I have purchased and installed three of these thermostats in areas that need remote monitoring and control of the interior winter temperatures. All three have been very easy to install and configure to operate on existing WiFi home networks. The thermostat appears to have pretty good WiFi range (comparable to that of my Apple laptop computers). The user interface is very easy to use and the thermostat has a wide temperature range for user settable high and low temperature alerts. If an alert is triggered, the thermostat will send a user-configurable one time per hour, every 2 hours..., up through every 6 hours email alert to up to 6 configurable email addresses. Via its location/setup function, the thermostat will also give you the local outdoor temperature and humidity (no outdoor sensor is needed). You can also set up the thermostat(s) for remote internet access/control by multiple password-protected users (up to six, I think).
In addition to its excellent WiFi performance (no dropouts; always responsive to remote commands, auto recovery from AC power outages; no internal battery required), this thermostat has Honeywell's excellent Recovery mode feature. With this feature, the thermostat will arrive at the set temperature and time automatically; over time, it figures out how long your house requires to reach a certain day/comfort temperature based on the night/setback temperature and the difference between the two temperature settings, and the area's heat or cooling requirements. For example, if you desire the day/comfort temperature to rise to 68 degrees by 7AM, the thermostat may start the morning heating cycle at 620AM in the middle of the winter, but it might start the heat cycle at 645AM in the spring or fall, when less overall heating is needed to reach the set temperature by 7AM.
Honeywell has free thermostat control and alerting apps for popular smart phones such as the IPhone4/5 and some Android devices, but I have not tried these smart phones with my thermostats.
Missing features:
Daily, weekly, and monthly run times of the furnace or air conditioner
Reminder for filter changing (this feature is available on the slightly more expensive RTH8580 model thermostat, which also has a touch screen)
Instant indication of heating or cooling system on when remotely monitoring the thermostat
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I set up a 4-zone system with 4 of these thermostats. I've been using them trouble-free for over a month now. I really love having them all linked to a remote control through a Honeywell zone control. I also love having control of the home thermostats through the internet and through my iPhone using the Honeywell THM6000R1002 Internet Gateway connected to the zone control.Best Deals on Honeywell TH6320R1004 Wireless FocusPro Thermostat
(1) not internally (battery) powered, so you draw power from the boiler control. They say "no need to run wires" but this assumes that you have a 3-conductor already in place to supply power. If not, then you need to run a new wire.(2) The specific model I got was a "contractor model". That meant that Honeywell would not give me any assistance in hooking it up. "It is contractor model. Call your contractor." Well, my TWO contractors had never installed one, so had no clue what to do. It was up to me, and trial and error.
(3) You do not modify your router/firewall settings. The tstat sends outgoing communications to a Honeywell host server, and you connect with that server a Honeywell site. The tstat sends out those communications about every 10 seconds, seem to be saying "Here is my temperature, do you have any changes for me?". You "remotely control" it by connecting the the H'well server, and that passes the instructions along as a "reply" to the tstat's request. I do not like that extra every-10-second traffic on my network. And I do not like the Honeywell server knowing everything about me.
(4) you are communicating through the Honeywell server. I wonder maybe if they will start charging someday for this "service". After all, is anything really "free"?
On the plus side, if you are willing to be under Honeywell's control, it does seem to work well, to remotely monitor the temperature, and to change settings.
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ready to add to the full system for whole house control especiallyIn zoned systems with wireless applications and easy programing
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