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Good complement to the thermostat

Posted 10 months ago

jcb476

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We live in a two-story house where the thermostat is in an upstairs hallway. This means that at any time during the year, the upstairs is always warmer than the downstairs rooms - both summer and winter. I bought 4 of these sensors to put in the rooms that are used the most. Because of the smart home/away and the follow me features, having the sensors seemed to be a must. They have worked relatively well, but I have had some issues with them. Ecobee is designed to sense when there is no occupancy at home and will automatically go into the away comfort setting. However, all sensors within the home must sense no movement/occupancy for a total of two hours before going into the cost saving mode. To me, that length of time seems to be too long. The other issue I have is that if you create a custom comfort setting, then the away feature does not work. Only when the thermostat is in the preloaded home and away settings does the smart home/away feature work. I feel both of these situations should be customizable by the owner. You also have to be careful where the sensors are placed within the room. Obviously if they are near a heat source, the temperature reading will be incorrect. Also, if in line with direct sun, the sunlight can cause them to indicate a false occupancy reading.

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TheTruQ

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

A Necessity for larger one unit homes or upstairs

Posted 2 years ago

TheTruQ

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I purchased the Ecobee 3 - absolutely the best. I was really taken with the additional remote sensor, which actually contains 3 sensors - temperature, humidity, and motion. It allows the thermostat to get a true picture of the climate in your home because, along with the base unit sensors, you have readings from multiple locations.
I have 2 units, and I have 2 Ecobee 3s. Upstairs, the temperature is very tricky to manage - or should I say was tricky to manage. I purchased this additional pack of sensors because the bedrooms and bonus rooms have inconsistent temps. Adding 2 additional sensors increases the scope of my averages for the climate, and allows the Ecobee to know when more of the upstairs is occupied or not when determining what the experienced climate is - if I'm in my room and the temp in there is 78, but 75 in the other rooms, the AC pops on to cool me off.
If you have a single unit in a larger home, or if you have an upstairs that has aim over the garage room or varying temps, these things will help your Ecobee be even more accurate and efficient in keeping an awesome climate in your home.

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Shawn

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Replaced our Nest with Ecobee, never going back.

Posted 7 months ago

Shawn

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We are very happy with our ecobee4 and the sensors. It functions just like the Nest but better with more options such as Alexa, sensor for each room, includes two but I purchased 4 more. The sensors really work. We use the follow me feature and every room that is occupied is the temp we set.
Pros: It works, it is fun, and saves on energy costs! Another pro is the sensors! I have sensors all over my house and use them to help get the most accurate average temperature reading of my house. I love the fact that they can detect if a room is unoccupied and therefor will focus on making sure the rooms that are occupied are at the desired temperature. The sensors can also be used as a motion detector. Amazing!!!
Cons: the Nests app is more responsive and with little to no delay. The Ecobee app is delayed about 30 sec or more. I’m hoping they can fix that with future updates.
Overall it's a fantastic product. If you want to upgrade your thermostat from Basic thermostat or even Nest like we did. I highly recommend this.

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llg27

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

Great addition

Posted 1 year ago

llg27

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I bought these extra sensors as a Christmas present for my husband. We've had the ecobee for a couple years and he's always wanted extra sensors. We have a 2 story, approx 4000 sq ft house so the extra temperature control is nice. We have one in our daughters bedroom which is always cooler being above the garage, one in our basement and one on the main level. They are motion censored to help even out the temperature and keep areas warmer when they are occupied. They were easy to add to the ecobee system. Every once in a while one goes offline due to a low wifi signal I think but it's always temporary. They can either be placed anywhere on the little stand, or there is something more permanent where you can install to the wall using a sticky tape that's included or drill a holder into the wall and snapping it into place. If you have a larger house I recommend adding more sensors to regulate the temperature better. We like our ecobee. It's user friendly and love that there's no monthly fee.

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Josh

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

For a smarter Thermostat

Posted 2 years ago

Josh

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I prefer the Nest over the Ecobee to be honest, but the Ecobee works with Apple's HomeKit. These satellite sensors aren't completely necessary, but they do add to the comfort of my home as they'll "follow" me around paying attention to where I'm at to keep the temp in the room(s) to my liking.
Just a note, when I bought this pair, I received an email after adding them to my Ecobee thermostat account. There was a problem in their assembly which made the motion detection sensor not function properly. It needs the little 1/4 window to be in front of it. It wasn't aligned properly and so they sent out instructions to new owners of the sensors after they buy them. The fix is very simple and takes all of 2 minutes. Just pop open the casing and rotate the plastic front to align like it needs. Now they work great. Had they not emailed me, it would've taken a while for me to notice likely.
Despite the above issue, if you want to improve your comfort around the house, go ahead and pick up a pair of these.

