You can find the $50 White-Rodgers P200 programmable thermostat for much less at most major retailers. In particular, it's available for $24.79 at Home Depot and for $23.77 on Amazon. While it ...

The Lux TX500U is my favorite all-around option for an affordable programmable thermostat, one that I would highly recommend. Available for $30 on Amazon, Home Depot and elsewhere, the TX500U is ...

It’s no secret that programmable thermostats are a great way to save money on your utility bills. But people often forget to program their thermostats, which means they’re missing out on the potential ...

If you don’t have a home-control system, the Nest is the smartest investment you can make when it comes to managing your home’s interior climate. Heating and cooling accounts for more than 40 percent ...

You don’t need a thermostat to know what’s hot. Even if you have only a passing interest in home energy conservation, you know thermostats are no longer the utilitarian, mundane devices they once were ...

TORONTO – Walk into a big box home improvement store and you’ll find a huge selection of thermostats, with basic programmable units typically selling for as little as $40. Or you could go online and ...

A lot of folks may feel that a smart thermostat is just a gimmick for the lazy that lets you control your heating and cooling remotely, but there are actually a lot of good reasons to buy a smart ...

If you’ve read any of our posts in the last couple years, you’ll have noted that our community is stoked about bringing the Internet to their devices on the cheap with the ESP8266 modules. Why? This ...

When I take the programmable thermostat from the bathroom and plug it into the bedroom in exactly the same way, it works perfectly fine. I do have two more of the basic digital thermostats that I ...