ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced - Programmable Wifi Thermostat - Works with Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant - Energy Star Certified - Smart Home

Just got through installing my new Ecobee smart thermostat – enhanced version. It’s not the easiest thing to get up and running, but if you watch a few YouTube videos and pay close attention to the wiring requirements prior to attempting it, you’ll have it set up in 30 minutes. This was important because while you’re installing it, the AC has to be shut off. Mine came with a trim ring included, which was important because my previous thermostat footprint was a lot bigger than this so it saved me having to patch up paint around the edges.Make sure you know whether or not you have an active C wire connected to your existing thermostat (normally a blue wire) AND “operable” - meaning it’s hooked up to a C post on your existing thermostat — because if you don’t, this could complicate installation requiring you to install a wireless adapter to your main AC unit (included with mine but not needed). I don’t use Apple or Google to control it. I just use my wireless router and an Ecobee iOS application on my iPad, which seems to work fine. You to set it up manually if you’d like without using your phone or tablet, which is what I did. The main menu on the unit itself is pretty intuitive. Granted, its day one right now so I’ll post more if I see any issues. It seems to be working great and I like the schedule capability that allows you to set home, away, and sleep modes to adjust the temperature differently and automatically which is light years ahead of my ancient Honeywell unit. There is also a motion detector on the unit which can determine if you’re home or not and reset the temperature automatically. I turned that function off because we come and go often during the day and don’t want my AC ramping up every 2 hours.

We have used a Nest in our home for many years, but with the changes in parent company and obsolescence of our first-generation device, it was time to change our smart thermostat. The ecobee looks like a great alternative for a family used to a Nest. One of the main features that we liked was the built-in support for remote sensors. Like many houses, our thermostat is located in a hallway that is rarely traveled. The temperature tends to be cooler at the location, and there is not enough traffic for home-away mode to function effectively. Spreading out the sensors into multiple rooms was a must-have feature. I would like to say that installation was a breeze, but it was not. The Nest worked a little differently, and our wires were labeled for how the Nest worked. Following how the wires were labeled meant that the Ecobee did not function correctly at first. Once I opened the HVAC unit and followed the wires back, they were color-coded correctly. Changing two wires and the Ecobee started working flawlessly. The Ecobee is definitely larger than our old thermostat, but that is really not a problem. It has a bigger screen that is easier to read and use. The Ecobee connected to our eero 6 mesh wifi without any problems, and we configured it with the application. It immediately started providing outside temperatures and configuration for comfort. It was also picked up in our Apple HomeKit without a problem. The one area we continue to struggle with is the granularity of control with the Ecobee. With our old system, we were able to define a sophisticated schedule for temperatures. The Ecobee just gives you Sleep, Home, and Away options with predefined temperatures. The temperatures are set in the comfort settings. This is also adjusted slightly by the eco+ settings. We were used to much more control with the old system. However, the important part is that we are comfortable. The hot spots in the home have been nearly eliminated by the sensors. It is different and takes getting used to. The ecobee was less expensive considering the features you get.

I was extremely impressed by the ecobee smart thermostat enhanced. The device is attractive and easy to use. It integrated quickly with my SmartThings and works flawlessly with the schedules. The installation process was extremely easy. The app walks you through step-by-step from removing your old thermostat to installing the new one. Set up was a breeze. I love the fact that it provides reports, hourly daily weekly or monthly on the usage of your HVAC system. Mine is a heat pump and it differentiates between regular heat and aux heat, which is good to know to help me be able to conserve my energy usage. I highly recommend this thermostat. The only downside is that there is no circulation settings for the fan. There is an option to set the fan to run a minimum of a certain number of minutes an hour, but that’s not the same as a circulate mode which runs it as needed. I hope in the future enhancement they add this to their thermostats.

Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced: A Mixed Review The Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced is a high-quality device that performs its primary function well, but it presents significant integration hurdles for advanced users. The Good: Device Quality and Performance From a hardware perspective, this thermostat is excellent. The unit is well-made and feels like a premium product. Installation and initial setup were easy for our use case, and the thermostat has been working as intended, providing predictable temperature control. The display is nice and bright, and the device itself looks great. Setting up the Wi-Fi was also straightforward, offering options both on the device and within the app. The Bad: Integration and API Problems My major issue is with Ecobee's handling of smart home integration. They have pulled their API Key program, making connection to platforms like Home Assistant (HA) a major pain. Had I known this, I would have certainly considered other thermostats. After extensive research and troubleshooting, I found a workaround by using the built-in HomeKit integration. Although I don't use Apple products, I was able to successfully connect it: Access the HomeKit QR code on the thermostat. In Home Assistant, start the HomeKit Device integration. Enter the 8-digit access code displayed on the thermostat. The connection now works as it should, but this is a poor way to treat paying customers. Ecobee needs to either fix its API system or adopt open-standard protocols like Z-Wave, Zigbee, or Matter to simplify integration. Overall Conclusion I am ultimately very happy with the device itself. The hardware is great, and it excels at managing our home temperature. However, the accompanying app needs work, as it can be confusing with some functions difficult to locate. With a few minor tweaks to their software and integration methods, this could easily be a five-star product.

This is not battery operated. If your house’s thermostat wiring doesn’t come with a C wire, consider paying for professional installation. The C wire is what supplies constant power to this thermostat, but some houses didn’t bother to run that wire because they assumed your thermostat will use batteries. This does NOT mean you’re out of luck, but it does make the install more complicated. You will either need to run an additional wire through your walls or you’ll need to install the included PEK (not all thermostats of ecobee include it, so check your model and house wiring before buying). The PEK is, in my opinion, an ingenious piece of technology that deserves praise for how magical it seems. It repurposes 2 existing signal wires so that one wire becomes the C wire carrying constant power, and then the other wire carries various voltage levels to indicate multiple signals between thermostat and PEK; the PEK then translates those voltages and splits them back into separate wires for the rest of the system. However, it does require work near or in your HVAC unit. I had to spend a good bit of time carefully inspecting the colored wires, making sure I knew exactly which is which. Again, houses are all different and some might use nonstandard wire colors; for example, my blue wire functioned as the Y wire, with no yellow in sight! You should be absolutely sure of what does what; you’ll probably want to read up on the purpose of each wire. ecobee includes stickers to help you label the wires as you investigate. But once the PEK is installed, the thermostat works beautifully. The touch screen is responsive, it walks you through startup easily, and the app is full of features and settings galore. Again, paying for a professional will save you wiring confusion whether you need the PEK installed or just run a new wire.

Fantastic product with unmatched flexibility for uncommon setups. This was the only thermostat I could find that would readily support a reversible heat pump with a dual speed fan and electric backup heat. Competing products either don't include the necessary information in their listings, or only support a single fan speed. Even those with multistage heating/cooling support (that could maybe be used treating fan speeds as different "stages") are unclear whether they support a common wire for a higher power cooling and heating together that is separate from an auxillary heat source. This ecobee explicitly supports tagging the Y2 input as G2, treating it as a shared high speed fan control line. As with anything but a basic dumb thermostat, a user needs to know what they are doing to connect and configure it properly. The software does a pretty good job, but due to the high degree of configurability, if you are not at all technical, this may not be the product for you unless you hire a pro to set it up. As for possible improvements, the firmware could be little more clear when setting up electric auxillary backup heat for a heat pump. The menus tend to refer to it only as a "furnace" which can be confusing. Also, the firmware gives great controls over thresholds that determine when auxillary heating can kick in, but doesn't indicate how overlapping options interact. For instance, one can disable auxillary heat if the outside temperature is higher than a set minimum, but this rule is ignored if a different threshold is exceeded for a minimum time the heat pump has been running without reaching the set temperature. A logic flowchart on how all the options interact or better documentation would be helpful to configure all the options as desired. Lastly, the andoid app is handy but has a few bugs. Recorded temperatures in the reports function are "time-shifted" to the wrong date/time if the recorded data starts after the beginning of the time window being displayed. For instance, if you install the thermostat in the middle of the month, the recorded temperature data from the day you turned it on are shown in the month view as starting on midnight on the 1st. This means reports aren't all correct until the second month after installation. Secondly, I found manual fan speed overrides set in the app are always at low speed (ignoring the speed you choose), but the selected speed is respected when you perform the same steps on the thermostat itself.

