Aube by Honeywell Home TH141HC-28 Heat and Cooling 7-Day Programmable Thermostat

With her old circular dial thermostat on its last legs, my mother went to the local hardware store to buy a replacement. The store employee had her buy a 3-wire model since they only carry two and three model ones. Imagine my horror when I started removing her old one and found FIVE wires. My initial research said that many hardware stores don't cary five wire thermostats, and they usually have to be special ordered for contractors and HVAC specialists. Thankfully Amazon came to the rescue! This product arrived fast and took less than 20 minutes to install and program. It looks great and it is so easy to program/reprogram that my mom can do it (sorry, mom).

Standard thermostat will handle most heating & cooling needs. Programming this unit can be a pain since there are four settings per day for every day of the week. Unlike some other units which divide weekday and weekend programs. One other issue is there are only two temperature settings that can be used, one warmer and one cooler. The third setting is for vacation. So, in summary, you can change the temperature four times a day, but you can only choose between two different temperatures.On the other hand this unit (which is white, by the way) is stylish and once you've gotten it programmed it's easy to select warm or cool by pushing only a single button. It also allows you to set an override hold temperature.In summary, I like the unit and I'm hoping to holds up well.

It works perfect for what I need. My Wife has different days off than I do, and this was the best value for a 7 day programmable. It looks nice, and works well. The vacation button is a nice feature too, you can also use it during that month were the weather is unpredictable. I set vacation to the same temp as night (64) for this time, that way I can hit vacation when I leave for work, and the heater won't be on when I get home and its 70 degrees outside. (normally, I have vacation set to 58).

I replaced a 10 year old thermostat for gas forced air with this and should have done it sooner. The Aube is smaller, simpler and more attractive. It seems smart, it cycles the heat more often but for shorter durations. It feels like a more consistent temp than ever before.

I purchased this unit based on the recommendation of a friend who is very happy with it. My experience was different.<edit> My buddy has since replaced his as well. It didn't fail but the new thermostat smell went away. It's pretty, but not feature rich.</edit>The Good:You get a 7 day programmable unit with 15 min time intervals. That's pretty flexible for people that have non-standard work weeks. It's also at a very reasonable price. You can't beat under 50 bucks for these features. Installation was a breeze (I've installed a few of these before, this was the easiest) and it works with most heating systems. While it worked it was very straight forward to use. I feel like anyone could learn to program it very quickly and start saving money right away. It also has a much wider temp range and more accurate thermometer then the old unit I replaced.The Strange:You only get 3 temp settings and one can't be used in the program (vacation). So you basically just get a warm and cool setting + vacation. This is odd considering how much fine control you get with times. I would think that you could set 5 temps. Morning, at work, evening, sleep + vacation would make sense to me. However it says this right there on the product page and it didn't bother me. I just though it was strange to have so much control in one direction and almost none in the other.If you purchase the phone controller add on it drives the price to over 100 dollars and you can get a more fully featured WiFi unit for less then that.The unit mounts on the wall vertically while most have a horizontal orientation so be prepared to patch and paint over at least one hole from your old units mounting point.The Bad:This unit stopped working for me after about 2 weeks. As of this moment it has stopped responding to key presses and stopped following the program. I got home from work and it's stuck on the cold setting. Last night it got stuck on the hot setting. Because it won't respond to key presses I can't even manually set the temps or use the vacation setting at all. At least it's kind of controlling the furnace and fans so the pipes in my house won't freeze, even if my hands will.I can't recommend this thermostat based on my experiences.

For the price, I did not expect this thing to be so good. The so called "intelligent" mode is awesome, predicts where the temperature is heading and reacts in anticipation. Buying a couple more.UPDATEDOk, this is my 8-month review. Unit behaved great during the whole summer. The thing seems to be pretty intelligent. It keeps the temp locked on what I set it (73). Starts the AC even before the temp goes over 73 so that it never goes beyond that. Manual says something about it "learning" the temp patters where it is installed. After seeing how it works, I believe it.***ON the other hand*** Since we started having very cold nights about once a week it behaves oddly. Looks like it turns the heating on at night and then during the day it "forgets" to turn on the A/C so temp keeps rising and rising... When it happens it is very stubborn and only comes to its senses after a while of cursing at it. Simply ignores what I enter. I wonder if my unit is faulty or what. It started to happen when cold nights and hot days started (going from heat -> AC)Other days it does switch between heat and AC just fine. A bit odd. I think I'd still buy another one...

Easy to install according to included instructions, looks great, works great, has already paid for itself in energy savings...very happy with this purchase. Would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a programmable thermostat with plenty of features that's stylish to boot.[ASIN:B001QFZ3W8 Aube by Honeywell TH141HC-28-B/U Heat and Cooling 7-Day Programmable Thermostat]]