Thermostats

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

I have a very simple four zone boiler system with baseboard hot water heat. I had a 25 year old Honeywell manual thermostat on the first floor and wanted something to be able to automatically turn the heat down at night and back on in the morning. I have a two-wire 24V system and that's as easy as you can get. I really wanted something that was cost effective for what I needed and didn't need all the bells and whistles found in the $200 - $300 thermostats. This thermostat fit the bill perfectly. It actually has many of the same bells and whistles in the much more expensive thermostats, and all for under $70.00. I have no complaints and found this to be an excellent choice.

How long have you owned it:

A month or less

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

The old programmable thermostats in the house we <br />recently bought were both acting strangely, so we<br />turned to CR for advice on replacements. Given that<br />we do not need WiFi control, or other remote or <br />computerized setup options; the highly-rated,<br />relatively inexpensive Lux TX9600TS seemed a good fit<br />for our needs.<br /><br />The 9600s were easy to install with one caveat: there<br />is a Gas/Elec slide switch that is incorrectly<br />described in the text of the installation instruction<br />booklet. The accompanying diagram is correct, however;<br />at least that diagram matches the labels on the circuit<br />board itself.<br /><br />Speaking of the booklet -- don't loose it or throw it<br />away! You will need it to program the thermostat; <br />there are no instructions on the device itself, and <br />the function of some of the options is not obvious.<br />For example, to step through the setup and programming<br />options, we are asked to use a Scroll button. With<br />the booklet in hand, all is clear. But loose the<br />booklet, and forget what Scroll means -- you'll soon<br />be lost in a cascading menu system.<br /><br />However, once you have set your programs (one for <br />heating, a second for cooling), the thermostat works<br />flawlessly. Overriding a programmed setting is easy,<br />and the thermostat can hold any setting indefinitely,<br />too. You can also set the swing, and calibrate the<br />thermometer, though both our thermostats read<br />accurately right out of the box, so you probably won't<br />have to do this.<br /><br />All in all, this thermostat deserves its Best Buy<br />rating. But, gosh -- I sure wouldn't mind a swing-down<br />door with a brief operating/programming guide like the<br />old thermostats had. Don't loose the booklet!

How long have you owned it:

A month or less

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

I use the thermostat to automatically set the nightly temperature back. Programming initially requires use of instruction booklet so not entirely intuitive. Can program each day differently if desired but the copy feature makes progamming days the same go very quickly. The thermostat room temperature indication lagged the actual room temperature by up to 5 degrees when returning to the daytime temperature causing the temperature to overshoot with the first thermostat. However, the company readily sent a replacement at no cost which had less lag and did not noticably overshoot the temperature. The display backlight comes on with touch but only stays on for 10 seconds which is a little short for the initial programming as you are learning but OK for normal use. I consider this thermostat to be a very good value.

How long have you owned it:

A month or less

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.