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I'm about a month into using the ecobee Smart Thermostat. This thermostat does everything I wish my Nest had done, with a surprise. Read until the end! You can skip this paragraph if you want to just read about the ecobee thermostat. I'm not new to smart thermostats. My first smart thermostat was a 3M Filtrete. Not a lot of features, but it worked well. I had a Nest several years ago and left it with my previous house when I sold it. Had a Honeywell thermostat for a couple of years, and it was OK, but had some quirks. I thought maybe I'd like the new Nest better and tried one for about 6 months, but hated incompatibilities and a super poor user interface. Plus I wasted over an hour before I searched online and found out that the GOOGLE Nest wasn't compatible with Google Workspace accounts. Go figure. So I'm done with the Nest permanently, thankfully. Rant over. ;) The ecobee has some features that I didn't know I wanted. The remote unit is cool (or warm), and when I'm in the bedroom, it adjusts temperature there to my set program. I'm thinking I'll probably get a couple more occupancy sensors to make this even better as I move around the house. The ecobee app interface is really good, especially compared to the Google/Nest interface. It's very good about respecting settings I put in place, unlike the Nest. The Amazon Echo/Alexa support surprised me. I was expecting a connection to my existing echo devices, which is there, but the ecobee thermostat has a speaker in it and actually functions as an Echo device. I wasn't expecting that, and it works well. I wouldn't recommend it if you were thinking about it for music, but it's nice to have since it's in an area where I didn't have an Echo device. The installation and setup was really easy, though this is my 5th or 6th smart thermostat. One takeaway from my first thermostat installation - cut the power to your furnace/AC before you start installation. I know the instructions say to do that, but on my first installation, I had a really cold night! The big surprise for me was when I went to see what the vacation mode looked like. I was really excited because it had a feature I hadn't expected. On occasion, I'll forget to turn my thermostat to vacation hold right when I leave, but when I went to that section, I found I could actually *schedule* vacation holds! Now, as soon as I book my flights, I can set up a vacation schedule so I don't have to think about it when I'm getting ready to travel. I can set efficiency to happen automatically when I'm going to leave, and set to be comfortable just before I plan to be back. Great feature, and something that I'll definitely use. I highly recommend this thermostat, and even though I've gone through several over the past 10 years, this one feels like the best fit for me so far, and I'm likely to stick with this one for a significant amount of time.

Easy to install and operate. The remote sensor is very accurate and saved me from needing to move a poorly placed original thermostat. You can set the thermostat to use only the remote sensor or average the temp of both. Good product!

I just installed this thing and what do you know, my old, antiquated thermostat was reading TEN DEGREES lower than the actual temp, prompting the heater to run all day and night just to maintain 60 degrees (meanwhile it was actually 70 in the house). Instantly saw this when I installed the Ecobee and used an external thermometer to measure it's accuracy. The installation was easy enough, the only pain in the asphalt that I experienced was having to crawl up into my attic to connect one single wire to the furnace (the wire was already there, just needed to be connected to the C contact). The install directions via the downloaded up couldn't have been clearer and easier to understand. Bottom line, if you know where your furnace is and you can access it, you'll be able to install the Ecobee (even if you know nothing about furnaces as I don't). Once installed, the app is sleek and gorgeous, as is the thermostat itself. The only confusion I had using the app for the first time, is it's not really like my old, manual, 20 year old thermostat. You CAN set the temp manually and it will hold that temp, but only until the set "schedule" starts whenever your "sleep" time starts. Simply put, there are three modes you can fully program with start/end times, and set temps. "Home" (when you're home but not sleeping) "Away" (when you're not home, like at work every day) and "Sleep" (when you're home but sleeping). I'm not usually a fan of this type of schedule automation, but it actually makes perfect sense. You can change anything about your weekly schedule at any time, setting when each "mode" (home, away, and sleep) starts, ends, and what temp it should hold. The schedule allows customization for each of the 7 days in a week, or you can set 1 days worth and copy it to the other 6 days of the week. That's what I did because I work from home, so I'll really only be using the "Away" mode when we're on vacation, etc. Right now only use the Home and Sleep modes 7 days a week (no more adjusting the heater before bedtime, the app does it for me via my set schedule). I got one sensor with my thermostat and paid for 2 more. So worth it. You can place those sensors in other rooms, so I have a total of 4 rooms sending temp readings to my app (because the Ecobee thermostat itself acts as a sensor of course). I can choose to use all, some, or just one of the sensprs for any part of my schedule. So I have it set to read all 4 sensors during the day (aka, in "Home" mode). Then at night ("Sleep" mode), I have it only reading the sensors in our room, and the baby's room. That way only the temps in those rooms will trigger the heater if those rooms drop below my target temp, what's happening downstairs in the middle of the night doesn't matter so I don't have it consider those sensors until 7am (when my day/"home' schedule starts). There are a ton of different ways to schedule it if you have more than one sensor, but how to use all of it is simple, and easy to understand (no tech-y chops required). There are a bunch more features I've omitted such as local weather forecasting on the app, local rebate programs coordinated and participated in through the app, and even TOU (Time Of Use) rate plan entry so you can really get efficient with your energy use. We also have solar, so this thermostat is the perfect companion, but that would still be the case if we weren't solar customers. If you buy this, the only thing you'll regret is not buying it sooner (especially if you have an old thermostat like I did, lesson learned - NEVER trust an old thermostat)! Five stars Ecobee, you got this one right!

