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.

Honeywell Ceramic Surround Heat Whole Room Heater w/ Remote Control Review

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I just bought this a few days ago because my bedroom has massive windows that are hard to insulate, a cold front just swept in, and I walked to my place on Friday and my bedroom was 62 degrees. My roommates aren't here enough for me to throw money at our thermostat.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

I actually was underwhelmed when I first turned on the unit. Hot air slowly raises from its grate. It doesn't blow out sideways like you'd think. So, the first night, I placed it on the floor and used my laptop at the edge of the bed so the low velocity hot air would actually hit me directly. I was going to take it back the next day.

But after an hour or so, the room warmed up from 64 degrees to 72. When I left my bedroom to get a drink, the frigid air from the rest of my house greeted me as I opened my bedroom door and I ran to the refrigerator to get a water bottle before running back to the warmth of my room. At that point, I realized this product was perfectly fine, I just expected something that was more direct.

WHAT THIS PRODUCT IS FOR:

This product is something you turn on in an enclosed room to gradually heat it. That it has a thermostat setting indicates this, as it will turn off when the room reaches a certain temperature (you can set it 65 to 80 degrees or just "Always On").

This is *not* something you turn on and sit in front of when you're cold. For this purpose, you might want a radiant heater or a ceramic/fan heater that shoots the air out with more of a velocity. This product lets the hot air ooze out of it because it heats the room through convection.

I actually give it 4/5 stars instead of 5/5 because it doesn't do a good job explaining its purpose on the box. The 180/360 degree marketing stuff is just misleading and the feature of being able to close half of the grate is just a gimmick since this product is terrible if you buy it as something to place next to your rocking chair.

PROS:

Super light. Move it from room to room. Take it to the bathroom with you. Take it to your girlfriend's house. No big deal. Try doing that with a heavy portable oil-filled radiator.

Looks great. Just a black minimal tower and I like contemporary aesthetics.

Comes with a remote control which makes sense since this is something you could place in the corner of the room and it still works.

Quiet but definitely audible. I like the breathy low velocity sound of this heater, but if you want 100% quiet, go with a radiator.

Comes with a timer on it (1, 2, 4, 8 hours)

Works.

CONS:

The whole 180/360 grate cover is a gimmick. I just leave half the grate covered as it faces my bed, but it's more of a mental thing since I won't feel the heat until the general temperature of the room rises anyways.

Air slowly rises from it. You can't feel heat with your hand half a foot away from it at grate level. You'd have to move your hand away from the device up at about 45 degrees to follow the heat. This isn't really a con since this device isn't a spot/fan-forced heater, but I'm trying to make this point clear.

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This heater works great! My bedroom is 13x11 and our furnace broke this last winter (Detroit, Michigan area) so it got pretty cold, and this heater worked very well. Needed one with a remote if I got hot at night so I would not have to get up and mess with anything, just one click on the remote and it would be off. Kept me very warm on many 10° to 20° nights here in Michigan. I would buy it again. Just as a tip, the heat that comes out of it comes out at a 45 degree angle upward, not like straight out. Meaning, you should probably set the heater on top of the box it came in to elevate it and get better heat spread like I did. (Just a personal note, I do not use the "360 mode" I don't think it works as well, but the "180 mode" works flawlessly!)

The remote lets your turn it on, off, fan on high or low, and set the temp. Infra Red remote so you can point it in the general direction and it will work. (Expectantly at night, half asleep!)

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I purchased this space heater thinking it would be a quality product since it is made by Honeywell. I could not have more wrong!! I am on my third unit and it is going back.

The first one wouldn't shut off when it reached the set temperature.

The second one clicked and clicked, made the lights flicker and seemed very unsafe. Used it twice.

The third one worked for a wee bit but then it started in like the others. It clicks and shuts itself off even when in the full on setting, or before the time selected is up, as soon as 5 minutes after turning it on.

When it did work it did a nice job of heating my 14x14 room. It can't handle a room larger than that though.

Save yourself a lot of trouble and buy some other heater. This one is horrible!!! I only gave it one star because I had to fill in one.

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OK Bangs and clangs on start up,heat doesn't project out far but remote control is handy and is fully functional.

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In all fairness I have to say this product still works as a heater, but it is overpriced and is really annoying to use. I would suggest you get the $20 Lasko ceramic heater which works much better and gives the same heat.

First of all the $60 price really doesn't give you much more feature than my $20 Lasko heater. If anything, this honeywell is just bigger, takes more space but doesn't give more heat (it has the same wattage: 900W and 1500W).

