Buy Hunter 44660 Auto Saver Programmable Thermostat

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Having looked over the generally negative reviews on this site for the Model 44660 thermostat, I thought I needed to chime in a bit with a positive review, based on more than 8 years of total experience with multiple units. I purchased and installed 4 of these thermostats several years ago in my large house, with 4 natural gas furnaces and 4 air conditioners. The units were easy to install and all 4 thermostats have operated flawlessly. One note: I do not use the auto changeover mode from heating to air conditioning, I just manually set the thermostats to "heat" in the winter and to "cool" in the summer. So perhaps that fully automatic mode does not work correctly; I cannot comment on that.

Some reviews have indicated that the 44660 does not display the set and current temperatures at the same time. That is not true. However, to display both the set and current room temperatures, you do need to press the Up or Down Temp button or press the "Home Today" button; the unit will then TEMPORARILY display the set temperature at the middle of the LCD display and the current temperature at the right side of the display. Pressing the Home Today button will temporarily override any pre-programmed setback temperature until the next setback period is reached.

This thermostat is very easy to program, just follow the instructions. I especially like the capability to review energy usage. Press the energy monitor button once and the thermostat will display furnace or A/C run time since midnight; press the energy monitor button again and the thermostat will display total run time for the last 6 days; press the button again and the thermostat will display total run time for the last 30 days; press the button again and the thermostat will display total usage since it was last reset (up to a total of 999 hours and 59 minutes of run time).

Other pros:

Easy to set for temporary or permanent (vacation) overrides of the 4 daily programs

Single button "Home Today" feature allows a very simple override of daily programs

Filter usage is separately monitored from total system run time and can be reset easily

Reasonable battery life (change yearly)

Decent appearance (tilt up cover hides 10 additional thermostat control buttons)

Cons:

Large footprint on wall (this can be a pro if you need to cover up a large hole or spot on the wall)

Backlight is only temporarily on after you press one of the thermostat's buttons

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I had originally not thought this was such a great product, it replaces the 'standard' thermostats that our builder installed before we moved here. It turns out I had not completely programmed the unit and once I set my temps for both heat AND cool, the auto mode worked flawlessly.

So to repeat, if it's not switching over properly, make sure that when you are in 'PROGRAM' you set temps for heat AND cool by pressing "SYSTEM" at each set point (up to four points daily). I don't think it was presented clearly in the manual, but I eventually figured it out on my own.

I may even upgrade to a unit that has wireless sensors because the location of my thermostat is in direct sunlight and causes the AC to run when it is not needed. I would have given this unit 5 stars if the manual was a tad more clear about programming.

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I bought this thermostat to replace exact product I had. I wanted a new one because my current one would lose all of its settings every 4 or 5 months. But the new one started losing all the settings in the first 2 days and within the first week had lost them twice. The second time we woke up on Saturday morning with the temp at 58 degrees and the thermostat had reset itself to "cool"...running three hours of A/C. I decided to live with the old thermostat. After reading some of the other reviews, I feel that I have the best of the lot.

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About the 11-month mark the unit's time started flashing and would no longer be set correctly. I changed the batteries and after about a week it happened again. Called customer server and they walked me through how to stop the time indicator from flashing after changing the batteries again. I tested the batteries each time and they were fine, but I used another new set anyway. Now it is loses the time and is losing it's programming more frequently as well as being past the warranty period, so I am looking for another thermostat. Don't waste your money or time on this one.

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This thermostat looks great, but it doesn't maintain the programmed temperature. After several days I increased the programmed temperature just to get my house to be my desired temperature, but it still won't bring the temperature up high enough. Don't waste your money on this thermostat. I'm taking it back and getting another brand thermostat.