The Ecobee Smart Thermostat is very well designed and works as intended. It has very nice features that are user-friendly and controls the entire system efficiently. The voice control through Alexa and ability to change and operate the system from your phone through the Ecobee app is great. Additionally, I had an issue where the Google Nest and Ecobee would not power on even though I had all wires connected. I returned the Google and tried with Ecobee and Ecobee instructed me to call their Support because of my wiring issue. Their representative, Olusegun, stayed on the phone with me for an hour and a half while talking me through fixing it. I shared photos and he told me exactly what do to troubleshoot the wiring and then fix the wiring. He was very nice, patient, and extremely helpful. Thanks to him and Ecobee's great Support System, we identified the problem and got it working, finally. I would highly recommend this product, especially for their customer service if you experience any issues.

The main thermostat unit self heats its temperature sensor so the unit is reporting 76F when our living room is actually 72, which means the AC runs way too much. Our extra sensor went out with the thrash by accident so now I may have to spend $100 additional to get a two-sensor pack. This is a known problem and is really completely unacceptable in an otherwise very well-designed and well-working product. Reducing from 5 to 1 star due to this serious design defect. Update: Unit went up to 79 in an 72 degree room. Found extra sensor and it’s reporting 76-77, 3-4 degrees too high. Was on phone 20 minutes with AI assistant and now have been waiting 30 mins for a human tech. This crap is probably going back. Update #2: After waiting 70 minutes got support in India. Mostly my 20 minutes with the AI bot was wasted because she didn't seem to use all the info collected I was told its normal for the main unit to read 1-2 degrees higher than the actual temperature(!?). This is explained by the whole unit warming to around 85 degrees, and is a clear design defect for a device that supposed to adjust the temperature. I have no logical explanation for why the external sensor is also readign wrong. I suspect there is some kind of software error here, as the tech told me the main unit averages between the two sensors. I did change the setting for it it use only external sensor. Now they want me to wait 24 hours and see what happens. Both main unit and external sensor consistently read about 3 degrees higher than an accurate independent thermometer placed right next to external sensor. My regular AC guy specifically told me not to get an Ecobee because his customers has had trouble with them. I persuaded him to install it anyway because of the better Apple Home integration (which it turns out I don't really use at all). I should have listened to my AC guy.