However the most annoying thing about the Honeywell heater is the digital control. It defaults to Hi heat and in order to change it to low you have to press the button 5 times, that's because they combined the Hi/Low settings with the thermostat settings. So the state goes from Hi, 65, 70, 75, 80, Low. I like the Low heat and I turn this thing on and off often, so it's really annoying that every time I want to use it have to push the power button, and then press the temperature settings 5 times just to get the Low heat settings. That's 6 times pushing the button! My lasko heater can do this with just one switch.

Buy SEI Tennyson Electric Fireplace with Bookcases

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I ordered this online because it was the size I wanted in a fireplace with bookshelves. Once I received it, I had to put it together and noticed it was 100% Made in China. One of the boards split in the bookend when I tightened the cam lock fastener onto the cam bolt. So I had to use some wood glue and a c-clamp overnight to repair that. And a few more cam-locks just bent open after I tightened them and I was not tightening them too hard. Luckily extra hardware pieces were included and I had to use all of them. Very cheap hardware! Secondly, once the firebox unit was installed, it looked very nice, but made a semi-quiet vibrating noise as the flames flickered. I like it SILENT when I sleep, and the noise irritated me. I opened the firebox to find that somehow the DC motor that rotates the reflector rod makes a vibrating noise against the thin metal it's attached to. I tried to oil the rod in a few spots but that didn't help. It's still noisy. Third, the boards were not all perfect fits. Some boards did not fit together at 90 degrees where they were supposed to. I was still able to forcefully assemble everything but one or two boards were slightly warped or just didn't fit perfect. Last, one of the back panels had water spots on it. --Obvious in the light, but not noticeable in a shadow. Some poor quality control there. Oh also the heater fan and thermostat switch are kinda loud. The heater blower, well, sounds like a fan of course and when the thermostat clicks on and off, it sounds like a loud light switch clicking.

Now, the color of the wood was nice and the flames and glowing log looked nice. But the construction, wood, and hardware quality is not worth the HIGH PRICE in my opinion.

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Solid, heavy, well built, nicely engineered, nice finish, I'm very impressed. It took 3 solid hours to put it all together, but it's not hard to do, just takes quite a few steps. But once it's done, it really looks nice. I put a 55" flat screen on it, which looks great, so don't think it can't take more than the 40" they say in the description. The fireplace looks great too, I was mildly surprised how pretty it is. The heater works well but the fan is a little louder than I'd like, but I didn't buy it to heat my living room, just to have a some type of fireplace to put my tv on, and this was by far the cheapest way to go. I'd definitely recommend it. Build quality is excellent, and finish is beautiful.

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This product started to come apart before we even got the main part together. Nothing but partical board!! I really liked the looked, but was soooo disappointed.

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Hello Everyone,

I am pleased with this product.

It looks exactly like in the picture and it has good performance.

If you have a big bedroom like mine, this is a must:) the "fire"adds a nice warm/cozy feeling.

It takes a while to assemble, but it's worth it.

I hope you enjoy this product as much as I do.

Good luck!

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We love it so far. It adds a lot to our living room. Assembly wa pretty easy, but you will need a drill because some of the holes were not pre-drilled.

Buy Sunpentown UF-213SS 2.1cu.ft Upright Freezer - Stainless Steel

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Noisy little freezer. Found one mounting bolt for the compressor missing, one not tighned down. Manual incorrect with settings of temps. This freezer runs almost constantly. Temp inside rises quickly when power is off. I question the amount of insulation used.

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Freezer is great for frozen veggie and prepared food packs as well as those bags of frozen breads and rolls and stir-fry, etc., that take up so much space or that slide around when a freezer door is opened and you search for something.

Our older house has limited refrigerator space in the kitchen (unless we rip out some overhead cabinets). When we replaced an old fridge around May 1st, we decided to buy a "supplemental" freezer. After reading multiple reviews on multiple sites, we settled on this freezer. It was small enough and "light" enough for me to muscle it into the basement. It did take several hours to cool down after plugging it in (just like the instruction manual said it would), but we've been using it since May 1st and have had no problems. Because some reviewers of this size freezer (but not this brand) had problems with things staying cold, especially with frequent opening, we keep a pint-sized plastic bowl filled with ice cubes toward the front. So far, the cubes haven't melted noticeably. They serve as a warning system plus give me some cubes in the basement when I'm working down there so they get replaced periodically.

(Aug 18, 2013) We've now used this freezer for several months and gone through a power outage of just less than 6 hours' duration and outdoor temp of 85+ degrees. AFTER the power came back on and the freezer had run awhile, I checked the bowl with the loose ice cubes in it. Result: the cubes had not melted at all (that is, they were still jumbled up instead of fused together or refrozen in a block), indicating that the unit stayed cold enough that the food inside stayed frozen.

