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Is your energy bill outrageously high? Are you taking things to the extreme and not turning your air conditioning on when it’s 102°F outside so you can save a few pennies? Stop! We’ve got a solution for you! Wifi thermostats allow you to be comfortable in your home and let you conserve energy while you’re away at work.
Did you know 44% of your energy bill is from your heating and air conditioning?1 And most of that energy is wasted because your home is empty half the day. Wifi thermostats learn your schedule, so temperatures are adjusted throughout your home during the day to conserve energy when you aren’t home. Find out which one of these cool temperature controlling gadgets will work best for your home in our Best Wifi Thermostat Reviews.
Nest Review
Unlike other smart thermostats, the Nest asks you to turn the temperature up and down as you wish and it does the rest. Nest boasts about its ability to never stop learning. After a week or two of use, the Nest thermostat will remember your habits and begin to make temperature adjustments automatically. You can also make changes from the Nest app, so if you forgot to make a change before you left home you can adjust it on the go.
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Price and Tech Specs
- Price: $243.49
- 3.3″ diameter
- 480×480 pixel display
- Stainless steel ring dial
- 2 year warranty
Ecobee Review
The ecobee 3 has a motion sensor to detect when you’re home and know when to keep a room at a certain temperature. You can program your schedule into the thermostat so you conserve energy when you aren’t home. The ecobee3 includes a remote sensor to be placed in another room to help keep the temperature even throughout the house. Additional remote sensors can be purchased for $79 for a two pack.
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- Price: $169.00
- 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen
- 320×480 pixel display
- 3 year warranty
Onelink Review
Onelink’s Wifi thermostat isn’t as pleasing to the eye as some of its competitors on first glance but it can be turned into a digital picture frame. It features a touchscreen to adjust temperature and program your schedule. You even have the ability to send text messages to the thermostat, although we’re not really sure why you’d need or want to. Maybe you can tell us!
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- Price: $185.29
- Color, touchscreen
Honeywell Lyric Review
The Honeywell Lyric Wifi thermostat is pleasing to the eye but unfortunately many consumers have found lots of frustration with it. Users complain of geofencing issues (more on geofencing below), a difficult installation process, app problems and lack of instructions to name a few. The Lyric claims to have unique features like Fine Tune to adjust your home’s humidity level, but the execution isn’t living up to the marketing just yet. Perhaps Honeywell will update the device and software but for now we’d recommend another thermostat.
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- Price: $198.94
- 3″ diameter glass face
- Touchscreen
- 2 year warranty
What is Geofencing?
Geofencing is a feature that uses GPS from your smartphone to define geographical boundaries. When you get within a certain point of your home your settings will adjust to what you want them to be once you arrive home. The same occurs when you exit the boundaries (the settings will go to a more energy-efficient mode).
Learn more about Lyric’s Geofencing feature to understand how to use it.
What is the Average Residential Monthly Electric Bill?
In 2013, the average monthly home electric bill was $110.21. If you purchase a Wifi thermostat that saves about 20% of your energy, your monthly bill would drop to about $88.17/month. That’s a savings of around $264 a year. So, it’s easy to do the math and see that using a smart thermostat pays for itself in just one year’s use. I know $264 doesn’t sound like a ton of money but over the course of a few years you’ve saved $1,000. That’s $1,000 you didn’t expect to have and you can use it on something fun instead of your bills!
Why are you considering buying a Wifi thermostat?
Source: [1] U.S. Department of Energy
