By Jon Porter
Smart heating has been the poster-child for the smart home since Nest burst onto the scene in 2011, and since then companies like Tado have taken the technology far further.
Whereas Nest utilises a single thermostat that’s only capable of reading the temperature in one room and adjusting the whole house’s heating, Tado’s system adds a series of internet-connected radiator valves to read and adjust your heating across all the rooms in your house.
It’s a phenomenally feature-packed system, especially if you combine it with the system’s HomeKit integration. You won’t find that your heating system fails to turn on just because the central thermostat is in the warmest part of your house, and nor will you waste money heating empty rooms.
As a result of this efficiency, we found that the Tado heating system reduced our energy consumption by 15% over the winter months.
The energy saving aspects of the system are impressive, but we were a little less impressed with its control interface, which is more complicated than the competition.
Nevertheless, if you’re prepared to invest the time it takes to learn how to use the system to its fullest, and the money it costs to equip your …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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