which smart thermostat

[gaz_moose]

Can someone recommend me a smart thermostat that's easy to use and doesn't incur a subscription fee etc..

 

I have a 3 bed house with a  combi boiler with all the radiators on 1 circuit for upstairs/downstairs controlled by TRV's. My current Plumbase wireless thermostat is starting to play up so its time to upgrade.

 Id like something that i can control via an app or similar where i can turn the heating on when im out and about so its warm for when i get home. Im the only one who lives here full time and my time at home varies from day to day so i just turn the heating on when i want it on and never use a timer. 

 

I know nothing on this subject and some of you guys seem to have a PHD in it 😁 so i figured you might help to steer me down the right pathway. 

[JohnMo]

For me you need low and slow heating, switching heat on and off really doesn't save money, the boiler just has to run balls out to catch-up and never really heats the building fabric. Run low and slow allows the building fabric to soak up heat and you can generally run the house quite a bit cooler for the same or better comfort.

 

Not sure what boiler you have but with radiators your smart move would be an opentherm thermostat this will tell your boiler to modulate to get best efficiency out the system.

 

My plan would start by running the boiler flow temperature as low as you can while keeping the house temperature stable, and taking most of the schedules off.

 

Not the answer to your expecting I assume. But on/off boilers controls came from the 60s and that's where they really belong.

 

 

[Kelvin]

Agree with @JohnMo We run the house at a lower temperature on no schedules but it stays at that temperature pretty much rather than heating up and cooling down which you will feel more than a more constant but slightly lower temperature.