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EcoBee Smart SI vs. Honeywell Wifi 9000

PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:08 pm
by hwi1s0n
Local utility offering a nice rebate plan on both of these (also Building 36 but coming up blank there). Both seem to have some sort of API/developer momentum building but which is more likely to have robust support from the Indigo world? Appreciate all data anyone may have stumbled across...

HArry

Re: EcoBee Smart SI vs. Honeywell Wifi 9000

PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:50 am
by pvrfan
Ecobee discontinued the Smart Si 1.5 years ago. Their current thermostat is the Ecobee 3 with Homekit support.

I have a Smart Si and I'm generally very pleased with it. I can control it from anywhere via the smart phone app. A big point with Ecobee tstats is the information on your system's performance is collected on their web site and they provide a number of reports. (You can also download the raw data.) From a month by month summary, you can drill down to an hourly run-time analysis. Being able to review exactly what was going on with your system versus your settings and the weather gives you a deep understanding of what drives a major household expense.

OTOH, Ecobee had repeated problems with their data collection system over last summer. Some user data was lost. They _say_ they've fixed the problems that led to the data loss and that it won't happen again but who knows for sure.

Craig

Re: EcoBee Smart SI vs. Honeywell Wifi 9000

PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:48 am
by hwi1s0n
Thanks for your thoughts here, any info on Indigo connectivity?