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Rtd1

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Remotes extend and fine-tune ecobee3 performance

Posted 3 years ago

Rtd1

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I have installed three of these remotes (in addition to the one included with the ecobee3 theromstat), to extend the efficiency of the ecobee3. Now only the temperature in rooms that are occupied are considered in determining the temperature sensed by the thermostat. My thermostat is in a location that is convenient for seeing and accessing the thermostat, but it is a room that I rarely use. With the remotes, the temperature of rooms actually in use is averaged and used to determine whether more heating or cooling is required in the rooms where people actually are. From the thermostat, I can see at a glance what the temperature is in each room with a sensor and whether that room is occupied. Comfortable temperatures actually seem to follow me around the house. In reporting data provided by the thermostat, I can graphically see when temperatures were adjusted based on occupancy information.

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EdLJ

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

Multi Room Thermometer

Posted 2 years ago

EdLJ

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Like many larger single story homes ours has a single zone, and thus uneven heating and cooling. In prior homes we had multi-zones reconfigured/retrofitted... We purchased the ecobee3 and added four remote sensors (so there's a total of the thermostat plus 5 sensors) such that each bedroom, living room & kitchen/dining area are monitored. The result is "okay"... As there are no physical zones, the HVAC pumps AC or heat thrui all the ducts when it's on yielding somewhat uneven temperatures (nothing you can do about that without reconfiguring the house/system) but it does a great job of making the rooms more balanced and generally being within a single degree each other (i found it works best when I "disregard" the actual thermostat location reading and use all the other remote sensors for my At Home & Away settings and it works great; I use only our occupied bedroom sensors for the sleep settings)

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MichStateSpartan

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Great Add-ons for ecobee Thermostat

Posted 2 months ago

MichStateSpartan

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One of the great features of the ecobee WiFi thermostat (version 3 in my case) is the ability to add sensors that you can place around your home to get the maximum comfort and maximum energy savings possible. I have a big house with 3 floors and 2 bedrooms are as far away from the furnace/air conditioner hub as you can be so they often are colder or warmer than the rest of the house. With the sensors, the ecobee averages the temperature of all sensors or you can manage the sensors to let some be inactive. Now, without rewiring or adding new ducts or another thermostat, I can let the bedroom sensors control the temperature and ensure that everybody is more comfortable. It's such a great idea.

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StructuredWater

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Large hOMe necessity

Posted 2 years ago

StructuredWater

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Our hOMe is over 2400sq ft and these are very useful to equal distribution of heat this time of year. If you own an EcoBee3, have a large layout and want to better monitor your heating(for this time of year) this is a must. We waited to see if we needed them at first using just the two sensors with the main unit purchase. The main unit in the hallway is centrally located but not a high traffic area so we used the other in the main activity room with TV and close to kitchen. It was OK but not too effective to bedrooms on both ends of the house. We used the extra pair and it has been wonderful and could not see us without them. The two extra sensors have balanced out the heating throughout the entire house. The activity sensing is a huge tool since why heat where no one is. If you are thinking about EcoBee3, get the additional sensors... highly recommended... namaste

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BaneSilvermoon

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Must have to get the most effecient product

Posted 1 year ago

BaneSilvermoon

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These sensors are THE best selling point for the Ecobee. Even in a small house like ours where some of the sensors are only maybe 10 feet apart (but in separate rooms) the ability to use the ecobee "follow me" setting is invaluable. So that the ecobee isn't running the heat to warm up a bedroom that no one has been in for hours.
Not to mention the fact that they allow the ecobee to gauge the temperature of the house in more places than just the hallway it is mounted. THAT is what makes Ecobee shine. And I highly recommend you start your experience with at least 3 sensors so that as you're getting used to programming comfort schedules and how the ecobee works, you're doing so utilizing readings from multiple rooms. Then any setup you create will be easily expandable if you decide you need more sensors later.

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Deee

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

3

It's Must Buy If you have the thermostat

Posted 2 years ago

Deee

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In my opinion the sensor were built very cheaply. The sensors I got were wrongly assembled and I had to manually remove the covers and rotate the plastic (Easy process that takes only a minute or less), however it took me a day to notice they were not working properly.
As for the functions of the sensors themselves, they work but it takes about 15 minutes or more for it to recognize motion and report it to the thermostat. I do not know if this is just me or its standard.
Overall its a so, so product, but a must have if you have the thermostat. It does equal out the temp around the house as well as only cools/heats the rooms that motion is detected on. ( Meaning if you are in a room were the temp is 85 and another room is 95, and your thermostat is set to 85, the cooling will not activate because it didn't detect motion in the 95 degree room).

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Chezdude

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Great addition to ecobee3

Posted 2 years ago

Chezdude

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I added a pack of sensors to my new ecobee3 to enable occupancy and temp sensing in additional rooms. They have a 15' motion range, so keep that in mind when placing them. They seem to work at a good distance from the ecobee3, but if you have a sprawling ranch with a single zone, you may hit the limits (45' per docs).
Note: sensors shipped in Nov and Dec were assembled incorrectly. This impacts the occupancy sensor. The fix is very simple, rotate the faceplate so the sensor lines up with the window. You can tell by looking at the serial number sticker on the back. It should be on the same edge as the window. If not, you need to fix it or call support.

