ecobee New Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and Air Quality Monitor – Programmable Wifi Thermostat – Works with Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant

The media could not be loaded.  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5 stars)The ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and Air Quality Monitor has revolutionized the way I control and optimize the temperature in my home. This cutting-edge smart thermostat not only provides unparalleled convenience but also enhances energy efficiency, making it an indispensable addition to any modern household.The setup process was surprisingly straightforward. The package includes all necessary components and clear instructions, making installation a breeze. Additionally, the intuitive on-screen guide assists users throughout the setup, ensuring a seamless and stress-free experience.The inclusion of the Smart Sensor and Air Quality Monitor takes this thermostat to a whole new level. By placing the sensor in different rooms, the ecobee thermostat intelligently adjusts the temperature based on occupancy and preferences, ensuring consistent comfort throughout the house. Moreover, the Air Quality Monitor provides real-time insights, allowing me to keep track of indoor air quality and take necessary measures for a healthier living environment.The programmable capabilities are a game-changer. With a flexible scheduling feature, I can customize temperature settings to align with my daily routine, thereby optimizing energy consumption and reducing utility bills. The remote access via the ecobee app is an added bonus, allowing me to make adjustments from anywhere, ensuring a welcoming home upon arrival.One of the standout features of this smart thermostat is its compatibility with various smart home ecosystems. I seamlessly integrated it with my smart home devices, including Alexa and Google Assistant, enabling effortless voice control for temperature adjustments and overall home management.The ecobee app deserves special mention for its user-friendly interface and rich functionalities. Not only can I monitor and adjust temperatures, but I can also access detailed energy reports, providing valuable insights into my home’s heating and cooling patterns, ultimately aiding in making informed decisions for energy conservation.The SmartIQ technology further sets this thermostat apart. By learning my heating and cooling preferences over time, it automatically adapts to provide the ideal temperature, maximizing comfort while minimizing energy waste.In terms of build quality, the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium exudes a premium feel, ensuring longevity and durability. The touch screen display is responsive and aesthetically pleasing, adding a touch of modern elegance to my home.While the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium offers exceptional performance overall, it’s essential to mention that some might find the initial cost slightly higher than traditional thermostats. However, given the long-term energy savings and unparalleled convenience, the investment proves worthwhile.In conclusion, the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and Air Quality Monitor has exceeded my expectations on multiple fronts. From its ease of installation and smart home integration to its energy-saving features and air quality monitoring, this thermostat offers a comprehensive package that elevates home comfort and efficiency. If you’re looking for a state-of-the-art smart thermostat that delivers on its promises, the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium is undoubtedly the way to go.

