobee4 to replace it.
Wish I could justify an upgrade on the 3 I run downstairs, but so far it’s working fine.
If you’re looking to move to a smart thermostat, I recommend this. Usually, your thermostat is in the hall or somewhere else that you are not. Installing remote sensors that keep track of temperature and humidity allows the Ecobee to do things like keep your bedroom the temperature you want at night without worrying about what temperature it is in the hallway.
Had one of these for about a year now. The sensors make a huge difference in only heating/cooling the rooms that people are in. One room in our house gets enough sun to sometimes be over six degrees warmer than the rest of the house— only cooling it when someone’s in there and letting it warm up when nobody is makes it more comfortable and cheaper.
Never had a problem with ours and it keeps the family comfortable. If you need or want a smart thermostat this is a great choice.
Couple things to note: let the remote sensors sit in your house for a day before pairing them. Otherwise they’ll still be at the temperature of the shipping container.
@mechcozmo Can you explain how it’s capable of “only heating/cooling the rooms that people are in.” I’ve literally never been in a home that has more than two zones (and even that is rare) in a situation where you could even use a central thermostat. So the heating/cooling is basically either on or off for the entire house at any one time. So regardless of whether I’m in the bedroom or in the office, it’s going to heat the whole house to roughly the same temp, right? Even if the bedroom gets less sun or something, we’re only talking a degree or two of difference, right?
Not trying to be argumentative, I just truly don’t understand how these things work and would love for someone to explain it to me.
@grovberg@mechcozmo The Ecobee doesn’t magically make your heating system multi-zoned, but instead it ignores the temperature in a room where a sensor is located if that room is unoccupied (as determined by the same sensor). If you spend time in a room that’s always too hot/cold compared to the rest of the house it will cool/heat the entire house until the occupied room(s) is the desired temperature. If multiple rooms are occupied it performs some sort of averaging to determine the control temp - the hot room will still be a little hot and the cold room will still be a little cold, but they’ll all average to what you set the temperature to be.
@mechcozmo Yeah, but can I use the other zones to simply run fan-only to balance the temperature? i.e. if the basement is cooler than the rest of the house in the Summer, or upstairs bedroom warmer, I’d like to move that air around, rather than simply run the A/C more
@caffeineguy@mechcozmo You can manually set the fan to run continuously (i.e., the fan runs even when the furnace is not actively heating/cooling). At least that’s what is available with my Ecobee 3.
@caffeineguy@mechcozmo if you have it configured with your home’s smart system, you can request running the fan verbally when you wish. Admittedly not an automatic temp-sensing solution.
@caffeineguy@macromeh I’d like that too! For the most part, I have that now by telling the system to run the fan at least 30 minutes out of each hour. That helps keep air circulating through the house and through the filter (we have a newer system with a MERV 16 filter) as well as reducing the temperature differentials in the different rooms.
On paper this beats Nest. I have both but some of the Ecobee features just don’t work.
Geofencing is woefully bad for me.
It also has this feature where it will start cooling down before your scheduled time to try to conserve energy. Itbis AWFUL. It regularly ramps up to the target temperature many hours before the scheduled time.
I’ve turned off most of the smart features and just use it with a schedule and to control it from my phone.
I will say that scheduling interface is much better than Nest. And the thermostat interface is better than Nest too. But I think the Nest works better.
@dgauthier4 we got our ecobee completely free from our utility, DTE. (No included remote sensor tho.)
But in exchange for allowing them to back off our temperature by up to 4°F on summer weekdays from 3-7pm on really hot days. They don’t trigger it that frequently tho, so no big deal.
I really like our ecobee3’s. Even moved them from our old house to the new one.
As someone said above, the sensors are great for rooms that you don’t use much, it just ignores them (or adds them in when in the room) in it’s determination of temperature.
Being able to create daily routines (versus weekday/weekend) is great. My son swims and has to get up at 5 am alternating days, so we can have the heat come on those mornings for a little while and it waits a few extra hours on the other days.
Moved into a new(for me) house that had one of these for each zone. Able to control schedules and temp from cell phone, sensors for rooms. Only been 2 months, but I’m loving them.
