Thermostat Question. Honeywell VisionPro 8000 vs Prestige IAQ
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Comments (28)One of my thermostats recently died after 10yrs so I started looking for a "smart" thermostat. After browsing the web I concluded I'd try the Nest (crowd fav) and the Ecobee3 (newest model but ecobee seems to have a very good reputation online). I wanted to share some of my initial thoughts between the two since there isn't much out there yet. Before buying these stats I realized I needed the 24v common wire connected and luckily our house was wired with 6 strand wire and all I had to do was hook up the 5th wire to the C terminal. This made life easy for me. I bought the Nest from Lowe's so I had that immediately. The Ecobee3 was bought direct a week later and it was 2 day shipping. The Nest had more heft and solid feel. It felt like it was worth the $250 whereas the Ecobee3 is very lightweight plasticy cheap feeling like my existing stat was. It was a bit hard to believe it was more then the Nest. I did have some cosmetic damage on my Ecobee3 and am in the process of exchanging the unit with them. Installation was similar on both. I had 5 wires and both units started right up after I turned the power back on. Ecobee3 has more initial questions than the Nest if I remember correctly. Once setup the Ecobee3 definitely has more things configurable for your HVAC system vs the Nest. The Nest app is smoother to operate. Ecobee3 app is a little clunky but has more settings to customize. Ecobee3 doesn't show the energy savings/usage yet but it says that feature is coming soon. The one thing that really interested me was the remote sensor on the Ecobee3. This stat is on our 2nd floor. We primarily occupy 2 bedrooms and if this thing can average the two rooms to better even out the temperature that would be great. We have tried adjusting the vents but there is still quite a bit of difference. Its a bad time to review these stats right now because my HVAC system isn't really running much. Just a tad at night to keep the house warm. I've decided to keep the Ecobee3 and return the Nest based on the more configurable settings and the remote sensor with comfort in mind....See Morevisionpro iaq by honeywell. when is it worth considering?
Comments (5)Don't want to hijack but we have the Vision Pro IAQ and humidifier. Outdoor temp sensor, temp always displayed. Manual says hit "More" for indoor RH display, Frost Control and dehumidification on the "humidifier screen" (page 17) but I can't get this screen. There is also no "Auto" setting under System setting, so we have to manually change from heat/cool and back again at least twice a year (spring and fall can get a little tricky when we might want a little cooling during day but heat at night). We also see in the right hand corner the temperature set to, and under it "Heat On" but we never see when it switches from geo to Aux (15kW) heat. We leave the breaker for electric heat turned off til Tgiving every year (2nd winter in this house) and turn it off again sometime in April. But it sure would be nice to know when the electric heat is running so we can figure out temp settings to minimize it running. All in all, it doesn't seem to have quite the same screens and options as the manual says it does, even though I've gone through all the Advanced Functions looking for ways to get to them. We keep it 68 during the day, 65 at night (bump it up 1 degree every 45 min starting at 5:30am so hopefully Intelligent Recovery can kick in and not run electric heat). Sometimes this can be 60 degrees more than outside. Are we keeping the house too warm? Installer says don't bump it up or down - seems to defeat the purpose of the smart thermostat he installed, but he says recovering from setback, even as slowly as I think we're doing it, causes the HP (Climatemaster Tranquility 27 4 ton) to run in higher stage. Anybody know anything about this? Thanks - that kinda turned into a HP question....See MoreAM. Stand. Quote: Thermostat & Humidifer Questions
Comments (6)jeremy all nice equipment. post mdl number of furnace. how does installing dealer plan on controlling the humidifier? you should plan on installing a good 4-5" pleated filter media cabinet for indoor air quality and to protect the expensive VS blower motor and evap coil. this will be a Trane/AmStd evap coil? you don't want a third party coil. and thermostat selection should have two stg furnace capability. it's my opinion you want the exact HW equivalent to Trane's 803. The HW VP IAQ would be a better choice and can control a two stg VS furnace like the one you have selected as well as the humdifier. IMO...See MoreTrane Vs Honeywell
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