What is the best thermostat for smartthings - with limitations

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Forty - Thirty.

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Deuce.
Sorry I canā€™t help myself.

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This thread was good for a few laughs today. The notion that somehow 2.4GHz is worse for you than 5GHz is so far off from reality one can only laugh. The danger of EM radiation is summarized by a combination of two factors; ERP and Frequency and in each case, higher numbers are bad. It has nothing to do with resonance of water. Itā€™s about the exposure of EM radiation and itā€™s causal effect on DNA mutation.

ERP is effective radiated power, the amount of energy being transmitted after being amplified by the transmitting antenna. The higher the frequency, the potentially worse the exposure to living tissue. Think X-rays. Thereā€™s a reason why they use sonograms in medicine, especially with unborn children; itā€™s because it does not add to a persons lifetime exposure which would be especially dangerous to the fetus.

Not that the power levels of your home router are dangerous at either frequency range, but if I were to choose, I would use 2.4GHz over 5GHz because itā€™s a much lower frequency.

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This is exactly why I backed off of the OP. I realized that he had a point.

It is purely speculation as this time as to the true impact of radiation that is viewed to be benign, even if we do agree on the impact of 2.4GHz.

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Theory is not a law simply because we donā€™t understand all of the factors. A theory is simply based on what we observe to be true. The scientific point is that we donā€™t always see (observe) everything. Every scientist knows that. Every scientist knows that theories can be disproved.

If someone wants to keep their family safe by not exposing them to 2.4GHz radiation, Iā€™m not going to be the idiot to tell them theyā€™re wrong, when the truth is that none of us know.

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Iā€™m really liking the ecobee 3 lite.

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LMAO RLDā€¦10chars

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OK, so back to the original recommendation of ZWave. I have the CT101, originally purchased for the IRIS system. They work fine. If I was doing it over, I would probably choose the Honeywell, about $100 ea, but that is because they ā€˜lookā€™ nicer. They are available in Zwave, pretty sure I saw them in Lowes when I was there yesterday.

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I paid $75 for a z-wave Honeywell and its working great.

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I just purchased a GoControl GC-TBZ48 Zwave thermostat. Synced up with me ST right away. I have a unique situation where I have my kids every other week. This thermostat is in the lower level of my home. The kids have bedrooms on this level. When they are NOT home I donā€™t need to keep the temp up on this floor. What Iā€™ve done is create a Routine and use Present Sensors. If one of my kids are home, the Routine will kick on the thermostat and keep it at 68 degree level until they leave. Once they leave the thermostat will kick down and stay at 65 degree temp until they return. So far this seems to be working well. The only draw back is itā€™ still 65 in the lower level when they first get their. But I tell you this, the week they are not thereā€¦ Iā€™m saving a lot of energy by not have the furnace run as much.