I purchased a house in July. Now that it got cold and the heater was hooked up for the cold months, I noticed that the old Honeywell (horizontal) thermostat buttons didn't work very well (you had to push them really hard and sometimes they would get stuck so the temp would go up or down by itself because you had to push the buttons so hard - this must be common with age on these things because at the apartment I lived in before I bought my house, the same thing happened with that Honeywell thermostat, they replaced it and the new one lasted the 5 years I lived there without issue and was still doing great when I moved and that one was used for the heat and a/c). Anyhow, I wanted a vertical thermostat because that is what the home originally had, I also preferred to stick with Honeywell because that's the brand I am familiar with, and I wanted this particular style because it is just a simple straightforward thermostat, no bells and whistles that I didn't need or want (this one has heat on/off and up button to increase the heat, down button to decrease the heat, the screen shows the current temp at all times without the green backlight and when you push the buttons, the green backlight comes on for about 5-10 seconds and shuts off). The horizontal one that was installed looked horrible because they didnt fill the gaps above or below the thermostat. I purchased this one and it came fairly quick (about a week, I think) and it was rediculously easy to install (maybe 10 minutes and that is including patching the two screw holes they made to put the horizontal thermostat and painting the wall around the new one). There were only two wires for mine, so if you can match the white wire to the w and the black wire to the b on the back of the thermostat (and whatever other wires you have to the corresponding letter on the back of the thermostat), you should be good to go. It came with instructions, but I didn't even read them, it's one of those straight forward common sense things really. The heating and cooling place wanted to charge me $150 and when I told him that seemed a bit steep, he said he would do it for $90 to help me out since I'm a single lady with no help. I bought this thermostat for $25 and helped myself out by saving $65 and I'm confident that as long as I don't push the buttons like the world is ending, then I should get at least 5 years of life out of it like I did with the one at my apartment, and probably much longer since this one is for heat only.
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]