I plan on updating this in 30 days. It’s not totally functional yet and I have not called the company yet and they do publish their number in several places to contact them. The things I didn’t know so far. When the heating and air-conditioning company arrived. I needed a extra heavy duty power line from the unit to the thermostat. The thermostat I had worked off two AA batteries, and did not have enough power to operate the unit so an extra Higher level line had to be placed from the heater air conditioner to the thermostat so when the guy arrived he did not have this part with him. So you need to let them know upfront that you may need a more heavy duty cord to install this. It was installed by the person in probably 90 minutes Even though he worked in the business and had worked with us before they seem to do a few problems and they may not have done with the unit but with the way he installed it into my air-conditioning and heating and finally it works. After it works it works fine. I downloaded the program to my iPad and I can operate it from my iPad. My question is now do I install it to my Alexa or to my home on Siri. If I Install it on Siri it looks like I may need to buy a hub for about $100 to get the signal from the thermostat to my Siri, but I also just purchased an iPhone 14, which indicates that I may not need this. So I’m not answering a lot of your questions here other than the fact, this is not as simple as slapping it into the wall. It does come with two parts that I’m not quite sure yet to do it one looks like a huge lollipop, which I believe is some kind of remote sensor and another one maybe looks like the small pyramid which I believe is the sensor that you put in the fireplace like your bedroom, so that the thermostat has another location in the house . I’ve been working with this on and off now for about 30 days and not having 100% vision or extremely low vision has added to my frustration however, I am planning on calling the company this week and will follow up with hopefully more good news on the bottom. However, I would strongly recommend this to anyone because you can look at it on your iPad and see the exact temperature. You can turn the air conditioning on and off reset the variable which switches from heat the air conditioning with an algorithm so that you’re not going hot, cold, hot cold all the time, but it knows based on outside conditions what things are going on. Sorry this was so long and so many unanswered questions however, I would buy this again in a second without a problem . I hope this review helps you and again it was written with Siri so sorry for any strange words and I do hope to update us in the next week month or so I guess thank you for reading my review. Have a great day and as they say stay cool, I don’t get hot under the collar 🙂 OK this is my update so far, I paired the unit with my iPad Pro you could not do this if you cannot see, there’s too many touchy things with the screen that you have to move your hand around I was on the phone with Apple assistance for an hour and a half and finally my neighbor stopped over and help me install it in about three minutes, so please don’t try to do this by yourself. I’m continuing down the process and will add on to this again in the future, but to excellent I am happy to have it. I can use it on my phone my iPads, or at the hub unit itself if you buy this you’re simply going to need a little help Have a good day. Thank you for reading my review. I plan on updating this again one more time. OK this will be my last entry. Let me tell you what happened when I called the company as I told you I ended up with two parts one is a sensor. It’s very small and the other piece looked like a lollipop with five wires coming out of it it was very intense after a pretty lengthy phone call I found out the sensor has a tag that you pull out to activate the battery when you do that you will need someone standing at the thermostat to type in where you’re putting that sensor in your house. The most significant thing is the thing that looks like the lollipop with five wires coming out of the bottom of it is something that you attached to your HVAC unit your heating and air-conditioning unit if you have the older wire going to an older style thermostat. The technician should know how to install this and then it transmits the data electronically to your new thermostat. Unfortunately the person who installed my thermostat had no idea what that thing was so where I said earlier in this review that you may need to have them install a more heavy duty wire from the unit to the thermostat that would not be necessary if they use this thing properly however, I would still tell them when you call up the HVAC people that they may need to bring a more heavy duty cable because you have an older style thermostat in case the information I received was incorrect and you have to pay a fortune for them to go back to the shop etc. and get things. Overall, I’m very satisfied with this. There’s a Lotta other things you can hook into it like sensors and cameras and it seems to be an excellent device. I do have as I believe I said earlier the Siri HomePod mini mixed in with it however, when you use the HomePod mini, the wall unit does not talk to you. it only talks to you if you’re using an Alexa-based item I hope this has been an awful lot of information. Hopefully you can use it. I wish I had read this before I started. Thank you be well take care if I should have any problems in the future I will come back in here and edit them and have a great day. Thank you for reading my review . OK this is an additional update. I was not planning for but when you go to install the room sensor, nothing about the directions seem to work from them. Trying to have you figure out which sensor you have instead of giving you a picture of each type of sensor so when you figure out the sensor and you think you have it, it tells you that it has a clear bottom when the bottom looks like a Hershey kiss, but then, when you go to parrot the screen that it says where the location is for the menu, screen is not where the menu screen is located on your screen and you look at the directions and it still doesn’t work then you take the battery out if you can figure out how to do that let it sit outside for two minutes and then put it back in and it still doesn’t work after pulling the tub out of the battery so I’m going to have to wait a month until my niece comes in from out of state because my local person I was trying to use to do the simple task can’t figure it out because it’s not so simple and the directions do not match up with the directions they give you to the device on the wall so now I’m extremely frustrated . I may call the company back next week and talk to them but so far I am not overwhelmed by the people at the company at their support desk at least one person I’ve talk to so far it seems like he’s never done this before or he’s read the manual 🙂 I’m sure he’s better than that and I’m being critical right now because I’m angry but that’s OK I’ll get this figured out I’m blind and I ever come over. Come out on a daily basis so I should be able to overcome this . OK I’m adding more onto this after I could not install the thermostat. I sent a quasi-obnoxious email to the company and they responded on the next business day which was Monday. They gave me a lot of support and gave me new directions on how to do things and said they would be handling the corrections and told me I could arrange an appointment with them to install the new thermostat thermometer in the house in the litter in the bedroom. So this will still be in the future the other thing that’s funny is this morning when I was walking by the unit all of a sudden started talking to me. I guess it’s been talking to me all the time, but since I have so many other devices around the house, the talk to me it’s been overwhelmed by some other devices, but the thermostat thermometer does talk and answer my questions and it is have Siri inside it, so that’s another positive that offsets a prior complaint I had overall I’m still very happy with it. I just want to get this last sensor put into the house and then I’ll be done and good to go. If you’ve read this far, then you deserve a medal 🙂 OK first I apologize that this is so long. I had ADT at the house today working on an alarm system and I gave them the directions for installing the room sensor. They said and they are professional and they had a hard time using the most recent set of directions that was sent out on installing the sensor. It seems easy enough but you really have to stop and think and do not throw away that little plastic strip that you pull out of the thing I’ve lost mine in the house and I have no idea where it is. Overall final thought I love this unit. I can lay in bed and turn air-conditioning on and off. I’m sure I’m saving money so that the outside temperature when it drops down but it’s still a little bit warm in the house I can shut off the air conditioner and I have to pay for the cool stuff that the outside is already cool overall most things about this thing are perfect especially as a blind person you don’t have to try to read things you can use your phone or your tablet to control everything and it works great. Overall, I would give this a five out of five. I realize they complained a lot here but I simply think the service people there have never use the product or use it as a blind person or sometimes when you already know the answer, you can use the product and not have an issue but if you’re beta testing head and you’re an analog person in the digital world, sometimes things don’t go so smooth and you get a special reward if you’ve read this far, thank you so much you need to get a life because this has not been the most interesting thing but hopefully my issues will make your issues last and you’ll have a terrific product at the end overall I’d like to thank ecobee for making such a great product but they could work better on their directions to installation stuff. Thank you so much. Have a great day .

