Nest, Hive, or Climote or other smart thermostat?

H.E. Pennypacker wrote: »

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Just to clarify - Climote doesn't have a monthly fee. It costs €36 per year after the first (free) year

So 3 quid a month

Climote tech support is free as well and 2 year guarantee

I've no affiliation with them

worded wrote: »

Climote tech support is free as well and 2 year guarantee

I've no affiliation with them

Good products don't require tech support

worded wrote: »

Plumber had never seen them before and zone 1 (heating ) stopped working.
Rang climote and was speaking to someone within 2 mins for 30 mins. Went the through all the settings with me and they remoted to it as well.

They troubleshooted it with me and disabled the thermostat to rule that out.

Anyway they said all looked good but if it was a bad climote they would ship a replacement FOC. Alt they send a tech on site but fee if it wasnt their problem = fair enough. I opted for the plumbers sparks to check it.

Climote told me to tell them to swap the zones wiring to see if it was the climote.

Problem was a motorised valve the plumer had fitted had died.

The climote was not the problem. They helped me Diag the problem.

You sometimes need tech support and its important they answer their phones.
Great product, great backup support / 2 year warranty

A multimeter and a good hanyman should have troubleshooter it in minutes.

cletus wrote: »

Hi, just to jump in on this thread. Looking at the salus it500, quick question about installation. I presume the boiler receiver in the pack is just wired in place of the current switch I have in the utility room for the boiler. (Its a two zone system with a combi boiler)

Before you go for the Salus, check out their app. It's pretty terrible! Especially on Android. A friend has it and it's just awful!

Looking for a Evohome installer in Cork. I am looking at installing this system in a 4 bed Semi with 12 rads and 2 kick space heaters plus the hot tank.
I could theoretically buy the kits from http://theevohomeshop.co.uk and just replace the heads on my TRVs but I am entitled to 600 curios grant for heating upgrade and would be obliged to use a certified installer.

I may only start with the bare minimum and possibly add to it later.

cheers

A boards user reached out to me via PM for some info on my Netatmo and I thought it worth posting my reply here also, for anyone else's benefit.


I bought direct from the manufacturer, I think it was 179 euro with free delivery.

My setup is a mess, as I bought a house last year and the previous owner hadn't really thought it out very well.
The house has all living/ dining/ kitchen downstairs and three downstairs bedrooms all on one zone. Upstairs is a separate zone (hardly ever used) and water separate again.
I didn't really care re water and upstairs zones as I have solar for water and the odd time I use upstairs I manually boost it.
So if you have one zone, or only want to automate one zone it really is the perfect solution IMHO. I had to supplement it with programmable TRVs which cut my usage in half (bedrooms on only in evening and mornings, living rooms and kitchen on by day only).

The thermostat itself is simple to install. I replaced a wired one, took maybe 15 minutes. What I really like about it is it allows unlimited on/off periods, none of the others offer more than 3 as far as I know. I control it from the app but it can be boosted from the thermostat itself. It has an e-ink screen instead of LCD display so long battery life. There's really not much to setting up the software.
Program the times you want it on and the temp each time, positioning of the thermostat is obviously important.
After two weeks it learns how long your house takes to heat up/ cool down etc and it offers you the chance to let it automate your heating subject to the timing/ program/ temperatures you've defined.
The difference here is that lets say you program heating for 19 degree at 5.30 PM.
In dumb mode the boiler will switch on at 5.30 and keep firing until it hits 19 degrees within your predefined tolerance (or until your ON period ends). It will keep the house at that temp as long as you've specified.
In smart mode, the thermostat will have figured out how long it takes to heat your house and factoring in outside temp etc it will fire up the boiler at whatever time it has calculated so that your house will hit 19 degrees at 5.30...

Which mode you want depends on your lifestyle I suppose, it offers a balance between economy and comfort.

The thermostat gives detailed stats, time on/ off etc, and a monthly report of hours of heating used, exceptions (boosts/ away mode etc) and a comparison of the performance of your house versus similar profile houses in your region.

It also offers integration with IFTTT, so you can log your usage to Google Drive, or get push notifications when the thermostat is manually boosted or the temperature is manually raised.

I think that covers all the basics.
Any questions give me a shout, will help where I can.

Anyone ever used smartzone.ie? They are offering 2 zones and hot water for 299 euro installed with no ongoing charges.