Honeywell Home RTH8560D 7 Day Programmable Touchscreen Thermostat

Basic programmable thermostat, perfect for applications with no Common Wire, or "C" wire. Cannot use use this unit as a Smart device, but perfect for easy daily or weekly, or no programming. Plug-and-Play - took just a few minutes to install, select type of heat source, set clock, program, etc. Great looking, large screen. Excellent humidity reading accuracy, exactly duplicates analog hygrometer. Perfect if you have no desire for a Smart T-stat or don't want to hassle with either running an additional wire, or installing a diode - which requires rewiring panel at furnace.

I purchased this a few months back as a replacement for an older programmable thermostat that had corroded battery terminals, but I just installed it in the last few days. The installation instructions were very clear and the installation went quite smoothly overall. The trickiest part was I needed a COM wire to run this new thermostat without batteries (although batteries are still needed for backup), but I was fortunate that the existing thermostat had some extra unused wires. I just needed to make the COM connection at the HVAC end to have a COM connection for the new thermostat, so it wasn't too difficult. This is a more modern design than the unit that it replaced, so I'm not surprised to find that it has more features to make it more flexible. The touch screen provides access to a good range of menu options, but it didn't seem hard to program, either. I'm very interested in the Automatic Changeover capability which can switch between heating and cooling modes automatically if needed to maintain program temperatures. I think that may be useful in cases when the weather is changing and the need for heating or cooling is not as clear so it's easy to miss changing modes manually. I haven't seen that feature work yet, though. I'm using it in a home workshop area, so appearance is not super important, but it does have a simple and clean appearance, and I consider it a bonus that it displays the relative humidity in addition to the temperature. There is no WiFi connectivity and I chose this model for that reason. If it continues to meet expectations, I plan to replace my other older thermostats with this model.

So overall this thermostat is very good. Programming was a breeze and although the instructions were a little weird to me, once I got down into actually programming it, the controls were very intuitive. Unfortunately it does not have a swing function that my previous thermostat had, but I'm not going to fault it for that as I should have looked into the description better.I like the appearance of the thermostat it's very clean and it's display is minimalistic... A little too minimalistic for me. It's idle screen displays the time and temperature. It also displays the humidity which is pretty cool. However it's missing The status of the heating/cooling systems. I'm not looking for a readout of everything that's going on, but I would like to know if my furnace is running right now without having to touch the screen.Aside from that, I'm very satisfied with the unit.

Perfect thermostats.easy to replace the old ones.

I found it very difficult to find which thermostats have the fan circulate mode AND the option to hardwire it so it does not need batteries to function. It took me hours to find this thermostat that has both. In my opinion, this is the best thermostat out there for those who are not looking for fancy gimmicks like connecting it to their wifi. Give me a break. How often will someone really need something like that?Most thermostats under $100 do not have the circulate fan mode. You can only turn the fan mode to auto or on. Auto simply means it only runs when the AC or heat is running and on means it is always on. More advanced thermostats have the extra fan mode called circulate. What it does is cause the fan to come on 1/3 of every hour if the AC or heat isn't needed. This causes the air in the house to circulate and keep each room's temperatures mostly the same. Without it, individual rooms can grow hot and stuffy due to things like body heat from people, pets, TV's, computers, etc. Of course, someone could just turn the fan mode to on but it is bad for the system because it needs a break after a cycle to properly take care of condensation and that would also take more power and raise the bill.. With circulate mode the system can cycle properly and only turn the fan on when the conditioning system it is not running for a while. It is a game changer at night time in Florida when my system stops running due to the temperatures dropping outside. My bedroom gets very stuffy and several degrees warmer than the living room where the thermostat is. This thermostat has been a life saver. I absolutely love it. It keeps me from having the turn the thermostat down one degree every night or from leaving the fan in the on position and taking a chance on damaging the system.Also, many of the new thermostats with the circulate fan mode require batteries and cannot be hardwired to the system. This one can be hardwired but can also take batteries. The only thing the batteries will help with is to keep the clock and date correct if the power goes out. It just takes a few seconds to set it so I don't use any batteries. Perhaps if I was setting a schedule for my system I would go ahead and throw batteries in it, but I don't use that function though this thermostat has it.