This was Wirecutter’s top smart thermostat, so I wanted to give this a try. And I love it. I have never installed anything electrical before, but I was able to do it myself without any issues! (I happened to have an HVAC guy come out for general maintenance and he confirmed I did it correctly. –You can do it girls!) Once you download the app, it comes with really easy to follow steps which was really nice. The app also asks you to take pictures of what it looks like before so if you have any issues with the install for any reason, you could easily go back to your old one without issues.Once installed, you can set it to not work as hard when you’re not home or at nighttime to save on energy bills. I also love the app tells me if my inside air quality isn’t good for any reason (sometimes cooking will do this), and it suggests to open a window. It connected to my Alexa nicely. This model also comes with an extra sensor you can put in a different area in your house. I love this because the thermostat will sense the temperature of where it’s at, but sometimes it’s a few degree different than another location of your house that the other sensor is in (you can look at the two temps on the app). Having more than one sensor is nice because if you’re too hot/cold you can check on the app to see if “it’s just you” or if you want to switch the thermostat up/down. I can’t think of anything I don’t like about this product or app. I suppose it would be nice if there was a white version as to not stand out so blatantly on my wall, but the black one I have is still sleek and stylish. I’m very happy with my purchase.

There is one important review I want to emphasize in case anyone is in the same situation as me: The sensors allow you to control temperature based off the room, not just where the thermostat is.This was huge for me as my thermostat was on the wall where my chimney is. It would falsely think the room was really cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Having sensors you can place anywhere and control the temperature off of that was why I bought this and it works great. I placed the sensor in my baby nursery so her temperature is always what we want it.Also! You can turn off eco settings and keep temperatures on a schedule that fits what you want, not what eco wants. This is great if you have a lazy pet at home that won’t necessarily trip the sensor to activate someone being home.This thermostat does it all. I did a lot of research and I’m impressed.The Alexa function is a great touch as well.Hope that helps someone.

We have a brand new Fujitsu Multi-zone system but the thermostat is bare bones, hard to read, and the system did not come with remotes like our other two Westinghouse mini-splits. We wanted to only change one of the two thermostats, the one closest to the main unit.Our electrician tried to install the ecobee thermostat but the Fujitsu only used two wires and the ecobee uses five. He went to the main unit in the attic to discover that three of the wires were taped off and only two ran to the system. While we might have been able to make this work, we decided that we lacked the expertise and chose to live with the Fujitsu thermostat.I want to thank Ecobee for reaching out to us to try and make this work but we had already returned the unit. We may try again later. I recommend anyone attempting a similar install to have ecobee’s help number with them.