Looking to get a programmable thermostat. Are any brands better then others. Does anyone know if Consumer Reports has a current rating on them. Any suggestions? I want to spend under $50.

I would recommend Honeywell. It's what we have always had and they have always been good. My mom & dad bought and "off brand" (can't remember which one) and had a horrible time. It kept flipping out and changing the temp when they didn't do anything

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We have a Honeywell also. It has never given up problems and we have had it for 3yrs. I dont remember how much we paid for it though.

HTH,
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We have two Honeywell "MagicStat" units (two zones) and have not had any problems for the 15 years they've been installed. I have no idea what we paid, but it probably isn't useful info since they're so old. This is DH's department, but I recall that we needed something with enough programmability to handle different settings for weekdays and weekends.

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We've had one at each house we've owned. One was a Sears, not sure without looking what the current one is. The next one we buy will be a 7 day program, a program for each day. The 5 weekday and 2 day weekend just doesn't work for us. The weekend program has only 2 changes and that's not enough. I'd guess that you're going to pay more than $50. for a good one.

Just looked, and ours is a LuxPro. It came from Lowe's. It has a touch screen, and is programmable for the week (could be for the month???? I don't really know) You can also review your daily usage, like how long your heat or A/C ran. Also, you can set it for tracking a period of usage. For instance, when our elec. meter gets read, I reset it. Then I can track how much usage for that meter reading period. We like it, and it's easy to use.

HTH.

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We've had one from Sears for about 20 years. Only once did we have a problem and it was the battery. Would get another one if ever needed. Ours is 5day/weekend one. I would like a digital programable one, though.

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