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Is there such a thing as a wifi only thermostat? My house is covered in a wifi mesh using tplink deco. I dont see a need for another protocol and having dead spots all over again.
I dont want to pay for a bridge(s) and extenders for new protocols
I dont care about low power
I dont care about installation difficulty or hard wiring
I dont want smart learning features
I dont need smart radiator valves or zones esp at the current prices.
I dont want to rely on third party servers, but I don’t mind using them optionally.
Id like a simple wifi only thermostat that i can access via and app from inside the home. Rather like the experience of using a sonos speaker.
Most WiFi thermostats depend on the vendor’s cloud. I’ve heard of some which allow local-only connections, but they haven’t gotten great reviews. Maybe someone here can help with that.
Otherwise, lots of options out there. You just need the correct integration in HA. My Honeywell smart thermostats work great. I can control them at the device itself, via the Honeywell app, or via HA. Of course it’s usually HA. But if HA is down, they keep working and I can still access them remotely.
I don’t really use the “smart” functionality. I do have a schedule set up in each thermostat which sometimes runs, but usually I override it in HA. I would certainly never want a “learning” thermostat which tries to figure out a schedule for me. Beyond that I won’t offer any opinions; you’ll find plenty of those on line.
I think Honewell T6 pro is local. I use the zwave version but I have some wifi version laying around I can test or maybe someone can confirm this for you?
What do you mean by “thermostat” exactly?
If you mean TRV, then Shelly TRV is WiFi and is fully controllable through various methods (MQTT, Coap, HTTP)
The important feature I want is comms via wifi only, no zigbee, no zwave, just wifi. I dont mind using the cloud as long as it can work without it too.
What i mean by thermostat is a server unit connected to boiler and a single wireless temperature thermostat sensor i can place anywhere in the house. Id then like to be able to login to the server via my phone to adjust the various settings for times when im not sat next to the thermostat. All the ones i see use zigbee / zwave etc for the communication link and use a wifi bridge, which judging by reviews is going to introduce range issues.
I have an ecobee thermostat that can be controlled locally via the homekit integration. After I gave up on their cloud integration, it’s been much more stable. It’s wifi only if you’re just thinking of the thermostat. There are remote temperature sensors you can get that connect direct to the ecobee.
This solution is simple, but if you want to go full nerd, you could do something like a Pi thermostat, but then you will likely need to learn a lot.
Not sure exactly what you mean by “controlled locally”.
I have an ecobee3 lite, firmware 4.7.430510.
HA 2023.1.1, using Homekit Controller for the ecobee.
I disable non-local internet access for all my IOT things. I thought the ecobee was working without access to a remote server, as I was still able to adjust things in HA.
But it turns out it was not doing anything on the thermostat itself when I changed settings via HA, and after a while (a few minutes or so, I’m not sure of the timing) it just shows it as not connected or such - this happens right away if I restart the ecobee (remove it to power cycle it).
So even though it’s using homekit and “local” access, it still needs remote access in order to be used remotely. Sucks and is stupid.
I mainly just want a wired temperature sensor (zigbee ones I have are not reliable enough but that is another topic), and a simple way to access the thermostat outside of using a phone, web browser, or installing some sort of panel / tablet on the wall for use with HA.
I only have 3 things I control right now in HA including this thermostat, so getting a panel for them is just overkill, plus I still want to be able to manually control anything that is also controlled via HA.