Honeywell Home RTH7600D 7-Day Programmable Touchscreen Thermostat, White

Man I am so glad this thermostat works well. We were short on money when our thermostat stopped working so we did the research read the reviews, tried to decipher between AI reviews and real life people who actually bought and used this thermostat and settled on this Honeywell Home thermostat. I love that it's simple! We have our rechargeable batteries in this thermostat and we recharge them every month, for the 3 months of Summer and the 3 months of winter when we use it daily, but we haven't had to recharge them at all during fall or spring as we only have used the thermostat four or five times. I love how simple and easy it is to use. All you have to do is turn it on with a little slide lever that slides to the right for heat into the left for cool and there are little arrow shaped buttons to turn the thermostat up or down. It seems like a sturdy little simple thermostat that looks nice and updated for a simple thermostat. If you're looking for something that is ultra modern with beautiful lights and lots of digital settings this isn't that, but I think that is clear in the description. This thermostat turns the air conditioning or Heating on quickly within seconds of switching it on but that's pretty much due to having a good charged battery set in the thermostat. The on and off slider is durable and the temperature setting buttons are about the size of your fingerprint and easy to see and press. Everything is on the faceplate and the up down buttons on the side with the on-off switch on the bottom front make this thermostat absolutely perfect for us.

After deciding to upgrade my thermostat, it was either the Honeywell RTH7600D or a similar touchscreen unit from Lux or Hunter. I'll admit, I was partially biased when I shopped around as Honeywell is the brand I've had in virtually every apartment and house I've lived in pretty much throughout my adult life. In fact, I had never heard of Lux before I started shopping around and I've only known Hunter to make cheap air filters. The other models were cheaper and had some extra features I admit were tempting, but in the end I had to go with the brand I know and trust. Glad I did! The reviews here are spot on; it was very easy to install. I had a question about one of the wires that wasn't clearly addressed in the manual, so I called Honeywell tech support in the middle of the install. I reached an agent within seconds and he answered my question in literally less than 2 minutes. The entire install took less than 10 minutes. The screen is easy to read and responsive, don't have to press too hard. Lights up when touched, avoiding a need for a night light. I always try to touch the lower right corner of the screen to activate it to avoid changing anything on accident, but as long as you only touch one area once, it will just light up and not actually change or activate anything. It was pretty easy to set up the daily programs. I love the fact that I can keep the fan running constantly 24/7 with or without the AC or heat on. The ability of the device to learn how long it takes to bring the house to a set temperature by a certain time works very well. My wife wakes up to a warm 74 degrees while I wake up 4 hours later to the cool 71 I prefer. This is a really easy to use thermostat that has all the essential features for automated climate control and much more. It seems very well-built and high quality. I definitely recommend it. As a previous reviewer said, it's the Cadillac of thermostats!

I got this unit to replace a 29-year old Honeywell Chronotherm 3 that controls our 2-stage forced air gas furnace. I installed it this evening. I got this unit specifically because it says it works with a 2 stage furnace. Apparently not all thermostats do. It also allows for 7-day programming, which I'm used to from the Chronotherm 3. (Vs. programming all weekdays alike and Sat and Sun alike.) I took a photo of the wiring in the old unit before taking it off the wall. (This thermostat comes with tags to put on the wires to help remember where they go in the new unit, but a photo was less cumbersome and my wires coming out of the wall were pretty short so I don't think there was room for the tags anyway.) The main delay in wiring up the new unit was that I had to paint the wall where the old unit was because it was bigger than this new one. I put a clothes pin on the wires to keep them from falling back inside the wall when I was painting. Once the paint was dry, wiring this baby up was pretty straightforward. I found it helpful to use some needle nose pliers to help get the wires into the holes. You'll need a smaller-than-usual flathead screw driver to set the screws. The designations for the wires on the new unit match up with the ones from the old unit, so that was easy. Programming the unit was fairly easy, although not perfectly simple, I think. I had to press a little harder on the touch screen than I had expected, but it wasn't difficult. I had a little trouble getting into the Schedule screen where you enter codes for the kind of system you have (in my case a 2-stage gas furnace with no air conditioner). I bypassed that programming section to go on to scheduling, thinking I might call the customer service number for help programming the system, but I went back later, tried it again, and got it this time. Not sure what I was getting wrong earlier; possibly something about not holding one button long enough. Scheduling was pretty straightforward. There are four periods for each day and you set the time and temperature for each one. I set all the weekdays together at the same time. I set Sat and Sunday each with their own schedule. The unit is running the furnace now and it seems to be working as expected. I'd give it five stars but to me five stars suggests perfection. It seems to WORK perfectly but maybe a five star unit would've installed itself? I'm a reasonably handy guy who does residential remodeling for a paycheck, but I think anyone with patience and basic homeowner skills could install this. Our last Honeywell thermostat lasted 29 years. Our Trane furnace wasn't supposed to last this long but it keeps chugging along, even surprising the techs who service it. (Take this as encouragement to buy a Trane.) I expect this new unit will outlast the furnace but maybe it can run the next one?

