We’re about to get a new boiler and I’m wondering about smart room thermostats and fancy controls… what would people recommend?
Tado. The way it works seems most intelligent to me – rather than trying to learn your routine it is purely location based. Routine based learning seems stupid to me, the whole point of a smart thermostat is that it copes with you being unpredictable. It does smart stuff on top of location as well; learning how quickly your house heats up, adapts according to weather forecast, can switch heating off for a defined time if it detects a window or door open, intelligently drops the ‘away’ temp the further you move away from the house.
Other plus points include, subtle hardware, excellent data views, very modular (get basic system and then can add smart TRVs to each rad as you wish), integrates with all the current home automation guff (Apple/Google/Amazon/IFTTT), excellent self-install instructions (tell it what boiler and current thermostat you have and it will walk you through it).