Discount Hunter 44360 Set and Save 7-Day Programmable Thermostat

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This thermostat is worth every penny! It does exactly what it should do, and the instructions were perfect for my heating/cooling system. I didn't have any problems putting it in.

What the other review didn't mention is that this thermostat has extra features over the other Hunter models. The big difference is the Energy usage information. It tracks the amount of time that the system was on today, yesterday, this week, last week, and total since you installed it. It's neat being able to come home and see that the air conditioning was on for only 30 minutes, or on for 2 hours. This helps you figure out how your thermostat settings are affecting your real energy usage. It also has a filter reset reminder, which tracks the number of hours that the system has been used with the current filter. This is useful, since most filters say they last 3 months. But the real lifetime of the filter is based on how much air has been blown through it. You could run it for 12 hours a day, and it might only last one month. On the other hand, you could run it only 10 minutes a day, and it would probably last 6 months. With the filter reminder, it's able to tell you when you truly need to replace the filter.

Also, the backlight works perfectly in my opinion. It only stays on for 5 seconds after you stop pushing any buttons. So if you are programming things, then it continually stays on until you are done programming. Plus, if you are just checking the current temperature or setting, 5 seconds is more than enough time to read a 2-digit number. I love this thermostat, and recommended it to a friend who loves it as well. It's much lower-priced compared to other competitors like Honeywell, and has a nice, simple interface. The blue backlight is gorgeous as well, and other brands don't all offer an indiglo backlight like this one does. There really isn't anything I don't like about this product. I HIGHLY recommend it!

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After about 2 weeks use, I am very pleased with this thermostat. It works as advertised, is easy to set up (don't know what the other reviewer was talking about...if anything about this would be difficult, it would be the way your existing wiring is set up, NOT the way this thermostat sets up. It's a totally standard installation for this type of unit), and the blue indiglo looks really nice when it comes on. I also like how all but 3 buttons are concealed by the front swing-down lid, which gives it a cleaner, simpler look as opposed to resembling something you'd see in a cockpit. The features are pretty much the same you'd get on comparable models, PLUS my favorite of all, the energy monitor function. I'm sort of a geek when it comes to stats and energy use, weather, etc. and it's fun to keep track of how much time your system worked for during each day, week...it makes it easier to predict your next heating/cooling bill. Most of the competing thermostats cost 2-3 times as much as this, and I don't like the aesthetic quality of the others as much as this one.

Now, on to this "word of caution" I mentioned in the subject line. I almost gave this product an angry 1-star review, but I'm glad I waited it out. I'm not sure if this was an issue with this specific product, or an issue common to all digital thermostats, but the first one I ordered had a defective thermometer. It was reading 3 degrees F. below the actual temperature. When I first powered the thermostat, I placed it next to the digital one I was replacing, as well as a third analog thermometer for comparison. I put them all next to each other in several different spots in my house, and let them regulate for 10 minutes before checking. Sure enough, every time the Hunter read 3 degrees too low, so I knew it was defective. I called Hunter's tech support and they said I would need to return it to the place I bought it because there's no way to fix it. At first I was peeved because since I bought it online, I would have to pack it, go to the post office and ship it...luckily I was in a good mood that day, and Amazon has a great replacement policy. I had a new replacement the very next day, and I ran the same comparison tests. This one was spot on with the other two.

So, the moral of the story is, make sure your thermometer is accurate! If I hadn't noticed the discrepancy and just hooked it up and went about my business, I would be wasting money by heating my house an unnecessary amount. That would have canceled out the whole energy-efficient point of these things and then some. True, I probably would have noticed "hey, it feels warmer than 68...", but maybe not. All in all, I love this thing!

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This unit represents a good value. It has lots of thoughtful features, such as a button to tell it that you are home for the day and want the heat to stay on, and a meter than tells you how many hours of heat you have been using. It also offers plenty of programming flexibility that you would have to pay more for with products from other manufacturers.

I also use the backlit 5-2 Honeywell. The Honeywell costs more, has fewer features, and in my view, at least, is not meaningfully easier to program, and is certainly no easier to use on a daily basis. I felt the Hunter had better installation instructions. The Honeywell's biggest strength is that it is smaller. Using it, I often find myself wishing it had some of the features found on the Hunter.

My biggest gripe with this Hunter model is that the backlight makes an annoying, high pitch noise. It is also a little too large for my taste. Dollar for dollar, though, versus the competition, this is money well spent.

