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Thermostat recommendations? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 days ago by paequ2@lemmy.today to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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What are people on Lemmy using for their home thermostats?

I'm in the US with a packaged HVAC system (cool+heat) and was looking to buy a new thermostat, but I wanted to make sure it's highly compatible with Home Assistant.

Ideally, I'm looking for something that speaks Matter over WiFi or Thread. I would like to mainly control it via HA. Everyone in my household are Android users (not totally sure if that's important?). Also, it would be nice if I didn't have to connect it to the cloud.

I was considering the Meross Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat, which seems to check all of the boxes. I was wondering if anyone here uses this thermostat.

Another one that seemed interesting was the Siterwell Smart Thermostat GS368M, although this was just announced very recently and who knows when/if it'll go on sale.

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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I have an ecobee I mainly control locally through the HomeKit integration on HA. Just about all of the basic features are covered: setpoints, heat/cool/auto/off and fan on/off/auto. Some of the more advanced features like Home/Away/Sleep profiles are not available through the integration, but they tend to be set & forget.

It doesn't need Internet access or the companion app to operate your system, though it will use external access to track local weather and energy rates. (And probably collect usage data.) The companion app gives access to a few more features remotely, but the unit is completely programmable from its front panel.

It's worked out fine for me so far. My local power utility sells them at a steep discount through their online storefront. Check around for rebates.