Best Thermostat 2024 | Ecobee3 vs Nest vs Honeywell Lyric [Guide] [Review]

Everyone needs to have a thermostat for their home nowadays. Here we going to compare three (Ecobee 3, Nest, Honeywell Lyric) Thermostat in a practical way get best one out of the race.

What is Thermostat?

The thermostat helps us to monitor the temperature in our home and take a smart control over warmth. Initially, it was fixed in HVAC (Heat, Ventilation and Air conditioning) that was controlled by a mercury switch. It operates by compression and expansion process when the temperature gets differ.

To make this thermostat more smart and accurate Electronic digital Thermostat is invented in later days. It combines with the digital thermometer that identifies the accurate temperature of the room or area and set the thermostat according to that temperature. It automatically set temperature remotely and make your room according to your comfort before entering to it.

So this technology makes pleasant to us by all its benefits. Let us compare the above 3 thermostat here.

Ecobee3:

Let see main Highlights of Ecobee3

• Great look and feel
• Multiple sensors used here.
• Portal availability to control over thermostat remotely.
• Data monitor ( Alerts and reminders)

Ecobee3 Appearance and Installation:

Ecobee3 having multiple remote sensors you can fix it anywhere in your house that works very accurate on fixing heat or cool temperature for your room. It weighs 1 pound, dimensions are about 3.9 x 0.9 x 3.9 inches in length, breadth and height, 3.5 inches display screen with touch screen and it has good looking with easy installation. The display comes with 320 * 320 pixels and 24-bit color.

Ecobee3 Remote Access and integration:

It can be integrated with Android or iOS by using Ecobee App and controlled. By using this App you can set your home temperature from anywhere in the world. Computer Apps is another way to control it.

Sensors Used:

• Motion sensors
• Temperature sensors
• Humidity sensors
• Ambient light sensors
• Occupancy sensor

Alerts and Notification:

It provides notification to us regarding excess heat/cool, Furnace Filter, UV Lamp, Heat / Cool Not Responding, Auxiliary heat in run time & outdoor temperature. It also emails triggered to the web portal of the home owner.

Power Saving IQ:

It compares the power consumption of previous month and current month and makes a review of that. Helps to reduce power bill. It uses wired power option.

Detailed Advantage of Ecobee3:

Disadvantage of Nest

• No open API available.
• Not have good effects for a larger room.
• It has single central device

Honeywell Lyric

Highlights and Advantages of Honeywell Lyric:

• Easy Installation.
• It detects your way before you go close to your home via geofencing.
• Little expense.
• Easy to control through smartphones.
• It gives a report of weather and humidity inside.

Lyric Installation, look and feel:

Like Nest, Lyric is also easy to install. It has 1.4-inch display size and uses both wired or battery.

Technology Used:

It uses geofencing technology that helps to identify your geographical area and at a particular distance before you reach home it starts to set the temperature of your home depends on your setting.

Router:

It can be used only in DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) enabled router.

Disadvantages of Honeywell Lyric:

• It does not support all type of routers.
• The lyric which made plastic gives poor look and feel like a cheap product.
• No portals available in a web to control it manually.

The tabular column shows below compare the three product and provide the best one for your home.

This shows you clearly that Ecobee wins the race. But you can choose your thermostat according to your budget and needs. Get the reviews of best Sprinkler for the garden. Save power. Save money :):):)