A Review of the Honeywell RTH8500D Digital Programmable Thermostat
| March 29, 2011 | Posted by GuestPoster under Product Reviews |
The Honeywell RTH8500D is one of the best touchscreen thermostats currently on the market. Its price varies on Amazon but if you check back every few days you should be able to pick one up for around $100. It is worth making the effort because the Honeywell RTH8500D is an excellent device that holds a home at an exact temperature and that helps you save money on your heating and cooling bills.
The Honeywell RTH8500D thermostat has excellent compatibility: it can manage up to 2 stages of heating and 2 stages of cooling. It can deal with heat pumps, central air, gas, electric, hot water and Millivolt systems. This thermostat can be powered by the mains and it can also work the fan to circulate warm or cool air around a home.
The thermostat is easy to install and is even easier to program. You have 4 periods to set up for each day of the week. This allows even the busiest people to properly plan the climate control of a house to prevent waste. To further improve efficiency the Honeywell RTH8500D also tells you when it is time to change the filters.
The large backlit display is a touchscreen that makes it easy to set up the 7 programs for the week and once the programs have been inputted you needn’t fear about losing them because they remain even after a power outage. Furthermore, the thermostat automatically makes allowances for daylight saving.
There is a temporary hold to make quick alterations and a vacation mode to make sure the house is always comfortable when you return from holiday.
Once of the most useful functions on the Honeywell RTH8500D 7 Day Touchscreen Programmable Thermostat is smart response. This is a function that learns the optimum time needed to pre-heat or pre-cool so the set point temperature is always reached at the start of a program period.
Without a doubt, Honeywell have put all the best functions together in a thermostat that is accurate to 1 degree Fahrenheit. Considering the savings it will allows you to make, it is definitely worth the money.