We’ve had an Ecobee 3 for 3 three years now (I intentionally got the model without Alexa). I have 2 remote sensors so, with the base on the main floor, there is a sensor on each floor. You can view a graph of floor occupancy over time and it does a good job of tracking us while ignoring the pets. It all works pretty well. I think our yearly heating/cooling expenses have dropped, but haven’t done extensive analysis. Overall comfort has increased without needing to constantly manually fiddle with the thermostat settings. I got a nice rebate from our electric utility for installing the Ecobee.
We’ve had an Ecobee 3 for 3 three years now (I intentionally got the model without Alexa).
To be clear, while the ecobee 3 does not include full Echo Dot-like smart speaker functionality like the current top ecobee model, like the entry level ecobee 3 Lite, it does include Alexa and Google Assistant integration compatibility.
So you can control and query it via Alexa verbal smart commands on your Alexa smart speakers, Shows and FireTV.
Ecobee 4s are the best of the best, much better than Nests, which trailed in technology for years (mobile sensors, auto location changes when your phone leaves the house, etc). I really, really should buy these. If we move, I’ll want them, and if we stay, I’ll install more.they are a bit tricky to install though…
@Fduch there is an adapter for that purpose included in the kit (that’s the PEK or power extender kit listed in the included parts list)
edit** Oh, wait… you only have 3 wires? That’s a whole different problem…
OK, just got home from 12 hours at the ER, and pulled the thermostat off my wall to check the wires… I have 4 wires, no C wire, but from what I read, it should work. Alabama power has a $100 rebate going right now, so I’m in. I knew that VIP would be handy one day!
Does anyone else’s ecobee report higher humidity than actual?
My ecobee reports relative humidity (RH) in the 74-79% range. We recently (late Feb. 2021) purchased a professionally installed Trane 2-stage, 4-ton, $8K central air HVAC. The ecobee reported the high RH before and after the HVAC replacement. This is all to say: it is not my air conditioning.
Measuring my RH with an independent trustworthy hygrometer, my true RH is around 49-51%, but the ecobee continues to read high.
My question: Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Did I get a lemon of an ecobee?
What are my options?
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$229.99 at Amazon but Ours Comes with an Extra Sensor
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1 Year Ecobee
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It’s getting hot in here.
'mazing deal
I have one, I like it. I have four sensors, only use three of them for temperature control, the fourth lives in the basement just for information. I don’t know why I told you all this, it’s not going to help you make your decision.
@fuzzmanmatt hey, thanks for sharing your review. check your email!
I’ve had the Ecobee 4 for years. Add in more sensors and it’s hands down the best thermostat I’ve ever had. It had more features compared to the Nest when I bought it, and the Ecobee ecosystem has gotten even better than it was then. Eco+ is a really nice new feature to have as well. I’ll take this over the Nest any day. I can’t wait for them to do stuff like smart duct that sync with sensors.
@DarkHuD wouldn’t that be fantastic? I have one room that gets super cold in the winter, it would be so nice to have everything but that room shut off, just pump that one room up for an extra ten minutes or whatever instead of the whole house for half an hour.
@DarkHuD @fuzzmanmatt A well designed HVAC system must have adequate airflow to operate efficiently and safely (80% minimum?), so a ‘smart duct’, which might be a motorized damper controlled by a room temperature sensor that would open the damper and turn on the HVAC system to heat\cool one room could be done today, but isn’t something any competent contractor would endorse or recommend. Zoned systems are common and have been done for many years (upstairs\downstairs for example), but they require good system design, more equipment and control to be done right. IMO, for the best in individual room control, multi-head ductless mini-splits are the best choice. Very efficient, reliable variable speed control, super quiet, and heat or cool only the room\s that need it. Not cheap, but if I were building my forever house, it’s the only way I’d do it! For one room that can’t be kept comfortable, install a single zone mini-split for that room if it’s an important living space.
@DarkHuD @krmugn52 I was quoted over $10,000 to have my furnace and ducts replaced when I moved in. I wasn’t about to spend that much, and redoing the insulation would make a bigger impact. I put a furnace in for $1500 and it’s good enough! The AC is still from 1989, though. I would love to do a zoned mini split when I finally get around to replacing everything, but it’s not high up on the list.
@DarkHuD thanks for the awesome review! check your email.
KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
@brandom It’s easy to do with a good product on sale. Sitting at my PC being able to set schedules based on the needs of my house, set certain temps to disable at certain times to control the average temp, setup stuff like humidity and temp pre-staging is just like having tech catch up to your childhood dreams of the future. Eco+ takes that a leap forward. Big ups from the email!
