Hunter 44860 7-Day Programmable Touch screen Thermostat
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hunter 44860 7-Day Programmable Touch screen Thermostat
Customer Review: works great and easy read display setup!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought two of these and found it very easy to program. I sat in my favorite chair and programed each them then snapped easily in place!Customer Review: Easy Install - Flaky performance
Summary: 3 Stars
We have two furnaces and I replaced both old thermostats with Hunter 44860's due to the fact I could not see the settings on the old thermostat very well and the Hunters had really big displays. Installation was very straightforward, and went smoothly. Since this was in the summer, the AC worked as expected, but when winter came, one of the furnaces (the older one) kept acting up, while the other worked fine. The exhaust blower would turn on, then turn off, then the blower would turn on. Sometimes the blower would come on, but never heat. It was strange. We had two different companies out and both blamed the thermostat. I thought that the first tech (that my wife called) was just blaming the thermostat without cause, as he did not explain his reasons on the invoice, so I called in a second company that I trusted. Both techs reacted immediately to the Hunter brand - apparently it has a reputation in the industry for being flaky, but carefully examined the furnace. I was home for the second second tech who walked me through everything just to be sure I understood why he was inclined to blame the thermostat. Once he removed the thermostat from the picture, the furnace behaved fine.
Everyone recommended Honeywell, which I have used in the past and never had a problem with one and will likely return to it. I just wish they had larger displays. I did apologize to my wife, who had, in fact, called a tech that knew what he was doing.
Summarily, if your experience matches the one furnace, you will be happy, if it matches the other, you will not.