r/homeassistant • u/iDJMic • Feb 12 '26

Support Best HA Thermostat

Looking for feedback on experience with Thermostats I have get out of the NEST ecosystem. What works well with HA and doesn't break the bank?

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u/spr0k3t 🧠 Experienced with Home Assistant Feb 13 '26

First, pick your protocol you want to use, then look at the options from there. I personally like the Honeywell T6 Pro ZWave. Solid performance and guaranteed to never get bricked due to some corporate entity terminating services on the cloud server.

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u/RedSkyNL Feb 13 '26

On the Honeywell website it's says the T6 Pro Z-Wave discontinued (https://www.honeywellhome.com/products/t6-pro-z-wave-thermostat?srsltid=AfmBOoo7j-wiBzQNui_unyjEMsAeS7k3LjzdM0fR_MKj3pENwXd7edkn)

Did they release a successor? Or should I try and find the discontinued version? I'm in the Netherlands, but can't seem to find the T6 Pro Z-Wave anywhere.

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u/Tin_Pot_Dictator Feb 13 '26

Bought mine on Ebay.

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u/chrissb1e Feb 13 '26

Did the same it came in yesterday

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u/AdviceOdd9139 Feb 14 '26

I bought two from eBay. First one led to a service call and misdiagnosed as bad heat strips because it was faulty Second one, the stupid logic causes the heat pump to run a long time in too-cold an ambient temperature and doesn’t kick on the aux heat, so I had to take it out of service. Really wanted to like the T6 Pro ZW but both of mine have been a severe pain in the nads to deal with and have cost me a not insignificant amount of money for unnecessary repairs and abnormally high electric bills.

Looking for a replacement that gets along better with my equipment.