Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Which smart thermostat should I choose: the Honeywell Home Wi-Fi FocusPro, or the Google Nest Thermostat Snow? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Greetings from Tucson, all. The local electric utility company is offering a free smart thermostat, and they're allowing the customer to choose between these 2 options. This would be my first-ever home automation item. I do have WiFi, and I do have a ("budget") smartphone (a Google Pixel 3a, as it happens). (I will probably be buying a new phone 1 year from now, unfortunately.) My home is a 793-sq ft, 1-bedroom, downstairs condo unit. I turned 50 this year, and I have come to value "buy it once for life" products. Any thoughts and experiences would be most welcome. Thank you for your time.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I agree with a few other posts suggesting an Ecobee, but between the two choices you have I'd go with the nest. I bought a Honeywell last year for my new home (the builders put in a regular 7 day Honeywell, and I found I could replace it with a smart Honeywell T9 without replacing the baseplate).

About 1 week after I installed it, it factory reset itself and I had to go through the setup again. I pulled it off the wall immediately and returned it (thanks, Amazon), then ordered an Ecobee. I absolutely will not mess around with any kind of instabiity with a thermostat.

I found out later that Honeywell had pushed a firmware update that had caused the factory reset, which is worse then a local glitch, as far as I'm concerned. Not touching them again with a 10-foot pole.

I had a Nest Learning Thermostat in my old place and it was fine. I have a "Nest Thermostat Snow" in my garage (only had 2 wires, and the Nest power connector is nice). I hate the UI on the actual thermostat though - no touchscreen, you have to use a crappy touchpanel on the side. Not a big deal for me since I just use it via homeassistant.