After having done all my research I was absolutely sold on the Evohome system, and was about to purchase and DIY install. However, I was admitted to hospital for a week and due to this experience have had second thoughts.
We are a retired couple. My wife had to cope with my sudden absence. As I am the technical one, who fixes all the problems with the PC and deals with online matters etc my wife panicked. She did not know our various passwords etc. We were also in the process of moving. Thankfully I was discharged just before the move and was able to set up our broadband connection etc. If this was to happen again or worse, my wife would be clueless. She cannot set up wifi valves and deal with binding and or other glitches that are mentioned on this site.
I reflected on this, as well as the facts in an existing thread on this site where the poster was unable to obtain recommendations for an Evohome installer anywhere in Scotland! Just after our move I had a Viessmann c.h. engineer onsite. He had no knowledge whatsoever about the Evohome system. I telephoned his company, which is a large one, and they too were in the dark. I believe that I could deal with most Evohome problems that could arise and would obviously use this site for support. What would my wife do if she was home alone? With winter upon us it could be quite disastrous.
After much careful thought I concluded that the KISS principle was probably more appropriate in our circumstances,so it would be better to stick with the conventional system. My wife could simply telephone the c.h. company.
It is with great reluctance that I am giving up on the Evohome system, unless I can be persuaded otherwise.
We are a retired couple. My wife had to cope with my sudden absence. As I am the technical one, who fixes all the problems with the PC and deals with online matters etc my wife panicked. She did not know our various passwords etc. We were also in the process of moving. Thankfully I was discharged just before the move and was able to set up our broadband connection etc. If this was to happen again or worse, my wife would be clueless. She cannot set up wifi valves and deal with binding and or other glitches that are mentioned on this site.
I reflected on this, as well as the facts in an existing thread on this site where the poster was unable to obtain recommendations for an Evohome installer anywhere in Scotland! Just after our move I had a Viessmann c.h. engineer onsite. He had no knowledge whatsoever about the Evohome system. I telephoned his company, which is a large one, and they too were in the dark. I believe that I could deal with most Evohome problems that could arise and would obviously use this site for support. What would my wife do if she was home alone? With winter upon us it could be quite disastrous.
After much careful thought I concluded that the KISS principle was probably more appropriate in our circumstances,so it would be better to stick with the conventional system. My wife could simply telephone the c.h. company.
It is with great reluctance that I am giving up on the Evohome system, unless I can be persuaded otherwise.
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