White-Rodgers 1F87-361 80 Series Single Stage 7 Day Programmable Reviews

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I purchased this thermostat based on it's 7 day progammability AND the option to turn OFF the function which heats or cools the house to the set temperature by the set time. That function is advertised as an off/on option on the manufacturer's website and in the programming guide. However, my unit simply skipped that step in programming mode, rendering the early start function permanently on. White-Rodgers customer service was at times curt and borderline rude. I was told to reset the unit to no avail. I then bought this Lux thermostat and am very, very happy with it.

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Great thermostat, easy to use, does what it says on the box. Over-specced possibly if you don't need the 7-day functionality, otherwise ideal.

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It was an excellent choice, giving excellent flexibility in maintaining the perfect temperature setting seven days a week, for maximum energy efficiency.

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I bought this thermostat from Amazon based upon our experience in our previous home in which we had the multi-stage version of this White-Rodgers thermostat, and which ran flawlessly. The operation of these thermostats is simple, and when they function as advertised, they have several features that I like, such as the ability to calibrate the displayed temeprature (e.g., so that control can be made relative to a temperature elsewhere in the house other than the thermostat's location). I also like the "early-on" feature. Finally, our previous White-Rodgers thermostat did a fantastic job of maintaining a comfortable temperature in the house.

Unfortunately, I had to return the 1F87-361 because it was constantly failing in its duties, requiring daily resetting (and reprogramming) to get it to work. Also, as stated by another customer in this thread, the "early-on" feature (called Energy Management Recovery or EMR by White-Rodgers) was not available as a setting in the thermostat's Configuration Menu. In my particular thermostat, EMR was always off (according to the manual, the factory default for this setting is supposed to be ON).

All this said, when it worked, the White-Rodgers did a much better job at controlling temperature in our house than the factory-supplied (nonprogrammable) Bryant thermostat, which I have had to re-install until I can replace it with a better thermostat. The difference in comfort achieved by the two different thermostats is so great that I am -stillconsidering getting a White-Rodgers thermostat, but only after much more research.

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Easy to install, with a simple 7-day program (each day can be programmed differently). Takes 1 AA battery so settings are kept during a power outage. I'm using this to control 3 electric baseboard heaters in a large (26 x 20) room (through a relay; this is a low voltage unit). I've been using this thermostat for just over 4 months now without any problems at all.