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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Because we own rental properties, we have installed quite a few programmable thermostats over the years. Some have been all touch, but most have been a combination of touch/buttons (I like these the best because the all touch seem to wear out faster or maybe it is just the tenants?).
As compared to the others, this thermostat was easy to install & easy to program if you kept to the preset schedule (down a few degrees after leaving for work, up when return home, down at bedtime). If you want to do real programming, you'll have to read the instruction manual. You can also do an override & leave the temperature where you set it (for vacation or vacant houses). This device has an override button, so it is easy to find & utilize (our older thermostats do not have the button).
Overall, this thermostat is easier to use than older models it seems to be more intuitive or maybe I'm just getting more use to the devices. It does not come with batteries, so make sure you have some on hand (2 AA).
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I had the original cheap thermostat in my house for the past 19 years. I could never turn the heat down while we were sleeping because it would be too cold when I got up in the morning. And I kept forgetting to turn it down during the day while we were out of the house.This thermostat is perfect. You set 4 times per day, and every day of the week can be the same or different. I turn the heat down around 10pm, and have it start coming back up 30 minutes before I have to jump in the shower. During the day, it goes down just before I have to leave for work and back up when my son comes home from school. This should make a HUGE difference in how much oil we use this year.
Override buttons (Home and Away) mean you don't have to reprogram the thing if you need it to ignore the presets. Great product.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program For anyone in the market for a programmable thermostat, I would definitely recommend this model. It was easy to install, and I was happy to realize that it's user-friendly enough that I didn't even have to refer to the manuel when I was programming the week's temperatures. It's a really great device -I programmed it so that the house starts warming up about half an hour before I have to get up for work, and then drops down very low about ten minutes after I've left. It heats up again half an hour before I get home, then drops again when I'm tucked in bed. Such an improvement on getting up in a freezing house and having to crank the thermostat up as high as possible to start thawing the house, and then forgetting to turn it down and wasting all the heat on the empty house!WIth the 7-day scheduling, I can also program it to keep the house warm all day on the weekends when I'm around the house. Plus, if you step out, it's easy to tap in an override to the program. Best thing of all -the program will automatically click back when it enters the next scheduled temperature.
I love this item -it isn't bulky, the keys are easy to use, and if you do want to program something more elaborate, the manuel is very readable. Great product!
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I replaced an older thermostat with the white-rodgers UP300, I like it very much. Set up was fast, and the large display is very helpful for times when I don't have my reading glasses with me. I have used other models previously such as the Lux, but they all have small LCD. If readability is an issue this is a great choice. I also like the three quick presets to change temp to "home" "sleep" or "away", these override the schedule and are much easier than adjusting the temp.11-24-12 update: I liked this thermostat so much I purchased two more to replace all my thermostats. After using it a while longer I really like the preset temps, and the easy programming, but again the big seller for me is the large display I can see without readers.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program The White-Rodgers UP300 is a nice programmable thermostat with a big, backlit display that makes for easy viewing. It appears to support a very large variety of heating and air conditioning systems and is easy to install and program.PROs
+ Large screen is easy to see from a distance.
+ Screen backlight allows you to use it in the dark.
+ "Favorites" buttons for one-touch access to common temperatures.
+ Looks modern.
+ Does not lose your settings when power is lost/batteries removed (+++)
CONs
There are options in this price range with real touch screens.
INSTALLATION
The White-Rodgers UP300 was surprisingly easy to install. I replaced a builder-grade Honeywell programmable thermostat. Armed with little more than a screw-driver, I completed the swap-out in less than 15 minutes. It was as simple as taking down the Honeywell, noting the letter code that each wire went to on the Honeywell, and then hooking the wires to the exact same letter codes on the White-Rodgers. Even the mounting holes for the Honeywell exactly matched the mounting holes for the White-Rodgers. Clearly White-Rodgers put some thought into making this easy to install.
Once mounted and wired, I installed two double-A batteries (not included) and then snapped on the touchscreen. Programming came next.
PROGRAMMING
Programming was about as simple as the installation. Behind a flip-door are a number of buttons to aid programming. I like that they hide the buttons that you rarely use; when the flip-door closes, all you see is the very common buttons for up/down/ok and a couple of others. This gives the thermostat a clean look and keeps unwanted button presses from "helpers" around the house that probably don't know what they're doing.
Pressing the "Menu" button, you are given an on-screen list of things you can set. These include the date & time, your preferred schedule, and also the ability to set three "favorite" temperatures. These favorites are actually tied to dedicated buttons on the front of the thermostat. The favorites button are a great idea if you're in a household where you sometimes need to quickly override the programming and need to make it easy to explain (visiting parents). There is a button with a "home" icon, one with an "away" icon, and one with a "bedtime" icon. You can set any temperature you want for these three favorites and once you've done that, any time someone presses one of those buttons, the thermostat jumps to the preferred temperature.
MISCELLANEOUS
A "power user" feature that I love is that when you override the current programming by hitting "up" or "down" buttons, you are given the option to specify how long the setting is to last. Sometimes if I work from home, I will set the AC down to 76 degrees at 7:55 in the morning, only to have the thermostat bump it back up to 84 at 8AM. Then two hours later I'm dripping with sweat and realize what has happened and go fix it. With this thermostat, if I set the temperature to 76 at 7:55AM, in the top left corner I see that it will revert to schedule (84 degrees) at 8AM. I can then press the "right" arrow button to push that time back by 5-6 hours, thus avoiding the situation described above. I have this problem a lot and have already found this to be a great feature for me.
Because I hate it when programmable devices lose all of their settings in the event of a power outage, I actually pulled the batteries from this for 5 minutes to simulate changing the batteries. The White-Rodgers did lose the date & time but did not lose any of my other settings. My full schedule was still present after I reinserted the batteries. This is a small feature but very thoughtful of White-Rodgers.
SUMMARY
I'm happy with this thermostat. I think it might be priced a tad on the high side given that for $60 you can get a similar unit from Lux with a touch screen. That said, it seems to work very well, was very easy to install and program, and both my wife and I like the way it looks.
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