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ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium

ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium

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What 61 owners say
304 comments reviewed · scored on the 61 clearest verdicts
59%
Recommend
36 owners
26%
Neutral
16 owners
15%
Don't recommend
9 owners
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What owners love
  • Love it overall / happy with the switch16 owners · 26%
  • Integrates well with HomeKit and Home Assistant8 owners · 13%
  • Highly customizable with great HVAC control6 owners · 10%
  • Beautiful UI, large display, and touchscreen5 owners · 8%
  • Remote room sensors keep rooms comfortable4 owners · 7%
Common issues
  • Inaccurate temperature and sensor readings6 owners · 10%
  • Steep learning curve and overwhelming menus5 owners · 8%
  • "Smart" features behave erratically5 owners · 8%
  • Heating and staging control problems5 owners · 8%

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Reddit▲ recommend

it’s been fantastic. The cross-floor temperature tracking has been incredibly useful for heating the home at night to keep a comfortable temperature in the bedroom upstairs.

Reddit— neutral

My ecobee smart thermostat premium acts as a Siri speaker. I can talk to it as if it’s a HomePod basically.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Yet this $250 thermostat is just making random guesses at CO2 based on VOC which don't always correlate well.

Reddit▲ recommend

Got my premium today as well. Rather than start a new thread Love it all around.

Reddit— neutral

This was to switch an Emerson /white Rodgers model 1F80-361 thermostat with a Payne PG96VAT furnace and central air system to an Ecobee premium EB-STATE6E-01.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

the ecobee will report anywhere from 1-6 degrees or more of temperature swings after turning on the ceiling fan.

Reddit— neutral

Last night I swapped a Nest for Ecobee Premium. I did not download the app until after the physical installation, which was an error.

Reddit▲ recommend

finally to EcoBee Premium. Only the last one in that list actually provided a solid suite of user-configurable options & a reliable means of working with Home Assistant.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Air quality sensor on my ecobees aren't reliable as one would expect.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Ecobee has been the worst smart thermostat I have owned. None of the features of the Ecobee Premium have worked well for me. Temperature and humidity are 12-16 degrees/percent off. Siri integration is shit. HomeKit integration is shit. The app is shit.

Reddit— neutral

As nice as my Ecobee premium was, it was overwhelming with all of the bells and whistles and addons and smarts and menus and … bleh.

Reddit▲ recommend

I have the Smart Thermostat Premium but am not currently taking advantage of the multistage option. Good to have the air quality measurement it provides in homekit, and the touchscreen is nicer than the base model ecobee.

Reddit▲ recommend

Ecobee premium thermostat is by far, my favorite HomeKit accessory that I own.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I have a few ecobee premiums with all the "smarts" turned off because the features make them irratic.

Reddit— neutral

I swapped it out for the Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium, as suggested by my installer. It permits setting the temperature deltas for kicking into Stage 1 vs 2, but no luck so far.

Reddit— neutral

it stayed that way even hours after I left the office and the sensor said unoccupied for 4 hours it never switched to home or away mode or whatever. It just stayed in Office mode.

Reddit▲ recommend

I found the Ecobee Premium really shines with single and two stage setups like my previous home had and the app is way better. They are fantastic units and very easy to use.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Just installed Ecobee premium (w/ 2 Smart Sensors) and I am having issues with inaccurate readings on the temp sensor of the main unit. Much more erratic and larger variations than the Smart Sensors even when they are placed in close proximity to the main unit.

Reddit▲ recommend

The only good smart thermostat I like as a techie and who has owned a nest is the ecobee premium.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

We have 2 ecobee smart premium stats and it's been a nightmare. Smart thermostats are stupid!

Reddit— neutral

The Ecobee supports the standard wiring with the all the new wires they ran to the Ecobee, but the Ecobee was having trouble working with the normal wiring.

Reddit— neutral

I just installed an Ecobee Premium. I have a heat pump with gas furnace backup. My heat pump has always run into the low 30’s. Now it won’t come on until the outside temp is in the sixties. I’ve played with every setting and no go.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I’ve only ran into issue with the new Ecobee Premium Thermostat that I have now. I had to tweak the settings to have the heat turned on and controlled by the HVAC instead of having Ecobee control it. That worked out but weeks later cause issue for the heat taking forever to turn on.

Reddit▲ recommend

I installed Ecobee Premium recently and it does start heating before it drops to the set point. It need some time to learn, but after ~two weeks it started to work the way I described.

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