You can get a rebate on smart thermostats. I bought a nest and got a $75 rebate from my utility company. That brought the cost down.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 26, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Nest is quite expensive, haven’t checked Honeywell, but if you want a less > expensive option you can check www.RadioThermostat.com. I have heard before > that the basic thermostat used by them can also be bought at Home Depot for > around $100. The current Nest thermostat (third generation) is double that on > Amazon.com. Of course the Nest does work wit Alexa and I don’t think > RadioThermostat.com has that integration, but I haven’t checked lately. I > have owned three of the Radio Thermostats for probably 5 or 6 years now, two > are at my retail store and one is at home, they are reliable and work, the > app is accessible and the only criticism I have is that they don’t and don’t > plan to implement Apple Home Kit support. I will most likely at some point > start replacing these with one that does offer it, but not at a cost of over > $200 canadian, it is after all not that difficult to ask SIRI to open the app > and to then tap on the appropriate button a few times to raise or lower the > temperature which is done in half degree Celsius increments. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mauricio Molina > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 7:54 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Smart thermostats > > The Sensi is also accessible. I chose this device because it is, supposedly, > accessible with the Amazon Echo, but I have not yet gotten this part > completely figured out. The company will provide phone tech support but I > have not had the time to call. Using the app, I am able to control > temperature settings and switch from air con to heat; my needs are fairly > basic although the Sensi has several desirable features. > > Mauricio > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kevin Chao > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 10:44 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Smart thermostats > > Nest or Honeywell > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:32 AM Tom Rash <dadnthed...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do we have a list of smart thermostats that work with voice over yet? I know > this has been discussed before. I’m happy to go through the archives if > someone would post how to locate that thread and where to find them. If any > new info, please let me know. 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