ecobee3 Smart Thermostat + Room Sensors, No Hub Required

This has been a great product for our new (to us) home. The conventional old thermostat was great but kept the downstairs cool and the upstairs was always hot. During the day if you adjusted the temp to get cooler upstairs it was too cool downstairs. At night when it was comfortable downstairs it was unbearable hot upstairs. With the ecobee 3 I am able to have another temp sensor upstairs monitoring the temp there and select which sensor I monitor at what time. This is a win because during the day my normal activities on the ground floor are comfortable and then at night the air cranks up a bit based on the upstairs sensor reading. I have this hooked to my phone through the Apple HomeKit also to allow monitoring and control from Siri as well. Overall I am very pleased. I want to integrate this with some IFTT settings to adjust dampers as well for even better control. I previously had a Nest thermostat and it worked great in my old house, but for my new configuration this thermostat is better with multiple sensor options.

I bought my ecobee3 in March 2016, taking advantage of the $100 rebate. I love a ton of things about the ecobee3 that the NEST can't compete with. The remote sensor, so I can put it downstairs in the family room and get a balanced comfort between floors. The iPhone App that I only had to set up once and it auto connects when I launch it, giving me quick access to everything as if I was standing in front of the unit on the wall (and I was two states away from home!). The weather summary on the main panel that I can observe as I walk by. There are just too many features that I love to list them all. My son has a NEST in his home and I have listened to him talk about it, and I am so happy that I purchased the ecobee3 instead. Don't regret your thermostat purchase, get the ecobee, either the 3 or the lite and you will be happy you did! - - - I just can't say enough, it is sooo good! - - - -