This was one of the most user offensive and bad products I have ever purchased. I bought this thermostat and the Ecobee Premium to replace my two old Nest thermostats. I was actually upset at Google for ending support for the Gen 1 thermostats and thought that was bad, but boy was I in for a treat! So to start: opening and installing.. fancy software, touchscreen because everything needs a touch screen nowadays, and instructions were ok. Followed the steps to match the wires, label.them and plug them in. So far so good. App: it all seemed good, installed the Ecobee app, paired the thermostats and it all seemed to work. But then I got notifications about the smart alarms, smart doorbells optimizing the home and so on. Love it... I already spent 400 bucks on your devices and you are already upsellig me on your other crap before even getting a chance to see if this one does the job.... Which brings me to the second part . It does not do the job... I will replace this by mentioned I did check compatibility on their site and Ecobbe mentioned that the wiring is indeed compatible with the thermostats. So on to operation... It turns on the heat for 5 mins after which it continues to run the fan but blowing just cold air( not AC although with the beauty of software nowadays I wouldn't be surprised if it started that one too). So I tried everything, double checked all the wiring, power cycled the furnace and the thermostats and nothing worked.. So.in short, they tried to be fancy and made a product that doesn't work... I don't understand why everyone recommends this and nobody mentions how they push ads on you. So if you enjoy seeing ads Everytime you want to change the temperature in your house and no support for making the thermostat work, buy this product. Otherwise stay away, get something cheaper. I will go back to my nest, Id rather control them by hand than have to put up with this.

Upsides: Works with Apple Home (main reason I chose this one). Easy-to-read screen. Controls are fairly easy to understand. Inside temp/humidity. Can add satellite sensors (I have 4) to monitor various rooms in the house. Apple Home setup was easy. Downsides: Was not that hard to install. The main issue was wiring instructions were not complete. I guessed the red went to R1 and not R1, and that yellow went to Y1, not Y2. Other colors were easy and only had one option. It came with a box with wires and did not explain what it was for. Looks like it would hook to the connector plates if the thermostat was not installed, but why? Does not seem to need it, whatever it is. Expensive. The upstairs and downstairs thermostats do not seem to talk to each other, but Apple Home and the Ecobee app can see both of them fine. Does not seem to share the sensors: They all only appear under the first thermostat I installed. I don't like that I had to use the app to scan barcodes and configure it for Wi-Fi, etc. I should have been able to do all that from the screen. The underlying assumption of the Ecobee is that I want to fully automate my home. I don't. I want to be able to see and control the thermostats from Apple Home. The end. But you can't see the sensors from there (probably not a thing implemented in the Matter protocol). I don't want Siri involved. I don't want to talk to it. I just want them to talk to each other and intelligently manage the HVAC, and to be able to remotely control them with Apple Home. I do have to say that these are nice-looking units. Easy to read. Getting a weather report from the screen is nice. The upstairs thermostat has the air quality sensor. It measures VOC and CO2. But it has been calibrating itself for days. Not sure I care that much. Glad I only bought one with that feature though. It works. I like them. They integrate with Apple Home, so mission accomplished. All the other stuff is bells and whistles I don't really care all that much about (although: Again: Better wiring instructions would have been nice)

With out even thinking, this product must buy, i bought two for my HVAC system, very happy with it, very smart and can control from outside home easily.

Excelente calidad

Highly recommend ecobee. Integrates seamlessly with iOS. The seller was great too - quick and efficient communication

El producto lo tuve que devolver porque no vienen las especificaciones pertinentes con la compatibilidad de ciertos equipos hvac. Antes de comprar preguntar con proveedor...

The seller delivered wrong model of this item after I waited 4 days for delivery. Ecobee is a good device but this seller can’t be trusted