Too many C’s in Eccobee (and that’s not a temperature joke).
@chrismatic Wait… they’re selling the Eccobee? Is that a knock-off variant name like the board games played in Hooterville in a memorable Green Acres episode: Scribble, Cabbage, & Motonony?
@chrismatic @earmstrong It’s spelled Ecobee with one “c” including on the instruction manual in the photo.
I’ve been using the Ecobee 4 for a few years. It’s great: easy to set and program, Alexa integration, and app-based control. Installation on my >30 year-old Lennox Pulse was a bit complicated, but the available guides got me through it. I think I spent less than this for mine due to a promotion from my utility company (probably via Focus on Energy); it’s a good price, but look for deals that apply to your address.
One minor complaint: I’ve been waiting two years for it to support the thermometer that is in my Alexa Echo Plus, but it is still a pending feature. I currently have one remote sensor and that has actually sufficed, but comfort might be better-controlled with more.
@earmstrong Oh wow! We have the SAME 30+ furnace!
I wanted to order but thought, it woukd be impossible with my furnace. Do you have any additional advice?
@earmstrong thanks for sharing your review! check your email
@tohru I followed their instructional video, called customer support once to verify one step, and reviewed the process a few times before actually trying it. I also took pictures of the old thermostat’s wiring in case I ever wanted to go back or had issues. I remembered to turn off the breaker and the blower motor switch before making any changes.
http://imgur.com/a/cR0NU53
You can find these brand new with 1 sensor for $165 shipped all day long so I’m pretty disappointed. I expected a better deal from meh. Would’ve been in at $150
@gymgeek This has two remote sensors, not just one. Isn’t a two pack around $60?
@earmstrong yeah, so add $30 for the extra sensor and meh is $16 cheaper. Guess its still a good deal but usually meh is better. I mean, i bought the ecobee 5 (brand new with 1 sensor) 6 months ago for $175. I’m in the market for a second one for upstairs so I’m just disappointed it’s not a better deal i guess. For that price, ill snag the newer model with 1 sensor.
Costliest bee
/giphy costliest bee
I’m currently running an older nest downstairs and an ecobee 3 upstairs. I honestly like the day to day behavior of the nest more. It just seems “smarter” but the added remotes I have in use with the ecobee are fantastic! Allowing me to control things based on one, or an average of a few, is a great feature.
This is a great deal. If I could explain to my wife why we needed a newer smart thermostat to replace the old one, I wouldn’t hesitate to jump on it.
@Pacers yah, but that Nest is part of the Google mothership. And the ecobee is an excellent alternative.
We strive for and reward service provider diversity and companies with business models that do not rely pretty much all the way on selling our eyeballs and behavior.
That doesn’t mean we don’t use any Google services - we simply limit them.
@Pacers hey, thanks for sharing your review! check your email
You are a week too late Meh…
Got mine at Costco. My first smart t-stat. After getting it connected and programmed, I pretty much haven’t touched it since. Kind of disappointed, in a way, that there isn’t more to do with it. (Other than yelling at Google or Alexa to bump the temp up once in a while.)
Make sure you have line voltage to operate WiFi thermostats. Older homes don’t have the wire necessary to operate. My A/C technician hates these devices yet makes a lot of money with their issues.
@craigcush My old thermostat setup lacked a “C wire” (Common or ground return wire) but fortunately there was an unused wire in the cable bundle between the furnace and the thermostat so I was able to wire one up. If you’re not so lucky the Ecobee comes with a wiring adapter that makes it function without the C wire.
@craigcush @pdhenry yah, at least when we were researching them, ecobee included the c-wire adapter with every thermostat - while Google Nest made you buy it separately.
@craigcush I actually have an Ecobee that I haven’t installed yet but in the meantime I’m running a Lux Geo. It’s not quite as fancy but does work with Google/Alexa. More importantly, it gives three different options to power it. Either the c-wire/bridge, batteries, or via a usb input. I was running it on batteries but it wasn’t great at warning me when they were low. So I currently have it powered via usb since it’s almost directly above an outlet. It’s a good alternative to the higher priced smart thermostats, especially since they just released a much improved app.
Fewer thermometers, not less.
