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    Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
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    Image of JT73 JT73
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Probably worth pointing out that this only does any good if your heating/cooling system has multiple, separately controllable zones. For anyone's house that is 'globally' heated/cooled this product means very little, despite it sounding pretty awesome.
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    03/10/09

    @JT73: Not really--mine is one zone and "globally" heated and it works fine.
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    Image of sfokevin sfokevin
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    A few years from now that font will look so dated...
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    03/10/09

    @sfokevin: Are you referring to the lack of eñe's and upside-down exclamation points?
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    I could see this causing untold fights of epic proportions at my house. My wife likes to heat the house like it is the tropics, and I like it at a nice, comfortable 69 degrees during the winter.


    The thermostate is downstairs, away from the bedroom, so I can always lower it before I go to bed. If she had that damn remote, she would just change it back between the time it took me to set it and to get upstairs to bed.


    Great product, but epic fail for my household.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    03/10/09

    @zenpoet: Get two remotes, and/or set hers to a different frequency.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Does it read the temperature from the remote location? I've installed several systems similar to this and find that generally having a remote can be useful but it's one more thing to put batteries in. This looks like an update to the Vision pro line that Honneywell puts out, which is a good thing. I have a commercial version installed at home and like it for the most part.
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    03/10/09

    @Xeno: Yes it does!
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Just added a link to the three-piece kit. You can shop around for a better deal.
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    03/10/09

    @Jason Chen: Three-piece? Does that include a side of mashed potatoes and gravy?


    This does look like a great product, but how well does it tie in with whole house automation, if at all? Or is this more intended for those who don't want to do complete automation, and just want a taste of the flavor?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Any chance of getting some screen shots of the program menu/UI? I'd like to see how easy it is to set the "phases(sleep,wake,work,home)" of the day, and the temps.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    The only problem I have with color touchscreens is picturing my cats seeing it blink or something, then turning something on/off by accident with their paws.
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    Image of smcallah smcallah
    03/10/09

    @NoO&A_GitEmSteveDave: Your thermostat is mounted somewhere that cats can get to it?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    03/10/09

    @smcallah: You obviously do not have cats. They can leap a fair distance. Especially if they see something they want.



    and you couple that ability with their limited brain pan:

    and nothing on a wall is safe.

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    Image of EBone EBone
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Want. I hate being upstairs and hearing the heat or AC kick on downstairs, and realizing I forgot to switch it off when I went upstairs.
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    Image of Darrone Darrone
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Sounds like a nice product. Can we get a price? It's not so nice is more than a few hundred.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/10/09

    @Darrone: I think my boring LCD model set me back sixty bucks or so, so the four hundred does not surprise me at all. It is a great deal, and you should definitely buy one Darrone, and invite me over to your pad to try it out. (My kids would never let me have four hundred smackers, so I have to envy what Giz commenter's get to buy.)
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    Image of ChrisSlagel ChrisSlagel
    03/10/09

    In reply to Honeywell Touchscreen Thermostat and Portable Remote Review
    Now if only the remote could sink up with your computer, lighting system, and home theater, you could control your entire house from one remote. Now THAT would be sweet. If I owned a house, I'd probably jump on this. I'm all about making my pad look all futuristic.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    03/10/09

    @ChrisSlagel: Check these guys out:


    [www.homeauto.com]

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