Seven years ago we moved. Our old house had a programmable thermostat, meaning we could set a schedule for heating and cooling. It certainly wasn’t easy and I griped all the time when I would have to change the schedule. Well, I had no idea how much I would miss it. The new house had a super basic thermostat. I had to manually switch from heating to cooling mode and zero scheduling.
A couple weeks ago I received a box in the mail from Honeywell. Inside was one Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat. This thing is literally changing my life.
The first feature that caught my eye is the locking screen. That’s right, no more kids turning the heat up… to 95. I’m not kidding, this happened multiple times with the old one. Now I can lock them out until they are old enough to understand that one or two degrees makes a world of difference!
With that I was sold. I proceeded with the installation. Honeywell has all sorts of help available if you aren’t mechanically inclined. The thermostat includes instructions in the box. If these aren’t enough to get you going you can even watch installation videos online.
My husband and I did it as a team so I could take pictures of his handiwork. The first thing we did was turn off the breaker to the heating and cooling systems. Don’t forget to do that!! Removing the old thermostat was a snap and we were compatible so we proceeded. We were unable to re-use the current mounting anchors so we removed them, spackled the holes and painted the area where the old thermostat covered. We assisted the drying process by using a quick-dry spackle and also a hair dryer for both the spackle and paint. That was the most time-consuming part of the entire installation! Next we lined up the new holes using the new baseplate as a template. We used a level to ensure the thermostat would look great on the wall.
A couple minutes later we had a wired and installed thermostat. We turned the breaker back on, completed several setup steps on the thermostat screen and had a working thermostat.
The first thing we did was customize the color. With so many options to choose from we had a tough time but eventually settled on Emerald! It looks sharp with the colors in our house.
Suddenly I realized I haven’t set a heating and cooling schedule in seven years and had no idea what times the house temperature needed to change. Honeywell to the rescue! This thing is named Smart Thermostat for a reason. It pays attention to overrides and will learn what you really want the temperature to be and adjust the schedule accordingly. That’s amazing!
Don’t forget the Wi-Fi in the name. That’s right, it hooks up to your home wireless network. There’s a good reason too. You can download an app for your Android or iPhone and control the temperature from your phone. So if you are out and about and realize you aren’t coming home you can put a temporary hold on the temperature or if you are coming home early you can make sure the house is a comfortable temperature for your return!
I love being able to control the temperature that we are coming home to with my phone! What feature would you like best about this amazing thermostat?
I received the product mentioned above to facilitate my review. All opinions are honest and my own.
Ummmm, I think I need this!! Do you know the price point?
I would love one of these we have an old really rubbish one that i am sure does not work most of the time lol.This one looks really good.
I would love this! Ours is so old and doesn’t program anything 🙁
The one I have is the original one that came with the house when it was built in the 50’s – I would love to replace mine with one of those!
I have seen this before and I love it! I would love to have this and to be able to set it up through your phone is freaking awesome.
This is a very nice Honeywell thermostat that does a lot of great things and gives peace of mind. I need to get one of these. I like the color and how nice it looks.
That does look sharp! We need one of those!
I have two small granddaughters who just love to play with the thermostat when grandma isn’t looking. I could really use this innovative little gadget.
I would like to have one. Looks good!
It’s so tiny and pretty! I love the easy to maneuver screen!
That looks like it’s such high quality! Very cool! Thanks!
That looked incredibly easy to install. We have a programmable one, but our upstairs is so hot we keep it locked to a certain temperature.
My mom has a programmable thermostat (we do not) and I’m so jealous. I love this one and need to look into getting one this summer!
That is really awesome!!! I don’t even have a dishwasher! LOL! I love that you can change the colors and communicate with it through your Iphone.
There’s an app for that.. hahaha, that’s what I was thinking when I read your post. 🙂 There really is an app for everything, and this really does sound amazing.
I think this is a great thermostat. Has lots of info for you,
How awesome is this! I love that you can control it remotely.
I think we need a new thermostat. I don’t think the one we have as an accurate as it used to be. I will have to check this out.
This sounds really nice to have, it has such great features with what looks like an easy install.
That lcd screen is amazing! I love how colorful they can be.
What a great thermostat. Love the LCD display.
I love having it turn down or turn up at certain times of the day. We saved so much money when we got a thermostat like this!
I have a programmable thermostat, but it’s not nearly as cool as this one. I like that it shows the inside and outside temps.
ha! i love changing the color on things first. my husband thinks i’m so strange. i want it to be pretty 🙂
This thermostat looks really great. We have a pretty basic one and it is not programmable.
That thermostat looks terrific! Love the big display!
This sounds really nice. I love all of the customizations that can be made.
I would love to have one of these in our house. We just bought ours last year and our thermostat is in need of an upgrade!
Okay – I WANT THIS!! I love that you can control the temp when you aren’t home and that it locks!! SO smart!!
OMGosh I have to have this! And it looks so easy to install too!
Honeywell is the best. We have it in our home. I love being able to control the temp for our phones also. Love modern technology.
That thing sounds amazing. So impressive! My gadget happy husband will have one in our house in no time, I’m sure!
We have one and love it! There are two systems and multiple zones through b the house, so it makes it super easy to monitor them all.
I would love to be able to adjust the temp from my phone! I always seem to forget to turn the AC up when I leave!
I have really been wanting to check one of these out! Our current thermostat is the super old school round kind with the dial – not very effective!
I so need this!! Is it very expensive?
I totally need one of these – I am gone during the day, but if I turn the air up it takes FOREVER to get the house to cool down by the time I get home. I’d love to have a smart thermostat like that!
It’s great that you can retrofit an old one into this new programmable one. What do they go for in terms of price?
I really like the look of this thermostat. The different colors are really neat too. I need to share this with my husband so he can install one for me.
I like that the screen is easy to read. It has large numbers and isn’t hard to figure out what the temp is and how to adjust.
This seems really easy to install and set. I would love to buy one of these for my home! It would be super convenient to set the temperature from my phone!
Oh wow that looks really neat!! We need to upgrade!
That installation looks absurdly easy. I could really use something like this for our home.
I would love to control the temperature with my phone. How cool is that
Oh my goodness, I totally must have this smart thermometer!! It is soo totally awesome!
Not only does it serve a purpose, but I love how sleek and modern it looks. It would fit in really well with my home decor!
Our thermostat has been acting wonky and we have been looking into getting a new one but haven’t yet. This looks like a nice one though.
I Love these wifi thermostats. We have window units so we don’t need one but if we ever do get central we will definitely look into one.
Sounds like an excellent thermostat. Luckily we don’t need one here. I’m so glad it doesn’t get cold here.
I love the pink one! This looks like an excellent thermostat, I’d love to have one. 🙂
I love that it’s on wifi. I would so enjoy this thermastat.
I wish I could install this in my apartment! It looks amazing!
This looks like an amazing product. I would definitely love to have this in my home.