Short and sweet overview: I installed this in an old house. I had to use the PEK kit to get this working. The instructions were relatively clear and easy to follow. Setup was easy with the app and got it working quickly. Pay extra attention to the wiring instructions as I plugged one of the wires in the wrong port and was scratching my head for a bit trying to figure out where I goofed up. It's a pretty good thermostat and I really love the homekit integration. Here's a more detailed review of the things that stuck out to me: The Good: 1. "Condition alerts". The thermostat alerts you to specific conditions. It actually told me that my humidity in my house was too high and it is a potential health risk. I had zero idea. It also gave me suggestions on how IT could attempt to fix it as well as other options. (consider an HVAC upgrade, buy a dehumidifier etc.) I do like the fact it can monitor and watch for health issues. The Bad/Improvements: 1. The PEK (power extender kit) needs to have better terminals to plug your HVAC wiring in. In most homes that I've seen the cables are twisted copper wires not solid copper cables. This was a huge pain to put into the terminals in the PEK as they're just little holes (see picture). I had a very tough time getting them fully inserted and connected well. Initially I tried to wind the cables with a pair of pliers but it was really hard to get it perfect enough to insert into the terminal without dislodging one of the cables on the end, and therefore getting it stuck in the PEK. Because of this I couldn't get the cables fully seated. I ended up running to home depot and buying some crimp connectors and it was easy enough then, but a little better design could've prevented that hassle. I'm not an electrician, but I do worry a little about putting the PEK in the electrical cabinet for my HVAC system. Good news is that It is well insulated and made out of plastic so shorts aren't really going to be an issue. It also has a magnet to attach it somewhere in the cabinet. 2. One thing I really miss from my old nest smart thermostat was an easy button to press to put it in eco mode. To clarify, the echobee has an eco mode but it doesn't quite work the same. I do travel alot and I like to be able (on the nest) to put it in eco mode and it keeps the house between a specific temperature range I set. This isn't easily accessible on the echobee or I just haven't found it yet. 3. It does come with some sticker paper cable markers. I would've liked these to be a little more heavy duty. I found they got damaged or ripped off if I touched them. I ended up switching to painters tape and labeling them that way. 4. This does come with a smart sensor, and I would've liked the sensor to be visible in homekit. To the best of my knowledge you have to go through a bunch of menus to see it. 5. I also purchased this thermostat because it gives me a rebate with my electrical service provider. However it "says" I only have Excel Energy and they actually don't service my area. There's no way to change it or search for another service provider. That was a little frustrating

I only review products that are extraordinarily bad or incredibly good. This product merits the latter, not just for its programming and control features, but for outstanding customer service. My dated HVAC system does not have a C wire, which is necessary to power most modern programmable thermostats. Fortunately, this top of the line ecobee thermostat comes with a hack, called a power extender kit. Unfortunately, the power extender kit is not an easy install. That’s where Ecobee‘s amazing customer service comes into play. For more than an hour, the Ecobee’s customer service rep, using my digital photographs uploaded to the company’s portal, and with clear, highly skilled communication, walked me through the wiring process, not just at the newly mounted thermostat but also deep in the innards of my furnace to mount the power extender. Keep in mind, time was of the essence, considering the furnace had to be shut down in early January in Chicago. We got it done in an hour or so. Had Ecobee not been there to walk me through this, I would’ve had to remount the old, persnickety Nest thermostat given the winter time urgency, and call an HVAC guy. I doubt my handyman would’ve had the expertise to mount the power extender kit without help from the company. The Ecobee with the power extender is not inexpensive but considering the time and cost of fish taping a C wire through the wall to connect to the old furnace, it’s a reasonable price. If your furnace is like mine and has only four wires leading to the thermostat, chances are you need this. Bottom line: an excellent product exceeded only by its outstanding customer service!

This is the third one of these that I've installed for someone, including my own, and I'm very pleased with it. These are very versatile in what unit types they are able to control and honestly offer more than what most people will use. I prefer them for their reliability and ease of use. It is also one of the best looking thermostats in my opinion. As stated in the instructions, 18awg wire is a must to prevent issues. That is pretty standard for any modern hvac equipment now anyway so plan for it if necessary.

I really wanted this product to work in Australia, purchased it, got an electrician to help with installation, but unfortunately had no success. However, the seller was very accomodating and helped with offering a full refund. Would highly recommend. Thank you

It’s good, but not sure if the sensor that came wi the it works properly

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After using both the Nest and Ecobee Premium thermostats, I’ve found that while the Ecobee wins in terms of screen size and overall appearance, the Nest is significantly smarter and more user-friendly in terms of ease of use and navigation.

After 2 weeks since purchased, I still have no idea how to install?!