Honeywell Home RTH8560D

This Honeywell programmable thermostat uses an internal disposable battery for its primary power. A "C" wire is not required. It will work with a 2 wire system. There is no home/away feature on this model. There is no vacation feature on this model.

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How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

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What goes into the Overall Score?

Manual operation

/ 5

Programming

/ 5

Display

/ 5

Ease of setup

/ 5

About

The Honeywell Home RTH8560D is part of the Thermostats test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Programmable Thermostats models like the RTH8560D are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Manual operation: The ease of manually controlling the thermostat's temperature set-point, heating/cooling schedule, home/away and vacation features - when they are available.

Programming: The ease of creating a heating and cooling schedule considering, navigational, contextual and informational elements that make programming easier, and the number of steps.

Display: The ease of reading the display considering, character size, spacing, layout and contrast.

Features & Specs

Features

Touch screen

Yes

Events per day

Early recovery

Yes

Auto changeover

Yes

Auto daylight savings

Yes

Air filter reminder

Yes

Password protection

Yes

Specs

Primary power

internal disposable battery

Backup power

Two wire compatible

Yes

C wire required

not required

Power sharing

Warranty (yrs.)

1 yr

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Honeywell Home RTH8560D

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