Dear all,
I am planning to get new TRVs for the entire house but the more I read about possible options, the more confused I am.
First, I wanted to go with Aqara E1, but many reviews say it is too loud.
Then, I decided for Sonoff TRVZB, but after reading tons of reviews, I saw that people are complaining that the valve cannot be partially opened. It either fully opened or closed. I guess that’s not the best solution when it comes to saving energy with the heat pump??
I also checked a bunch of others but still I am not sure which one would work best. So, recommendations would be highly recommended!.
Here is what I need:
- continuously adjustable vavle (not only on and off)
- should be silent (let people sleep)
- reading of the screen is on the long side of the cylinder
- wide range of functions and flexibility/automations,e.g.
- record current state (heating/note heating)
- works with external (aqara) thermohygrometers for open window detection
- long battery life
- 5 WiFi TRVs
- 10 zigbee/other TRVs
I need around 15 TRVs for 2 appartments. For the smaller appartment (rent out), I think WiFi would be better for the tenant (no hub needed). For my appartment, if it’s Zigbee, it should work with zigbee2mqtt. I do not have matter or other devices yet, but I am open to it.
Please, tell me what you think and what you are using.
Thanks!