I read every single review before buying this thermostat. The reviews made the smoke come out of my ears. A majority of buyers like this product. But a significant minority didn't. Among the complaints I noted: -- 1. You need to touch a button on the touchscreen to activate the back light, but this also activates whatever button you touch, whether you wanted to do that or not -- 2. Programming is indirect; you must use -- and therefore memorize, or use the manual as a reference for -- numerical codes to perform various functions. -- 3. The touchscreen is not responsive. -- 4. The touchscreen back light does not stay on for a sufficiently long period of time. -- 5. If left in default mode, the thermostat will start an hour or two early before the time programmed for a specified temperature to be reached. One thing to keep in mind is that the copious reviews of this popular product go back a good many years. In the interim, Honeywell may have upgraded the software or firmware, so that different reviewers often seem like they are talking about entirely different products. As a prelude, a note about me: I can't figure out most of the features on my non-smart cellphone. Enough said. Despite the fact that installation looks simple for do-it-yourselfers, I am of the pay-a-pro-to-do-it tribe. I was displeased to see that the old Honeywell vertically oriented manual thermostat that this new baby was replacing left unsightly marks on the wall not entirely covered by this new, horizontally oriented thermostat. If this sounds like you, be prepared. I must say that the very large number of negative reviews put me in a fearful state of mind. But this Honeywell worked exactly as described. So let me address the negative comments that caused me so much pre-purchase grief: 1. The touch of the touchscreen is my favorite feature on this thermostat. My primary experience with touchscreens is in grocery stores and bank ATMs. You have to give those touchscreen buttons a good assertive push. Not so with this Honeywell touchscreen. The merest touch sparks it to life. It's stupidly satisfying. Nothing other than the back light is activated by touching a button that activates the touch screen. You need to touch any button again to get that button to do what it is programmed to do. They are two distinct movements. 2. Numerical codes no longer exist. Programming is straightforward. It isn't intuitive in the least. You are presented with clearly labeled buttons. 3. This model thermostat has been around for several years. Perhaps its parts were upgraded without fanfare. But this is honestly the most responsive touch screen I have ever used. I actually only have to touch it, as opposed to the aggressive finger jabs ATM machines force me to use. Here, it's light-light touch-touch-done in about 5 seconds. You actually experience a ridiculous moment of pleasure that finally something works properly. 4. I'm sorry, I was too lazy to time it (I do have a life), but the touch screen light seems to stay on a good amount of time. I programmed an entire week day by day with no problem, although admittedly it wasn't in the dead of night, when some people apparently program their thermostats. Okay, I felt guilty, so I programmed the thing in pitch blackness. Well, except for the back light. No problemo. I will need to think of some totally dark situations when my thermostat needs programming so I can tax this cool feature to the limit, as we men are programmed to do. 5. If you leave this thermostat in default mode, if you specify that you want the house to be 72 degrees at 7 am, it may very well start your cooling system an hour or two earlier. From the manufacturer's perspective, this is a prime selling point of this thermostat: that it knows to start cooling your place earlier than you indicated to get the temperature to the degree that you indicated by the indicated time. This is actually not a defect. It's the single biggest feature of this device. If you don't like automation, you can turn it off. (Keep in mind that if you specify 72 degrees at 7 am, and the thermostat turns on your air conditioner at 7 am, your place may be 10 degrees hotter, which will take longer to achieve your desired temperature. If you have a good commute to work and are on a stopwatch from the moment you wake till the moment you leave, that's a factor.) If you don't know how to turn off this feature, Honeywell has very good technical support. There is no such thing as a non-ugly thermostat. This is pretty ugly too. Compared to the others, though, it's a lot less ugly. Life is a compromise.

I bought this thermostat to replace a Chinese manufactured home depot touch screen special that was about 5 years old and failing. This unit is about the same size and lined up just right to cover the old holes as I made new holes for this thermostat. The wiring of my system is basic and that was quite easy to transfer over to the new thermostat. The only problem I ran into was getting the back plate off the thermostat. A quick call to their support line for a simple answer on how to separate it solved that problem. I just didn't want to start forcing it off and break something and it is not listed in the instructions how to separate the plate. The plate is very secure to the wall and the unit snaps on top of the back plate. It has a little bit of wiggle room and at first I thought the wiggle would be an issue for me but I don't notice it all now. I figured out how to program it without reading instructions. At first I thought I was going to need to ready them but it turned out to be a bit more intuitive than I first thought. I will still go back and read to see what features and options I might have missed but this is a pretty simple thermostat to use which is perfect for us. I never had to walk my wife through using the device. She started to figure it out on her own as well. She is pretty good at figuring things out so your experience might be different. I think I've noticed (anecdotal, not scientific by any stretch of the imagination) our systems runs a bit more efficient now. It does not cycle too much (flip on and off frequently) and it also does not run for an hour at a time. It seems to come on, run for a short while then click off and the temperature is more consistent. Do your research. I know some units track and understand the behavior of the house and know when to turn on and off to maintain a temperature. I am not sure if this is one of those types of units. I would definitely buy this again. The product was shipped and delivered quickly. Very happy with the order processing. All around this has been a good purchase and I recommend it.

