Ambi Climate 2 | Smart Air Conditioner Controller for Mini Split ACs | Smart WiFi Thermostat for Minisplit, Window & Portable AC | Compatible with Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Home, IFTTT, iOS & Android

I got my Fujitsu heat pump a few years ago, and I've enjoyed it very much for the most part, but I found that it took a little too much fiddling to keep a comfortable temperature, especially in the spring and fall. Auto mode didn't work well enough, so I'd have to change the setting and temperature frequently.The Ambi Climate makes this so much better. The setup was a little weird and I had to get a service rep involved to get a good remote setting on the app, but it was reasonable to do that and they answered promptly within one business day. Then I had to go through the learning process where I told it when I was too warm or too cool, and now I feel like I barely have to interact with it, which is perfect. I see that it is making good, mild corrections to keep the temperature comfortable. I'm in the early winter now, so I'll update the review for spring and summer when I get the chance, but I'm very pleased so far. This is how my heat pump should work to start with!-----update late spring 2020-----I found that I really enjoyed the temperature control mode better when I know that I'm going to be sticking with heating or cooling. It seems a little bit more even. With comfort mode, the temperature would oscillate a little bit go a little bit too warm, and then go a little bit too cool. However, in the spring, comfort mode has worked very well. It will switch between heating and cooling so that I can avoid having to take on that task. My wife is at home all day and she doesn't want to be fiddling with the heat pump, and the comfort mode really keeps her comfortable.

I just got the unit today and was very excited to connect my panasonic split type ac.A. Initial Setup. Very Simple.Setup was a quick 3 step process. After downloading the app and pairing my ac , I was able to turn on my ac immediately.B. Alexa Integration. Mega Frustrating.Never try this. This is perhaps the worst alexa integration I’ve experienced. I’ve already integrated dozens of Philips Hue bulbs and TPlink smart plugs with ease but not Ambi Climate.Here are my observations :1. Controlling Ambi via Echo Show is almost impossible. Any voice command did not work. I configured ambi in the “Kitchen”. So whenever I say “ Alexa, ask Ambi to on ac in the kitchen”. Alexa’a replies are ;“Sorry I didn’t find the c in the kitchen” or“sorry I didnt find the a in the kitchen” or“Sorry I didnt find the ac in the kitchen”2. The key word “ask ambi” is too long. It would be simpler if I could just utter “ Alexa, turn on ac”C. Verdict. If you don’t plan to use Echo, this should be ok. However if you are like me who wants to centralize all smart home devices via echo, DO NOT BUY THIS.Purchase sensibo instead

I have a house with a one zone thermostat, so if I want to heat the bedroom, my furnace has to heat the entire house. Closing the registers is not really efficient. So with an air conditioner with heat I can let the bedroom get heat or cool air without causing energy waste on my furnaceAfter purchasing the AC for my bedroom I started looking into how I can manage it most efficiently. I have Nest for my entire house but I would like to manage the energy usage solely for our bedroom. I googled several devices, at least three, and I found an Ambi Device advertisement. It was down to earth and explained in detail what they can do for me.I made contact with Ambi device support team. They were honest in saying that my AC may not work with their device. But they also said since I already ordered it, they would work with me. They gave me a lot of material to look at after communicating with them, I was able to pair my AC with the Ambi device.As expected, the sophistication level of their device is quite high. I had several discussions with their support team and they were able to help me.I found the comfy level switch a good tool since it is supposed to consider environmental variables, such as humidity and outside/inside temperature in configuring what's the suitable running temperature for my AC at a given time. They told me that the comfy level is based on the AI capability of the device. However, it still needs a good history to make it work at its optimum. As a matter of fact, it has "Insights," which sounds like business intelligence tool. I never expected the charts that they created for this device. I have to learn the insights and see how it actually configures the device to utmost optimum level. One measure would be if I don't need to press an extra button to set the right temperature setting for the AC.However, I can manually change the temperature setting. The mode includes Away. Just like any other good device it has Geolocation that tells the device my presence within the radius of the geolocation.I have a Nest device and I think the Ambi device is much better than Nest.One thing that I would like to add to the Ambi device is the capability of Netatmo, which tells me the CO2 and decibel level.I highly recommend this product.By the way the ambi device has more control than the AC remote.