A colleague at work has been thinking about some sort of smart heating controls since I got my Evohome in 2015 and had been seriously considering Evohome but was wavering and seems to have been swayed by the new Tado V3, largely I think on the basis that it's "easier" to self install than Evohome from a wiring perspective. (Not sure that that's true, but...)
The last time I looked at Tado (v2 I think) it wasn't a multi-zoned system so wasn't really a competitor to Evohome, but V3 adds radiator valve controllers and thus proper zoning. The question is, how does it stack up against Evohome in practice ?
I can't find any proper reviews of the version 3 release of Tado as it was only announced in September 2016 and I'm not sure the radiator valves are even shipping yet anyway. It's also not entirely clear what the architecture of the system is and whether any cloud based control is used for scheduling or whether the new main wall thermostat with the number on the front acts as a central controller for scheduling in the way that the evotouch controller does.
Does anyone have any first hand experience of Tado V3 or at least pointers to proper reviews or technical information on the architecture ?
I don't have any intention to switch (I'm too invested in Evohome now anyway) but given that the price is nearly identical to Evohome, the feature set looks very similar, and it seems to have swayed someone who was considering Evohome I'm curious about how good it actually is.
One drawback I can see is that there isn't a controller UI as such, relying on smart phone apps (and web interface ?) to configure and schedule. Although I like a smartphone app as an additional/remote method of controlling the system, I'm not sure that I would want to be completely without the controller UI and relying entirely on a smartphone app. (or web browser)
The last time I looked at Tado (v2 I think) it wasn't a multi-zoned system so wasn't really a competitor to Evohome, but V3 adds radiator valve controllers and thus proper zoning. The question is, how does it stack up against Evohome in practice ?
I can't find any proper reviews of the version 3 release of Tado as it was only announced in September 2016 and I'm not sure the radiator valves are even shipping yet anyway. It's also not entirely clear what the architecture of the system is and whether any cloud based control is used for scheduling or whether the new main wall thermostat with the number on the front acts as a central controller for scheduling in the way that the evotouch controller does.
Does anyone have any first hand experience of Tado V3 or at least pointers to proper reviews or technical information on the architecture ?
I don't have any intention to switch (I'm too invested in Evohome now anyway) but given that the price is nearly identical to Evohome, the feature set looks very similar, and it seems to have swayed someone who was considering Evohome I'm curious about how good it actually is.
One drawback I can see is that there isn't a controller UI as such, relying on smart phone apps (and web interface ?) to configure and schedule. Although I like a smartphone app as an additional/remote method of controlling the system, I'm not sure that I would want to be completely without the controller UI and relying entirely on a smartphone app. (or web browser)
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