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This thermostat works great with my heat pump (2 heat / 1 cool). The display is bright and easy to read, and it was easy enough to install (once discovering how my kooky heat pump unit was actually wired). Initial setup required cracking open the manual but setting up the cooling schedule for the days of the week was very straightforward. One of my favorite features is the ability to "dumb down" the model. For instance, I only need two settings per day, not four which is the default. So setting it to two made it quicker and easier to program. Also, there appears to be an option to have one setting for all days of the week (m-f) and then individual settings for saturday and sunday (5-1-1) so that you don't have to worry with individually programming the week days. I'm not using this option but when I reprogram for heat I might turn that on. It's great to have the option to use the full capabilities or only a subset.
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I like to sleep in the cold, but I want to wake up to a toasty house. I want to never have to switch my thermostat from AC-Heat (which I previously might have to do a couple of times each day in the spring and fall).I don't want to think about the temperature in my house, I just want to be comfortable all of the time... now i can! I love it!!!
Pro's
1) Easy to read Display
2) 2 sources of Battery backup
3) Easy to use "temporary" temperature so you can vary from your pre-sets.
4) Adjusts Daylight savings time on it's own (even after Bush changed the dates).
5) Awesome set it and forget it technology.
6) Should save energy during the day if you program it to.. maybe it will pay for itsself one day!
CONS:
1) Wiring was convoluded in my opinion, but I had no experience doing this. it didn't clearly point out what wires are "optional or may not be necessary for some units" and I was concerned when only 1/2 the holes had wires in them when I was done(learning curve for me).. but it worked just fine after the first attempt. To be fare, all of the online help that I found failed to point out that only some of the wires were required also.
2) Initial setup is all in code and takes some thought definetly requeires the manual.
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I'm an HVAC technician and the company i work for uses these quite often. I have one in my home and love it as it's fully prog. 4 windows, auto changeover and can be configured exactly how you need/want it. Works great for two stage systems with 2c/3h and has a lot of advanced options you wouldn't think a stat would have. This is about as good as it gets from a tstat, only thing that's close in my book is the lennox cs7000 + icomfort stats which are brand new.Honest reviews on White-Rodgers 1F95-1277 Touchscreen Thermostat
Thermostat was mounted at the location of the prior thermostat (which had two wires) and required running additional wiring from the furnace. Never had trouble reading the old thermostat, but this one seems to have directional glass--easy to read straight on or from above, but the numbers disappear if your line of sight is from below (even a couple of inches). My husband agreed--he couldn't read the display when he bent his knees and looked upward. Lowering the mounting would mean making a new hole in the drywall and patching the old 2-3" hole. Surprisingly, the display can be read easily from below with a flashlight. The beam of light causes the blue color (which is a dim blue, not the nasty bright blue shown in the photos) to gray out and appear a clear black on gray. Display aside, the thermostat seems effective at regulating the furnace. I'll just have to make like a ballerina, en pointe, to adjust/read it, or bring a flashlight.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for White-Rodgers 1F95-1277 Touchscreen Thermostat
I installed one of these about 6 months ago, and it's really worked well.I was really impressed with the "cool savings" feature that automatically / slightly bumps up the set point when the a/c unit has been running long cycles if the a/c has been running for an hour, 1/2 a degree higher temp still feels nice, since the a/c unit has pulled the humidity from the air, so no reason to keep running the unit. The "cool savings" feature is adjustable, so you can control how much it lets the temperature swing.
I also really like the outdoor thermostat it's about a $20 add-on, but it's just nice to know exactly what you're up against when checking the unit.
Plus, the blue color is impressive. Shallow, silly, whatever people notice this thermostat!. Truthfully, if I was selling a house with an old hvac unit, I'd install one of these, because people seem to think the thermostat IS the hvac unit!
The only disadvantage is the lack of "off the wall" or usb-type programming. One of the Honeywell units has it, but costs twice as much. Even if I could just pop it off the wall, and sit in my recliner to program it would be a nice feature, but at this price, for as often as the programming really needs to be changed, I'll happily live with it.
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