Is this the same one Wirecutter picked as their runner-up? The listing on the Ecobee website has a different name.
What, actually a fully credible and excellent product?
Bruh, I’m here to try and hang onto more of my money, not get rid of it faster
nnnnnnnope
This is the thermostat I play Beastie Boys on in my office. It doesn’t just integrate with Alexa, it has Alexa built in (so it includes a microphone and speaker).
I had an Ecobee3 upstairs and it had an issue. When I sent it in, Ecobee customer service shipped me a brand new Ecobee4 to replace it.
Wish I could justify an upgrade on the 3 I run downstairs, but so far it’s working fine.
If you’re looking to move to a smart thermostat, I recommend this. Usually, your thermostat is in the hall or somewhere else that you are not. Installing remote sensors that keep track of temperature and humidity allows the Ecobee to do things like keep your bedroom the temperature you want at night without worrying about what temperature it is in the hallway.
@djslack hey, thanks for sharing your review and experience! check your email
Had one of these for about a year now. The sensors make a huge difference in only heating/cooling the rooms that people are in. One room in our house gets enough sun to sometimes be over six degrees warmer than the rest of the house— only cooling it when someone’s in there and letting it warm up when nobody is makes it more comfortable and cheaper.
Never had a problem with ours and it keeps the family comfortable. If you need or want a smart thermostat this is a great choice.
Couple things to note: let the remote sensors sit in your house for a day before pairing them. Otherwise they’ll still be at the temperature of the shipping container.
@mechcozmo Can you explain how it’s capable of “only heating/cooling the rooms that people are in.” I’ve literally never been in a home that has more than two zones (and even that is rare) in a situation where you could even use a central thermostat. So the heating/cooling is basically either on or off for the entire house at any one time. So regardless of whether I’m in the bedroom or in the office, it’s going to heat the whole house to roughly the same temp, right? Even if the bedroom gets less sun or something, we’re only talking a degree or two of difference, right?
Not trying to be argumentative, I just truly don’t understand how these things work and would love for someone to explain it to me.
@grovberg @mechcozmo The Ecobee doesn’t magically make your heating system multi-zoned, but instead it ignores the temperature in a room where a sensor is located if that room is unoccupied (as determined by the same sensor). If you spend time in a room that’s always too hot/cold compared to the rest of the house it will cool/heat the entire house until the occupied room(s) is the desired temperature. If multiple rooms are occupied it performs some sort of averaging to determine the control temp - the hot room will still be a little hot and the cold room will still be a little cold, but they’ll all average to what you set the temperature to be.
@mechcozmo Yeah, but can I use the other zones to simply run fan-only to balance the temperature? i.e. if the basement is cooler than the rest of the house in the Summer, or upstairs bedroom warmer, I’d like to move that air around, rather than simply run the A/C more
@caffeineguy @mechcozmo You can manually set the fan to run continuously (i.e., the fan runs even when the furnace is not actively heating/cooling). At least that’s what is available with my Ecobee 3.
@macromeh @mechcozmo That’s too bad-- I want something that can run the circulation fan when the differential from the upstairs to downstairs is ~10F
@caffeineguy @mechcozmo That would be a nice feature. It seems like the Ecobee has the necessary components to easily implement it.
@caffeineguy @mechcozmo if you have it configured with your home’s smart system, you can request running the fan verbally when you wish. Admittedly not an automatic temp-sensing solution.
@caffeineguy @macromeh I’d like that too! For the most part, I have that now by telling the system to run the fan at least 30 minutes out of each hour. That helps keep air circulating through the house and through the filter (we have a newer system with a MERV 16 filter) as well as reducing the temperature differentials in the different rooms.
@mechcozmo hey, thanks for sharing your experience! check your email
On paper this beats Nest. I have both but some of the Ecobee features just don’t work.
Geofencing is woefully bad for me.
It also has this feature where it will start cooling down before your scheduled time to try to conserve energy. Itbis AWFUL. It regularly ramps up to the target temperature many hours before the scheduled time.
I’ve turned off most of the smart features and just use it with a schedule and to control it from my phone.
I will say that scheduling interface is much better than Nest. And the thermostat interface is better than Nest too. But I think the Nest works better.
