Honeywell Home RTH9600WF Smart Color Thermostat ENERGY STAR Wi-Fi Programmable Touchscreen Alexa Ready – C-Wire Required

Nice Upgrade From a “Dumb” Honey to a “Smart” Honey … But Some Cons With a Couple of Tips
I had a standard, basic “Dumb” Honeywell for many years and worked perfectly, although I had to manually change settings from the basic 5/2 day schedule to override them. Having Alexa, I wanted to have the ease to change it via voice as well as when I am not home, so I bought the “Smart” Honeywell.After a week, here are my pros and cons:PROS- INTERFACE: Despite what other reviewers have said, I find the interface intuitive and just fine to configure the device.- TOUCHSCREEN: I had none of the horror stories about the touchscreen, listed throughout these reviews. The interface worked surprisingly well and I never had to push anything more than once ever.- SIZE: The thermostat is surprisingly small, compared to my “Dumb” Honey, and I like it more.- TEMP: The temp has been spot on.- DOCUMENTATION: The documentation is complete and most DYI’ers will have no issue following them.- WIFI: Zero issues connecting it to my Wifi.- ALEXA: Zero issues integrating with Alexa. Voice control worked instantly after integration.- INTERFACE: One of the reasons I chose this one was because unlike pricier options, this one shows the external temp and humidity which is a great quick check without having to look anywhere else to verify.- REGISTRATION: Registering the device with the Honeywell website was easy.CONS- WIRE CONNECTORS – Having installed many thermostats, this one was easily the worst and VERY delicate to insert wires. I can see why many consumers, even experienced ones, broke the terminal connectors when attempting to insert them. There is VERY little room to work on the wall plate, and there are no screws like all the others I have ever installed. As a result, here is what I found. First, if you push the first wire in too far and forcefully, the other connectors will be “open” and won’t accept the next wire. The next connector will be “loose” and never grip the second wire, and the FIRST one will fall out. I had to take a tweezer with a bent end to “reset” the first connector and then all the connectors reset and I could begin again. (I was ready to return it.) Second, on my next attempt, I realized that you insert a wire until you feel resistance and then “gently” push the wire in like .25 mm (barely nothing) until you feel the slightest click on your finger. Believe it or not, that small amount is all it takes to grip the wire securely. Start on the top of each side and work down gently until all the wires are installed.- FAN: Strangely, the “Dumb” Honey had “ON”, “OFF”, “AUTO” but “Smart” Honey has “ON”, “AUTO”, “CIRCULATING”. As a result, I have to trust the thermostat to run the fan on its own and I cannot turn if off completely, short of turning off the heat or A/C. At this point, the fan seems to be following a more “intelligent” function related to the heating and does turn itself off when it sees fit.-HUMIDITY: Although the temp is spot on, I have 2 humidistats in the house that are both consistent by the humidity percentage on the “Smart” Honey seems off by 5% and varies from the other two. The thermostat has a configuration setting to adjust the default up or down by degrees you choose, but I have fiddled with this setting and have not seen a consistency in “Smart” Honey with my other two humidistats, one which is 5 feet away from “Smart” Honey. After a couple of attempts, the “Smart” Honey seems to lag on internal humidity value, while at other times, it’s showing the same value.Overall, “Smart” Honey has definitely won my affections with its verbal attention to my requests and interface. As “Dumb” Honey sits on my counter, dejected, I have assured it that I am keeping it as a backup just in case this new Honey goes bonkers, breaks or increases my utility bills.

GREAT THERMOSTAT!!
The thermostat came in as described. I replaced a second generation Nest due to end of support. Installing wasn’t bad, but the instructions that came with the unit doesn’t have all the features that it can do. I recommend to down load the manual that you can get on Amazon’s product support listed in the item description. Getting the thermostat connected to WiFi took a a while, but got it done. The app isn’t bad, but I wish that you could more, such as “vacation mode” without having to go the thermostat. Overall, I would recommend the thermostat. As of now, it is working well. The thermostat is controlling a heat pump.

EL TERMOSTATO FUNCIONA BIEN Y SI SE PUEDE PRENDER Y APAGAR VIA CELULAR DONDE ESTE EN MEXICO LA APLICACION.EL DE AMAZON NO SE PUEDE PARA MEXICO.LO UNICO QUE NO PUEDO PROGRAMAR TODAVIA ES COMO ACTIVARLO PARA QUE PRENDA Y APAGUE SOLO.

المنتج متوافق مع خوادم الانترنت في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية فقط ،و لا يعمل التطبيق و لا يمكن تسجيلة في المملكة العربية السعودية ،بامكانك التحكم به من خلال المتصفح بعد تسجيل المنتج و كأنك تقيم في إحدى الولايات الأمريكية ،و ستحصل في المقابل على توقعات الطقس و اليوم و التاريخ و الساعة و كأن في إحدى المدن الأمريكية !!تواصلت مع الدعم الفني و كان ما سبق هم الملخص