Great thermostat so far. I've only been using it for a few days. I purchased this thermostat mainly for the ability for the system to be able to switch from ac to heat automatically. Here in south Texas during the winter months we have numerous days of needing the heat at night and ac during the day. Too many times I forgot to check the weather and woke up in a freezing house and too many times I've gotten home from work to find my wife forgot to turn the ac back on and the house was 80 degrees! (She's cold natured) The main reason for writing this review is to brag on Honeywell customer service and to let anyone know who is looking for this feature an issue that I ran into. After installing this device, it did not give me an option to auto the switching from ac to heat. Reading in the little owners manual it says depending on your wiring you may or may not have this option. Needless to say I was a bit upset. (Didn't mention this in the video I watched on Amazon) I called Honeywell customer service at 7:00pm and in about 10 minutes they had it fixed. There is an internal menu you can access and with a simple code change, boom the option to auto the switch is there. The only downfall so far is the minimum 3 degree difference between ac and heat settings. Gets a little tricky on my system and where we like the temp to be depending on which system is running the ac or heat. I'm sure after a while of using it I will be able to have a system down. Also my wife thought it would dimly glow when not touching on the screen and glow bright when using it but this is not the case. The light is either on or off. But just for the ability to auto switch from ac to heat was worth the $80 to me by far. (And yes Honeywell has one cheaper with the same feature that is not touchscreen.) And now that I know how helpful Honeywells customer service is I am definitely a fan. There is a reason they are one of the top brands out there. It's not only about the quality of the product but of the company behind the product. This is a huge factor for me with anything I purchase. And just so you know this is not a fake plug. My name is Jason, I've been married for 18 yrs, I'm a father of three daughters, work as an operator in the chemical field and live in a small town called Lumberton, TX. This is the first Honeywell product I have ever bought.

I bought this thermostat last April to replace my 22 year old Honeywell thermostat that just gave up. I thought I'd buy this based on the amount of good reviews, the price and my experience with Honeywell products. Most Honeywell products I have purchased have always been trouble-free for many, many years. I should have done a little more research on this particular unit....but live and learn I guess. The thermostat arrives and everything seems to be in order. Installing this thermostat is nothing short of a nightmare. The directions were fairly straight forward, but the connections labels are misleading and the jumper wire is a very cheap microscopic c-clip that can fall out if you're not careful. Mine did, and it took a better part of 45 minutes to try to find in the carpet. Once I verified everything was connected correctly and had new lithium batteries installed. I turned the power back on to the HVAC system. The minute I touched the thermostat to turn the heat on, it went blank. It came back on 30 seconds later only to go blank again. I took it back off and cleaned the wires thinking maybe they were a bit corroded and not making a good connection. I did that and it seems to work fine after that.....or so I thought. Setting the programme schedule wasn't too difficult although it took many more steps than I would have liked. The programme schedule worked fine....as long as the thermostat was on. My problems really started in the middle of Summer. I don't run the A/C that much so I would have the unit turned OFF. The minute I touched the thermostat to turn the A/C on, it would go blank. If I got it to work and left it alone using the programme it worked but it never seemed to register the correct room temperature, but the minute I touched the controls to adjust or turn off/on, it went blank. I called a service company out to check to see if there was a fault in the system that would cause the thermostat to power off and they couldn't find any. The tech tried to turn the A/C on and it went blank on him as well. While it was blank, he verified that there was power going to the thermostat and said this was a bad thermostat and suggested I try a different manufacture as Honeywell units are not very reliable anymore. I yanked this unit off the wall and bought a White-Rodgers unit that had a lower price and has performed flawlessly since.

Bought this thermostat April. It quit working properly around July. Been fighting with it until now. Called product support. They concluded that I may have a faulty thermostat. I asked about warranty. Service tech said return to where I purchased it. I am really sure Amazon does not guarantee product this long. Not pleased!!!! Worked well fora little while. Had one before and really liked it is why I ordered this one. Will probably order another one.

Just started using it few days ago. So far work good Edit After using on program daily for a while, I'm getting frustrated, it's start 1 hr early than program. So far not sure why

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This thermostat is perfect for my electric baseboard heating system that has a thermostat on a transformer and uses a two wire system (had an old style mercury switch thermostat in place before). Once you figure out which of the two wires go where (in my case black wire to W and white wire to R) it all worked well. A little challenging to program the installers features but once you learn you’re good to go. No C wire needed as it runs on two AA batteries. It controls the heat perfectly and is simple enough for most people to use. Just the fact that it sets the heat back at night so I’m not spending money (electric heat is expensive) while I sleep. Recommended product.

So far, thermostat works good! No issues!

Ive had this for a few months now. It worked originally but now does not come on at all. Very disappointed. Waste of money