ecobee Enhanced thermostat (vs Nest)

I have EcoBee on both my boiler and heat pump. The boiler can use a the Essential model but for the heat pump (or AC) the Enhanced model is what you need. They connect locally using the native Homekit interface in HA and have been rock solid. They many configuration options to optimize your system but I turn off their built in Eco settings as my heat pump has built in algorithms. If your AC is an inverter you would want to do the same. I can run both the boiler and heat pump from the Enhanced thermostat but having separate ones allows me more control. I've had several HVAC techs tell me the …

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I've kind of gone off the deep end with this, I originally had Nest which was an unreliable high latency convoluted asynchronous multi-step integration, endlessly tweaking my wifi setup, the internet connection, even buying e new replacement nest. Finally threw it all away and got an Ecobee Enhanced at a deep discount from my local NJ PSE&G store for customers. We have forced hot/cold air in the home, and it is ancient with poor insulatation and one zone. So for my use case I put in individually controllable vent shutters in each room. As the really good motion sensors are expensive, I use …

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