I think some of these smart thermostats are overpriced and are trying to be too smart. This is why I like the Honeywell Lyric T5, it’s reasonable, it offers a schedule of course but it doesn’t pretend to do anything else like “learn”. Granted, Honeywell has the “Round” thermostat which I think also does this and which also costs more, for me spending $300 for a thermostat is just overkill and I bet a lot of people use a thermostat like my wife and I, we turn it up when we want it warmer and down when it’s too warm. Our schedules are way too irregular for a schedule and the beauty of these connected thermostats is that you can turn the temperature up or down from anywhere so there is not as much of a reason to program a schedule so it's warm when you come home, simply tell it to go up to whatever temperature you want 20 or 30 minutes before you get home and it will be warm when you get there. I admit that I do use a schedule at my retail store, but that is easy since we open at 9 AM every day and close at 6 PM so getting the thermostat to turn on at 8:30 AM and off at 5:30 PM is easy and then on Sundays when we are closed we just keep it cool. I would rather spend $150 or there abouts and have a thermostat which works well with SIRI and Alexa as the Hoeywell does than to spend double just so my thermostat tries to learn what I want but it doesn’t work when I’m at home and tell Alexa to make it 2 degrees warmer.
Best regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Tom Rash Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 5:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Talking/accessible thermostats I have the Nest, which works great with the iPhone, but not 100 percent accessible with Alexa. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jeff Clark Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 3:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Talking/accessible thermostats Hello, Not sure if this topic has been discussed before. I am in need of purchasing a replacement thermostat and looking for feedback from others of what people are using. The VIP 1007 bit the dust and I am looking for different options including, but not limited to talking thermostats. I know there are smart ones out there with Alexa and IOS, but I would like to know how accessible they are. Thanks in advance, Jeff -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
