Yet another perfect gadget to save me getting off my backside, I think I'll get 1 once I sent my man servant out to my money tree

Once again a solution to a "problem" I didn't realise I had, and only 133 squids to solve it!

Not everyone has a new boiler.

Just got one from Argos. They did price match. £133 and got £10 voucher. So £123.

Can this work with any boiler ?

Once again a solution to a "problem" I didn't realise I had, and only 133 squids to solve it!

Just got one from Argos. They did price match. £133 and got £10 voucher. So £123.

Don't see the point of this? My new boiler comes with a portable device that allows you to control the heating or turn it on from any room so surely people getting new boilers won't benefit from this?

Not everyone has a new boiler.

Ah right. Not sure if mine does that, apparently it can but never tried it.

Yet another perfect gadget to save me getting off my backside, I think I'll get 1 once I sent my man servant out to my money tree

I have one best thing we have ever bought , we have 2 echo dots too, I can turn my heating on via my app on way home , if I walk in and it's cold I ask Alexa to turn it on as my hands are usually full of shopping, if I go to bed and my heating is off I don't have to get out of bed I can turn off on my app or via Alexa dot fabulous highly reccommend

Amazon Warehouse have them for £122 and as they also come with a 12 month guarantee

You have, its the timer :stuck_out_tongue:

How

Seems like one is heating and one is heating and hot water, make sure you order the right one. Got one for £123 with prime now and £10 off code, thanks op

Any good installation videos for non plumbers electricians? I have one sitting with me for last 4 months

Possibly Amazon warehouse. Select installation on the item page. £170 at the moment

For starters you say you don't see tge point because you have just had a new boiler fitted and it comed with a device to control it from different rooms,well what about everyone else who hasn't had a new boiler fitted ?

Also this device is controlled via an app on your phone/tablet from anywhere.I doubt that the device you have been given works outside of your home,if it does I like to know how it connects to the internet,does it take a sim card or something?

I would need two for the house, so not economical.

Cold, bought for way cheaper than this last week. Think Wickes, Think Quidco, Think Nationwide, now add them into a pot and you get a nice end result :wink:

with amazon warehouse under the main listing it says other sellers from £..

Yes, there is a sim card. Not in the boilet itself but in the actual reader but like I said, I don't know if it works outside the house.

Argos £100 spend get £10 voucher.

You can't easily stop a log fire burning, and/or heat every room to a consistent level of your choosing. Not having to get up to change a temp is nowhere close to the difference.

IMO though, programmable (and or wireless) TRVs are the way to go. One zone per room, savings galore.

Did you know a thermostat is just a switch operated at a selected temperature. How hard would it be to make one I wonder ?

any suggestions on a regular programmer for a 2 zone combi boiler system

How much is it to get these installed?

It says self install but I presume that means you get someone yourself to install it.
I don't think you're supposed to be tinkering around and messing with the boiler.

There's no SIM card in it! It will use RF and have a limited range.

(I will happily stand corrected if it has a SIM though! What model is it?)

Had mine installed yesterday, pretty happy so far and seems more usable than our old Honeywell system.

Only cost me £154 with installation but think that was a fluke deal.

Thank you

The £10 means nothing when Argos will sell you a "used item" sellotaped up and pass it off as New...

Is it worth buying the heating or heating and hot water version? They are both the same price

And I'll wade in with Tado which uses geolocation and smarts to know when you're heading home and how long it takes to warm the house to switch on when necessary combined with timed temperatures and hot water.

It's a vaillant ecotec pro 30

I already have the hive hub, does anyone know if the £79 additional thermostat comes with the receiver ?

Ordered the additional stat kit to go along with my cheap BG kit I bought the other week which has the hub, bulbs and a socket for £45 so for £124 all in, happy chappy here, thanks for the heads up OP. Same day delivery from Amazon as well.

Control my heating/hot water with a sonoff via app on phone was £3.99 of eBay
Was going to get hive when on offer xmas time but went up to nearly £200 diy
Thought sod paying that looked for alternative and found Sonoff
Works really well requires no hub like hive so much neater
Simply log in your eWeLink account from Amazon Alexa App, they will work together very well.
But this is good price if you want Hive

Any sign of individual radiator control with these? I have a Victorian flat that faces east to west and one side is always a totally different heat to the other.

Tado seems to be the best option for me but keep hoping Hive or Neat will bring out something similar.

Bought this at Maplins today. £133 for heating only self install, and multizone unit for £69.

They have an offer on currently where if you spend over £75, they discount your shop by £10. So I did 2 transactions to get this price.

Offer ends Monday

I definitely pay less for gas since having Hive. I can't explain the exact reasons but over the past 5 years I would have thought the cost of gas has increased and I pay less now. Since having kids in the last 4 years my heating is permanently on and just controlled by the temperature. It comes on day and night in the winter.

We have the main control for the hot water& heating in the kitchen and then a thermostat with a timer for the heating in the living room. So do you think we could just buy the heating one and fit it in the living room or could we actually buy the heating and hot water one for the kitchen and effectively ignore the existing thermostat in the living room?

Some negative comments on here which I don't understand. You need to weigh up whether your current programmer is working to your needs. If it is then no need to change. However, smart central heating controls are great replacements for old analogue timers or programmers that constantly need changing. My old programmer only had two channels so it needed upgrading. The hive looked like a natural replacement and I'm loving it

These are available for £155.27 with installation on Amazon Warehouse....I'm guessing that's a decent deal, I've never bought from the Warehouse before

Some people are happy to pay for luxury :smiley:

Can somebody just clear something up for me please?

I'm thinking about getting Multizone so I can have the conservatory heating on without having to have the whole house heating (I know we could just close all the other valves but I don't want to have to be doing that all the time). The thing that is confusing me is - surely you need a Multizone valve for the radiator in each zone, so you can open and close each zone individually? Yet I don't see the zone valve mentioned anywhere, and the Multizone kit here only mentions the Multizone receiver - no mention of valve.

Am I missing something really basic here?

Multizone would only be suitable for a house that already has a multizone system eg two thermostats. I think these are often upstairs and downstairs. The multizone Hive option just replaces both the thermostats with the Hive ones.

The solution for your problem would radiator valves that are integrated into the Hive system. They say these are coming soon but no launch date yet.

Ah, I get it now, thanks. I wasn't aware that people already had different zones.

I was just looking at Honeywell Evohome solutions, they have the wireless valves but don't expect they can integrate with Hive? Probably best to wait for the Hive valves. It's just that the installed cost on Amazon Warehouse (£157) was tempting me :laughing:
Mind you, I could always go for it now and manage as we do now, until the valves arrive I suppose.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

I pay less too ! Some people have a bee in bonnet about spending money to save money

hi is your boiler a bexi back boiler? I've just moved and have an old boiler with tank and an old clock system that only allows it to be switched on timer twice a day and looking to replace it would the hive work? thanks