Netatmo Smart Thermostat for Individual Boiler, NTH01-EN-EC

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Overall the Netatmo Smart Thermostat isn't as fancy-looking (it's got an E Ink display after all) or as overall 'smart' as some of the competition (there's no geographically-based austomation features, for example). But that doesn't necessarily matter: it has no subscription model to worry about, it's easy to install, and it handles your heating with ease whether via the thermostat itself or by using the app wherever you are. For me that makes this smart heating system well worthy of consideration, and one I wouldn't have wanted to live without these last couple of years. Also consider

The first mode, Away, is set to 12°C and is used when you go out. It’s a shame that geofencing isn’t built in to do this automatically, although you can create a similar feature using the excellent IFTTT channel. The second mode, Frost-guard, sets the temperature to 7°C and is there for when you leave your home but don’t want the pipes to freeze while you’re away. As with the main Thermostat, the smart-looking Radiator Valves have an E Ink screen that shows the current temperature. Twist the Valve’s head, and you can increase or decrease the temperature for three hours, giving a handy boost if you’ve got one cold room. Dive into the app, and you get more control, and you can choose how long you want each temperature change to last.

A gorgeous-looking thermostat that can be expanded with radiator valves, but the scheduling is fiddly to configure

Precise control of your heating at all times. Whether you’re in the office, on business, on holiday or even at home, you can control the temperature of your home to the nearest degree and choose the preferred heating mode for your combi boiler. To control your heating remotely with the Netatmo Smart Thermostat, just install the Energy app or the Home + Control app on your smartphone. You will then be able to access your heating schedule directly on your smartphone, as well as monitoring your energy consumption so you can heat your home as efficiently as possible. Even in a second home, a smart thermostat can be a very useful piece of kit: turn the heating and hot water on ahead of your arrival and enjoy peace of mind when you leave, because with a smart thermostat you can turn the boiler off even after you’ve gone. What could be better than being able to control the temperature of your lounge, bedroom or bathroom, anywhere, at any time? Now you can, with the range of smart thermostats available today! These wireless products work with modern combi boilers and are a key part of managing the heating in your home, which is more important than ever when it comes to saving energy. Successful installation of a smart thermostat More than ever before, with rising gas and electricity prices, being able to manage your heating remotely can help you avoid high energy bills. Beyond the financial aspect, there’s also an ecological aspect, because a house that’s not overheated is a house that emits less CO2!

Just like smart thermostats, some smart radiators can be used for monitoring your heating or detecting open doors and windows. While requiring an investment up front, smart thermostats increase your energy efficiency, allowing you to save on your home heating bills. That way, any smart thermostat you buy should soon pay for itself! Installation costs Also it would be remiss of my to not point out that the Netatmo system is smart, in that it can learn using what's called the Auto-Adapt function. This, says Netatmo, "uses your home’s insulation and the outdoor temperature to programme when your heat should switch on". The theory there being it can assess outdoor temperature and pre-heat ahead of schedule time depending on environmental factors, so it'll adapt through the seasons.

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Whichever option you go for, it makes configuring the thermostat a little more fiddly than with either the Honeywell Lyric T6 or Tado Smart Thermostat, both of which have geofencing built in. After one week of use the system will have a better understanding of your home and how it retains heat. Because the app has location data it can draw on local data for external temperature conditions, to get an understanding of insulation, heat retention, and heating time relative to that external temperature. Netatmo calls this PID, or Proportional-Integral-Derivative, which the app will alert you to being available - you can choose whether you want it activated or not. An investment that soon pays off: according to ADEME, prices for programmable and/or smart thermostats range between 60 and 250 euros and buying one can save you up to 15% in energy costs**. To give you a practical example, the saving works out at about €210 per year off a €1,400 bill for running a gas boiler. Another reason to say yes to a smart thermostat! The thermostat’s clear E Ink screen displays the current and set temperatures. Using E Ink means that this information is onscreen all of the time, using little power (the three AAA batteries should last one year). However, the display is hard to read in a dark room since it isn’t illuminated.

In this system, the Netatmo Thermostat is installed on the wall and controls your boiler through the existing electrical wires. Optimal thermal comfort thanks to the features offered by the Netatmo Smart Thermostat, such as Auto-Adapt, which works out when to turn on your heating by taking account of your home’s insulation as well as the outside temperature. Once you’ve attached a valve, it needs to be added into your existing Netatmo system via the smartphone app. The Smart Radiator Valves need to be placed in a room, but you can have multiple valves per room, which is handy for those that have multiple radiators. You can also place the valves into the same room as the main thermostat, letting it act as a remote temperature sensor; this is handy if you’ve got a radiator behind furniture and the Smart Radiator Valve is giving incorrect heat readings. Moc przełączania maks. 120 V (prąd zmienny) (4 A poniżej 30 V, 1 A poniżej 110 V/120 V lub 0,5 A poniżej 220 V/240 V)Netatmo could make the available options a little easier to understand, though: hysteresis algorithm and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm are hardly descriptive. While the manual explains what each one does, they’re a bit wordy. Saving energy: in fact, controlling your heating remotely is a considerable advantage given that lowering the temperature by just one degree can already reduce your consumption. What’s more, with the rising price of gas and electricity, it’s important to be able to limit the use of our heating systems. The Netatmo Smart Thermostat allows you to set a custom heating schedule that suits your lifestyle and enables you to heat your home and hot water only when necessary and to the right temperature. This allows you to reduce your heating costs and avoid heating your home unnecessarily when you’re away.