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Our house isn't zoned, so I picked up Hive on the cheap in the Black Friday sale, as did many others as we now have to wait until early Jan for an engineer to install it.


I went for Hive as it is NOT self-learning. Our schedule is so unpredictable I felt that we just needed an easier way to tweak the schedule so we're not heating the house when we're not actually in it.

I had the Honeywell Evohome installed about a week ago - so all still very new. I'm sure you've seen the same online reviews that I did, and so far it has been exactly as advertised.


I also wanted to avoid the self learning thermostats (like Nest). I'd rather turn the heating on when I'm on my way home. I love the control you get (down to the room level) as well - I can just heat the living room up and not use energy on any other rooms until needed. The app is really easy to understand, without resorting to instructions.


The down side of the system is that it's on the expensive side, but I can't fault its functionality so far. Have you had a quote for installation? It took two people the best part of a day to install it, so there is a fair bit of work involved. Also, because you need more equipment you also pay more for the system vs. Nest or Hive.

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> What's wrong with just setting up the programmer

> so that it is on when you get home?


A lot of people don't get home at a regular time due to work/traffic etc, so I get the advantage of switching it on as and when you're travelling home. The individual room temp though is what a bog standard thermostatic valve does.

Two people for the best part of a day doesn't sound cheap, can anyone say what the cost is to install such a system?...

If you have a regular schedule then it's probably a waste of money. The individual room control is more than just temperature. I want my living room heated up in the evening, but not my bedroom. It's the other way around for the morning. My old system turned everything on at once, so both rooms will be heated to my chosen temperature, which is a waste of money. Yes you can manually adjust the thermostatic valve morning and evening to achieve the same result - but again only if you have a regular routine/ are home and you remember to do it.


Cost depends entirely on what you want and the size of your property, of course, but ranges I saw in online reviews were ?400-1,500(the equipment is upwards of ?250 of this cost).

We had evohome installed too- was getting a complete replumb anyway, so whilst ludicrously expensive some of that cost would have been required for standard boiler wiring and if you believe the marketing the cost will be recouped over time through efficiencies.


It genuinely had been amazing for our purposes. You can have the kids bedrooms on just for exact times and exact temps as required. Have just the bedrooms on at night and just living room in day. Heat one room to a very warm temp whilst not heating whole house Etc


the app is very easy and also the radiator can be controlled on the system itself if someone is staying and doesn't have it for eg. Would def recommend.

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