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Jo423

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Ecobee 3 Sensors

Posted 1 year ago

Jo423

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I previously picked up an Ecobee3 wifi thermostat and love it. The thermostat comes with two sensors, one in the thermostat and a remote you can place in any room. I decided I wanted a couple more sensors to put one downstairs and one in mom's bedroom. While the sensors don't create additional zones in your home it does average out the temperature in the rooms you put them in. You can tell your thermostat what sensor(s) you want your furnace or air conditioner to respond to. In my case it is winter here and my downstairs is always freezing during the day. I told my thermostat to use the downstairs sensor temperature to trigger when the furnace comes on. It's working great! No more cold downstairs and surprisingly only a degree or two warmer upstairs. Love it.

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Graz25

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

great idea but I returned them

Posted 1 year ago

Graz25

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Work great but for my house it didn't work out. I have a 1800 sq. foot 2 story and my thermostat and 1 sensor was on the first floor then I put 1 sensor in my bedroom upstairs and a second sensor upstairs farthest from my furnace. Now doing this it kept my whole house pretty much perfect all day and night, only bad part is my furnace and air ran non stop. So I disabled sensors threw out the day and night so my furnace wouldn't run so much and I realized I didn't need the extra 2 sensors. So during the day the ecobee uses the thermostat to keep the house then at night it only uses 1 sensor upstairs to use cool at night. So really look at your house to see if you need more then the 1 sensor it comes with.

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Derek

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

They do what they’re supposed to

Posted 1 month ago

Derek

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Ons of the things I liked about the ecobee4 is that you could add more room sensors. I live in a ranch so often the outer rooms are cooler or warmer than the living room where the thermostat is. These sensors were very easy to set up. I put them in bedrooms that are around 50’ away from the thermostat and connectivity seems to be fine. You can include or exclude sensors from daily program settings which is nice. I intend to have only the bedroom sensors read during sleep and have all of them during active times.

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sditt

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

Nice, reasonably priced add-ons for my ecobee3

Posted 1 year ago

sditt

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I'm really enjoying my ecobee3 overall. It came with one remote sensor, but I wanted to cover all of my main living spaces in the average house temperature and account for when my mother in law, home alone all day, is around as a factor for when to keep the temp a little warmer. These were super simple to set up and install, and despite being light weight and plain, feel like they are of pretty good quality. My only complaint is that I wish I could use them, not just the ecobee thermostats themselves, as motion monitors from a security standpoint. But, I suspect that is on purpose in order to save battery or else they wouldn't make it near the 4 yrs they claim to last per battery.

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CAD72311

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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

1

Battery Died in a Week

Posted 11 months ago

CAD72311

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Got 2 sensors and synced one with my downstairs Ecobee and one with the upstairs one. Seemed to work well at first but within a week I had a notice on the Ecobee saying it had lost connection to the sensor and then saying that the battery needed to be replaced. I've noticed a difference in the temp of the room that the Ecobee is in and the room that the sensor is in, so I am assuming that the sensor is completely dead. I'm waiting to see how long the upstairs sensor lasts as I do not want to fool with having to constantly change out the sensor batteries. I would just assume make do without the sensors if that was the case.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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eagle

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Great Addition to the ecobee3

Posted 1 year ago

eagle

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One of the main reasons I selected the ecobee3 was the ability to have sensors that detected what rooms were occupied and their temperature. These add-ons fit the need.
The only gotcha I ran into was mine were manufactured wrong where the sensor was not lined up with the opening in the front plastic cover so they could not detect if the room was occupied. Ecobee noticed this unit may be affected as soon as I linked the sensor and sent me an email with a simple video on how to fix it or an offer to replace it. The fix was very simple - pop off the cover, rotate it to align and snap it back together.

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AA2015

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Useful addition to Ecobee3

Posted 2 years ago

AA2015

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This is the main reason I chose Ecobee over Nest. Both are equally good but, these additional sensors are value addition and helps to a great extent to average out the temp and also track occupants.
Only one issue I had which was main one :) - it wouldn't track occupants. After research and talking to ecobee customer support (which btw is very helpful) figured out that certain coded sensors (KZVB, LCCJ, L35B) had their face cover inverted obstructing the actual motion sensor inside. A simple fix of removing the face plate and setting it in right order solved the issue.
Useful and I am glad I bought these.

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SE1978

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4

Nice addition for larger homes...

Posted 9 months ago

SE1978

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If you have a larger home or your thermostat is in a remote corner of your home, these are definitely worth it. They do a very good job of regulating the temperature of the whole home and not just the corner where the thermostat is. The follow me feature is nice. Regulates temperature based on what sensors are detecting motion. So you stay comfortable where you are. For smaller homes or homes where the thermostat is in the main living space, they are probably not worth the expense. For Ecobee3 Lite users, they are required for smart home/away to work.