Pretty Meh deal. Home Depot clearanced these out like 2 months (with only 1 sensor) for $109
https://slickdeals.net/f/14242271-ymmv-home-depot-ecobee4-smart-thermostat-110?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
They’ve also clearanced out 2 packs of the new sensors before for $23
https://slickdeals.net/f/14095826-ecobee-remote-sensor-two-pack-23-home-depot-b-amp-m-only-ymmv?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
I’m pretty good at following Slickdeals YMMVs so we have an Ecobee 4 and 5 sensors for a grand total of $155+tax
This is sort of funny. Woot just sent this deal to me in my email this morning.
https://tools.woot.com/offers/ecobee3-lite-smart-thermostat-2-room-sensors
All I can say is I really like my Ecobee 3’s. Replaced my “builder’s special” thermostats within a week of moving in and haven’t regretted it once.
The Government is now giving rebates to you energy company, I got this for under $40.00 USD, Check you energy company for more rebates.
@dgauthier4 we got our ecobee completely free from our utility, DTE. (No included remote sensor tho.)
But in exchange for allowing them to back off our temperature by up to 4°F on summer weekdays from 3-7pm on really hot days. They don’t trigger it that frequently tho, so no big deal.
I have 3 of these - they’re really good - highly recommended
I really like our ecobee3’s. Even moved them from our old house to the new one.
As someone said above, the sensors are great for rooms that you don’t use much, it just ignores them (or adds them in when in the room) in it’s determination of temperature.
Being able to create daily routines (versus weekday/weekend) is great. My son swims and has to get up at 5 am alternating days, so we can have the heat come on those mornings for a little while and it waits a few extra hours on the other days.
Moved into a new(for me) house that had one of these for each zone. Able to control schedules and temp from cell phone, sensors for rooms. Only been 2 months, but I’m loving them.
We’ve had an Ecobee 3 for 3 three years now (I intentionally got the model without Alexa). I have 2 remote sensors so, with the base on the main floor, there is a sensor on each floor. You can view a graph of floor occupancy over time and it does a good job of tracking us while ignoring the pets. It all works pretty well. I think our yearly heating/cooling expenses have dropped, but haven’t done extensive analysis. Overall comfort has increased without needing to constantly manually fiddle with the thermostat settings. I got a nice rebate from our electric utility for installing the Ecobee.
@macromeh
To be clear, while the ecobee 3 does not include full Echo Dot-like smart speaker functionality like the current top ecobee model, like the entry level ecobee 3 Lite, it does include Alexa and Google Assistant integration compatibility.
So you can control and query it via Alexa verbal smart commands on your Alexa smart speakers, Shows and FireTV.
Ermygerd, finally an actual line-voltage smart thermostat? Bless this mess.
I’m in process of buying a house… if I knew for sure it was happening, I’d buy this in a second
Just sayin’, check your local utility’s webpage for rebates.
We got a smart thermostat for $25 (normally $125) with the rebate coupon that was offered via our electric company.
Ecobee 4s are the best of the best, much better than Nests, which trailed in technology for years (mobile sensors, auto location changes when your phone leaves the house, etc). I really, really should buy these. If we move, I’ll want them, and if we stay, I’ll install more.they are a bit tricky to install though…
My energy company offers $75 mail-in rebate for it, so it would be down to $100.
But I do not have a C-wire: R,W,G only
@Fduch there is an adapter for that purpose included in the kit (that’s the PEK or power extender kit listed in the included parts list)
edit** Oh, wait… you only have 3 wires? That’s a whole different problem…
OK, just got home from 12 hours at the ER, and pulled the thermostat off my wall to check the wires… I have 4 wires, no C wire, but from what I read, it should work. Alabama power has a $100 rebate going right now, so I’m in. I knew that VIP would be handy one day!
/giphy shiny-boastful-basin
@chienfou weird giphy… but guess I’ll keep it!
Does anyone else’s ecobee report higher humidity than actual?
My ecobee reports relative humidity (RH) in the 74-79% range. We recently (late Feb. 2021) purchased a professionally installed Trane 2-stage, 4-ton, $8K central air HVAC. The ecobee reported the high RH before and after the HVAC replacement. This is all to say: it is not my air conditioning.
Measuring my RH with an independent trustworthy hygrometer, my true RH is around 49-51%, but the ecobee continues to read high.
My question: Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Did I get a lemon of an ecobee?
What are my options?