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Hunter 44550 Auto Save 7-Day Programmable Thermostat
Product Features:
  • Auto Season Changeover Automatically Changes between Heat and Cool with the Seasons
  • ENERGY STAR Compliant INDIGLO Backlit Display
  • Auto Programming Home Today Override Temp. & Vacation Overrides Soft Touch Key Pad

Product Description:

Thermostat Auto $save 7 Day Programmable w/Auto Changeover Compatible with Most Furnaces & Cooling Systems (24 volt, milli volt & Single Stage Heat Pump)

Customer Reviews:
This is well worth the price; you'll get the money back in months!
I bought this thermostat in November as I audited how I could possibly save money on the natural gas bill this year, which in the past usually has averaged $150 per month and was hard to keep up with. We rent, but there's no contribution by the landlord to our gas bill, so it's up to us to figure out how to save money in a 140 year-old lower duplex apartment with plenty of air pockets and trouble spots.

Before I installed this we had the basic Honeywell classic disc thermostat which was likely around 40-45 years old, so I was expecting plenty of savings right away the moment I replaced that old thing with this. Setting it up was easy, though the manual was a bit unclear on which wire to put in, so I had to go by trial and error to get the right wire setup before I could activate it.

Once I did however, and after setting my energy use settings, it has worked beyond my expectations. The temperature stays where I need it to, not too low, not too high, with maybe a two-degree plus/minus variation between the actual measured temperature and what it is in the middle of the room. I now have a varied setup where it stays cool during the day, and then warmer at night, and it works out very well. The blue light helps in setting it in the dark and it's nice to be able to have an at-a-glance look at how long the furnace has been on during a day, week or month to compare with your bill to find out how much it does cost an hour to heat your home.

However I have definitely noticed the results of this thermostat on my gas bill. Where it used to loop and vary wildly during the winter months, it has now stayed steady within about the $75 per month range, counting both heating and cooking. It has taken the stress off worrying about setting the thermostat and it has more importantly kept everyone in the house warm when they wanted, but not roasted out of bed at inopportune times. Definitely buy this and be content and knowing that you're pretty much buying this for free after a few months as the savings roll back in.

2010-03-09 | mrschimpf (Sheboygan, WI USA) | Rating: 5

Love love love it!!
It took me about an hour to program and install. The instructions were super clear and it was really easy. and programming wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, based off of the otehr reviews I read. I've have it over a month now, and know that I saved a lot of money already, but I do have a 10 degree difference from my night to day temperatures. Definitely worth every penny. I'm going to get my grandmother one too!!

2010-02-15 | Rating: 5

Perfect balance of customizable and easy to use. Mostly.
My boyfriend salvaged a Hunter 44550 from a property he was renovating. It sat around in his warehouse for a few years, and then got installed at home. Since it was just what happened to be on hand, I didn't really think about whether or not I liked its features. Until it gave up the ghost after about two months. Hard to know whether it quit prematurely or not, since I don't know anything about its life prior to the few years it sat in the warehouse.

Anyway, the contractor/electrician who'd done work on my house when I first bought it had recommended going with a Honeywell, so when I started researching to buy a new programmable thermostat, I was sure that's what I wanted. I hesitated after seeing the prices and the reviews, though, and so started looking further into the features of the various options.

This Hunter 44550 can do seven different programs, or just be used as a 5-2. It's waaaay cheaper than the Honeywell 7-days. I really only need 5-2, but like the flexibility should I need it in the future. It's very easy to program initially, whether you're doing it as a seven-day or as a 5-2, at least with the help of the cheat sheet printed right on the inside of the cover. I did need to refer to the manual to figure out how to do a permanent hold, but it's not complicated (hold the "Hold" button for a long time).

I think the thing that really sold me on getting this one again is the "Home Today" button. Hit it either during the wake-up interval or during the day, and thermostat is set to whatever you normally have it at when you're home. No manually setting it before the second interval starts, then realizing that it's freaking cold because the program took over at 8 o'clock anyway, or setting it and holding, then realizing in the middle of the night that the temperature never lowered again because you forgot to release the hold.

This does sort of have an energy usage function -- it'll tell you how many hours in the current day, previous day, current week, and previous week the heat has been on. I haven't used this feature except to glance at it out of curiosity every so often. I have radiators, so I've never looked into whether or not it has a filter-change reminder, and I don't have AC, so I've never used it for that.

It also has an auto-recovery function (though it can be turned off via a switch on the back). It's not clear to me if the thermostat "learns" how long it's going to take to get the house up to the desired temp at the right time, or if it just starts at some pre-set interval before the programmed time, but it does a pretty good job, although when it's very cold it doesn't always make it all the way. I may adjust back by 20 minutes or so to make up for it. (As a side note, this thing does only ten-minute increments, which is fine with me; hard to imagine that I'd ever need it to be set to the minute, and it makes scrolling through the time options much faster.)

It's pretty easy to install, as it's of the style with a plate that gets screwed on first, then the thermostat itself snaps onto that. It requires a small screwdriver, but not so small that a reasonably well-equipped homeowner wouldn't have one on hand. There are several contractor options that can be selected only via switches in the back of the thermostat (only accessible if it's removed from the wall), including increment (standard is -1/+1, alt is -1/+2), 12 hour or 24 hour time, and some others that I couldn't imagine using and so don't remember. There's also something on the back that has to be done if you're using it with a single-stage heat pump, but I don't really know what that's all about. I assume it means you can use it with a single-stage heat pump. :-)

All in all, I'm very happy with this thermostat, but I'm hesitant to recommend it without reservation since the first one I had died. That said, I'm inclined to believe that it was not indicative of the general quality of the product, so for its ease-of-use, *very* favorable price, and excellent functionality, it gets four stars.

2010-02-06 (Harrisburg, PA) | Rating: 4

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SOUTHBOROUGH, MA--(Marketwire - October 1, 2009) - October is Energy Awareness Month and the US Department of Energy's theme, "A Sustainable Energy Future; Putting All the Pieces Together," encourages all consumers to understand how they can employ energy-saving practices and help shape this country's energy future.

There are easy steps that can conserve energy without sacrificing comfort. In fact, there are many economic and environmentally friendly choices people can make when it comes to heating their homes that allow them to stay warm and save money on heating bills.

Kaz, makers of Honeywell Home Comfort products, offers the following low-cost tips to help consumers conserve energy and money while also remaining comfortable indoors this winter:

1. Use a programmable thermostat. Program your thermostat so the temperature is higher when you are home and awake, and lower the temperature at night when you are sleeping or are away. This will allow you to automatically adjust heating needs to your schedule and will reduce heating costs as a result. 2. Clean or replace the filter in your furnace each month. When your furnace filter is dirty, it can block the flow of air through your home's heating system and increase your energy bill.... Source

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