tado° Smart Radiator Thermostat Starter Kit V3 (Horizontal Mounting) - Intelligent Heating Control, Works with Amazon Alexa, Apple Homekit, Google Assistant, LFTTT

I was planning to get a few of these earlier than they came out, or maybe anyone was planning to release them. Finally, I bought them, they're pretty expensive...The first impression on boxing was really good, manuals and QR codes everywhere, so probably even my grandmother can set this up. Hoewer the thermostat itself feels a bit cheap and plasticky. I think the finish is the best on it and it will be really dirty and uncleanable soon. The knob on the top also feels much more plasticky and loose but works well.Installation was super easy, I did it in minutes without reading any paper.Few mins later it started to make a noise with the motor, I was pretty shocked how this small device can be this loud. And there was noise again and again and again... I was worried it might be the case how it operates 0-24. But I was almost 100% sure they can't sell anything like that, so I was waiting few hours. I think these few hours is the calibration of the device as it is learning from the measured data.After the calibration it was just amazing... the reason why I bought these because I can't sleep in a warm temperature, but I can't get out from the bed in cold. But that is not even the best thing in these. They keep the room temperature much more consistent than any other traditional thermostat. I think the reason behind this is it calculates the temperature of the dropping heat rather than just turning on and off the radiator on a temperature.So if you one of those people like me who hates winter because of that 1-2-3 Celsius degree difference everywhere in the room, you have to get a set of these!

Worked fantastic for a year, but 4 valves have now failed.The Tado valves are very sensitive and struggle to oppearate any valve that is not in perfect condition. Traditional thermostatic heads have much more tolerance when the valve gets older and becomes stiffer.The result is that the motor on the Tado head is unable to operate the valve and it becomes permanently on. Rooms overheat and the Tado head is unable to turn off.I’ve now had this happen on 4 valves. Replacing the valve has fixed this on one radiator but is expensive.For this reason, regrettably, I can not recommend Tado, even though I love th system when it opperates correctly.Update 3 years in ...After 3 years my Tado system has started going in to 'emergency mode' causing the boiler to run continuously and heat the house 24/7. This has happened twice now. Waking at 3am to find the house is like a sauna. Not green and not cost effective. Tado support haven't been much help.

Had 2 valves for 6 months. Regret! Dont waste your time. Noisy. Pain to install, never recalibrate’s after changing batteries. Always complains batteries need replacing even after immediately changing them for new. Valve is inaccurate given its position on floor, only offers 1 deg increments not half degree like nest. Spent hours faffing with devices trying to make them recalibrate or removing device and adding again post batt change. App is a pain to use. Cust support give you a number which directs you back to online chat. Takes days for support to reply. Unsatisfied. Dont do it! Stick to cheaper manual valves, far less hassle.

Best smart home heating system out there. I have a smart thermostat and 3 radiator valves. All work exactly as promised, are super easy to install and have excellent design. I would say if you really invest in Tado and set up the house properly, its significantly superior to the competitors like Nest, Honeywell. Our living room only heats up when we are home and is off when we are out (based on our smart phones). Given we only need the bedroom heated just before we go to bed and just before we wake up, its only heated for ~90 mins all day. Other 2 rooms are spare and are off by default, just heated when used either by guests or if we are in the study... which is super easy to activate on a timer by the app. I still want to add a few more radiator valves to make sure the living rooms arent heated if we are only in the study / bedroom, but thats just for the sake of completeness.My only complaint would be that Tado hasnt created home bundles - thermostat + 4 TVRs + bridge which incentivizes loyal customers. However im hoping Tado will pay itself back in savings over the years.

The TADO valves sold by "Box Online Technology Store" are old versions. I bought two and noticed that the firmware would not upgrade from v42, although all my others were at v66. After contacting TADO, this appears to be because they are a previous version that does support recent firmware versions.That having been said, TADO is a great system and I now haave 15 of them. Only limitation that I have found is that you can only have 10 rooms in total. which becomes a problem sooner than you think if you want to start controling ensuites, guest toilets etc.So DO buy TADO, just not from "Box Online Technology Store "