Buy Honeywell RLV4305A1000/E 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat

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I bought two of the old model, the Honeywell YRLV430A1005/U 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat for Electric Baseboard Heating, a couple of years ago, and I was a little worried about buying this newer model before there were any reviews. I love it! It's such an improvement over the older model that now I want to replace my old ones. I had two main complaints about the old model. The first was what everyone complained about: needing a magnifying glass and a flashlight to read the display. This one has a display that lights up. I don't know if the display is actually bigger, but it's much easier to read. It says "man" instead of showing a tiny hand for manual mode.

Also, you couldn't turn the old model off. You could just turn it way down during summer. This one has a standby mode that shuts the unit off.

Other than that, it is very similar to the old model. You can program four different time settings for weekdays and then another four time settings for the weekend. I found programming to be easy, but I already knew how from the old models. The key is to hit the Program button after each time setting and only hit the arrow/return key when you're done and want to exit the program mode. I think the buttons are very intuitive.

Now my only complaint is the size. It's a little big for a thermostat, definitely much bigger than our old manual thermostats. But it's wonderful to have the heat turn on and warm up a room before I get out of bed. These seem to turn on our older baseboard heaters much faster than our old manual thermostats, which seemed to have about a twenty minute lag time before the heater even turned on and started making noise (we have some old Intertherm heaters). I just thought these heaters took that long to turn on and start putting out heat. With these thermostats, they start up immediately.

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I use this thermostat to regulate our forced fan baseboard heaters in our home. I purchased one for the living room and have recently purchased more for other rooms in the house. You can set up a program for the weekdays and a separate one for the weekends. It is nice to come home to a warm house and know I am not heating it all day for no reason. I will be installing one in my 6 month old's room this weekend. Install was a snap and very easy to do. Programming takes a little bit of figuring out... but all in all a great product. I just wish it wasn't one of the only options for forced fan baseboard heating as I feel it is expensive for what it does.