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This thermostat installs easily and functions as advertised.It does make a noise each time it turns the furnace on AND off. It is a clicking sound with a twang sound at the end. It is attention getting in a room with people in it. I talked to customer support and a technician at Hunter and they admit that this is a relay noise in this model thermostat. The thermostat that I was replacing was a 10+ year old Hunter digital unit that operated silently! The reason that I was replacing it was that it had a temperature span of 4 degrees and the new one has a span of 2 degrees and would make the house more comfortable. Hunter knows all of this. I don't know why they went backwords from solid state electronics to a mechanical relay (a poor one at that)! Also be wary of their ceiling fans! I have a 5 year old fan that runs quietly and two new ones that have a bothersome humming noise. Hunter sent me new fans and they do the same thing. This issue is currently pending with me and Hunter Tech support.

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I selected this thermostat as a replacement for my original that came with the house and had only two functions, on and off, both selections being manual. After vigorously accomplishing research and comparing features, I compared two brands, Honeywell and Hunter. Realizing my defunct thermostat was a Honeywell, I opted for the Hunter for several other reasons, such as cost, and return on investment. This thermostat is programmable, and will pay for itself in a matter of several electrical billing cycles for the summer with air conditioning in demand, or a winter season.

It was so darn easy to install, that if you are capable of screwing in two screws and connecting your thermostat wires that are color coded, you can not go wrong. It may be a good idea to see which wires are connected to your old thermostat first and then write the information down on a piece of paper so you can re-wire the new thermostat using the color coding of the old thermostat to avoid any issues. I merely attached the back plate, connected the wires and inserted two AA batteries and was going in less than ten minutes. It was easier to program than Tivo and comes pre-programmed with an energy savings plan. These settings can be kept or customized freely.

This green thermostat tells a story. How long the AC or heat has been on throughout the day, the past days of the week, or the entire week and can be programmed daily which really worked for me. I wished all thermostats came with the amount of features that this one did, as it would have made my selection much more difficult.

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The product arrived early and was easy to install. But I would strongly recommended spending the extra $$$ to get the programmable model, as having the ability to set the temperature at various levels during various times of the day is a extremely nice benefit and it would of save us $$$ in terms of energy usage.

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The only minor dissatisfaction is that when set at 82 deg Rees floor is at 78 degrees. It works fine otherwise. I was able to install (replacing a 10 year old programmable model. We justice left the original model set at same temp all day and all night 24/7 so this was the right model for us. I called NuHeat to get advice before purchasing.

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This thermostat works great. It's not programmable, but we didn't need one that was. It was very easy for the electrician to install and is easy to use. The backlight is nice too.

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We do not like programmable thermostats and this one fills the bill. It is simple to operate and has worked great.

Reviews of LuxPro PSPU732T 7 Day Programmable Touch Screen Thermostat - 3

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The LuxPro PSPU732T is the only accurate thermostat with a built in humidistat that I could find on the market that has an option to control the temperature and humidity independently. I could not find this feature on any Honeywell, White-Roger or any other digital thermostat with built in humidistat. This feature is especially useful for minimizing energy consumption in vacant summer homes in humid climates. It is an established fact that high humidity causes mold and mildew to form and that as long as the humidity is controlled the temperature can be allowed to get much higher in a vacant home than when it is occupied. Other manufacturers that make thermostats with built in humidistats turn off the AC if the conditioned air temperature falls 3 degrees below the thermostat's setting, even if the humidity is higher than set by the humidistat. I believe that this is done to prevent the AC to run continuously if the humidistat is set too low, a valid issue. However, with such products, if the thermostat is not set low enough the humidity can exceed the desired levels in periods when the temperature is moderate but the humidity is above the level where mold/mildew can form, a condition that can occur many times. In fact, if the temperature is set too low it can cause mold/mildew to form at outside wall sheet rocks where the humid outside air and the cold inside air meet. The LuxPro's humidistat is accurate to +-4 percent. It would be better if it would be tighter but this is the most accurate humidistat that I found, most manufacturers don't even state the humidistat accuracy and the one thermostat with similar features that I bought had a humidistat that was off by at least 20% making it useless for controlling humidity.

The LuxPo is a full featured programmable thermostat with a well designed human interface and an excellent display that has a back light which can be set to be on permanently or turn off a few seconds after the display is touched. It has many options that need to be set up properly, however, once it is set up it is easy to use. It has non-volatile memory and does not need batteries. There is an optional outdoor wireless temperature sensor for automatically controlling the humidity in cold climates which I didn't test.

If there is anything negative, it is the Instruction Manual that is missing the calibration information for the humidistat (probably very rarely needed) and could elaborate on the de-humidification and other options.

After researching all the digital thermostats with humidistats on the market I can say that the LuxPro is the best product for controlling the temperature and humidity in homes in warm climates that are vacant for extended periods.

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Easy to install and looks good. Programming is easy and instruction book is clear and easy to understand.

Thermostat is easy to adjust and display gives all the info necessary.