A Brief about Emerson Sensi Thermostat [Installation Guide] with Pros and Cons

Since, a number of products have been introduced in the market which is either modification of previously present products or development and formation of new technologies, by extracting the ideas from different technologies that are present in the market. Similarly, a scientific developer Emerson Sensi introduced new technology in the market, and named it as Sensi Thermostat. This type of thermostat is simply a modification of already existing thermostats, the modification that has been applied in this technology is the insertion of an application, through which it can be controlled and operated easily. You may control it by connecting the device with a Wi-Fi, and control it by installing an app via PlayStore. Additionally, the most appealing feature of this product is that it is quite cheaper as compared to other thermostats available in the market, and can be easily obtained at affordable prices.

Technically, the product has a full name, which is White-Rodgers Emerson Sensi Wi-Fi Thermostat, but instead of this long big name, people consider calling it in the short form as Sensi thermostat. One of the most distinct and interesting feature, that is possessed by this thermostat is that, you may easily provide the commands to the device, by speaking up to it.

For example, let us give this device a particular name and store the name in the application of the device. Let us suppose that we give the product the name of Steve. You may easily give it the commands like ‘Steve, turn on the thermostat with a temperature of 26C’ or, ‘Steve! Decrease the overall temperature of my room’. Thus, talking to your device through this application actually works.

Emerson Sensi Thermostat Benefits:

There are multiple benefits and advantages of this product, which includes some of the following since we are highlighting only the prominent and most important features of the device, these features include:

• The product costs lesser as compared to the other thermostats available in the market e.g. Nest and ecobee3. However, the price of this product that we have taken from the market from different retailers has found to be only $100.
• For most of the systems, there is no C-wire system required, except to some of the versions of this thermostat including heat pump systems.
• The product provides you a look of more of a traditional thermostat, rather than some of the modified futuristic thermostats that you may find in the market.
• With the help of this thermostat, you may have the futuristic benefits of having Amazon Echo and Wink Home Hub type of integration, in order to control your home’s smart things in a centralized way.
• Possess a swing range with a degree of +/-1.
• It also comes along with humidity sensors and on-screen weather conditions.
• One of the most important features of the product is PIN lockout, through which you can prevent any outsider, kids, guests, employees or your house-help from changing the settings of a thermostat according to their wish.
• You may easily check on the settings of thermostat with the help of application installed with your phones. Some of the features and settings that you may see are humidity, temperature, fan settings, auto/off toggle from app.
• It contains a backlight button, which enables the screen to illuminate whenever required.
• The operational process is quite simple; it does not need any learning algorithms or geofencing techniques.
• It helps you operate the device even by lying on your bed or sofa, by simply controlling the settings with the app.
• You may also be able to control multiple devices of Sensi thermostat, with the help of a single app.
• Even if accidentally, there is a power loss of the device, it will easily remember and store the last settings in your app, and also in your device.
• The product comes along with a 3-year warranty card, through which you can easily bring your device to the retailer in case of any defaults.

Thus, so far, it has been observed to be the most portable and easy to use the device.

Drawbacks:

• The device possesses no usage reports until now.
• It is not a humidistat replacement.

MODERN SENSIBILITIES AND MODIFICATIONS IN SENSI THERMOSTAT:

The Emerson Sensi Thermostat is one of the oldest and most popular names in the market and possesses a huge number of customers that have been relying on the products and services of Emerson Thermostats for ages. It mainly helps you to control your device, with the help of your phone, and you don’t have to set and control the features of this thermostat via the device itself.

However, we have surveyed and came to a conclusion, that number of users who have been facing problems in installing and maintaining the Nest thermostat, found it quite reliable and easier to install Sensi Thermostat.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF SENSI THERMOSTAT:

Along with some of the aforementioned benefits and advantages of Sensi Thermostat, we have concluded some of the additional features of this product as well, these features include:

The most important feature of this product is that there is no use of a C-wire involved in this device. The device runs with the help of a power battery. But, because of no presence of a C-wire, the device normally operates in two modes, including Heating-only or cooling-only mode. However, if you wish to run the device according to HVAC settings in your house, then you will have to connect a C-wire it additionally. The product comes along with two battery powers that can be operated for up to 2 weeks without any problem. After that, you will have to change the battery of the device.

The product also allows you to control and change the settings according to your own schedule. If you have a fixed schedule, then you can easily set a schedule accordingly. Also, if you have a different and wildly day by day, its easier to override the programming. It helps you to set and control everyday settings, even if you wish to set different settings for every day, you can easily do that, and also you may set the same settings for the whole week and change the settings for weekends. You can also control settings when you are at home and when you are at work.

Emerson Sensi thermostats, also allow you to control the settings of the device easily with the help of the app. It helps you to control the temperature, humidity, and other settings with the app. It is easily available for android and iOS users.

Additionally, on Marc, 2016, Amazon and Emerson have shown collaboration and support to each other, and Amazon has offered the additional feature of Amazon Echo integration. Amazon possesses Alexa as a cloud-based voice application, through which you can easily give commands to your device by speaking up to it. For example, you can easily command your device by saying ‘Alexa turn the temperature of upstairs to 72 degrees’. It is one of the most advanced features that is provided in this model, which makes it distinct and prominent from others.

SENSI SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY:

There are certain compatibility guidelines of the product as well, which are provided by the manufacturer himself. Some of these guidelines include:

• Gas, oil, radiant heat, geothermal.
• Upto 4 stages of heat and 2 stages of cooling.
• Conventional systems (2 wire-heat only and 2 wire-cool only systems require a C-wire)
• Heat pumps.
• Dual fuel heat pump systems, automatic balance point control with no additional features required.

However, incompatible features of the product include:

• Line voltage and proprietary systems
• Gravity furnaces
• In-floor or millivolt wall systems (however systems can be made compatible by using a 24 volt transformer with it) 

INSTALLATION AND SETUP:

You will have to register yourself with the Sensi app, by making an account after installing the application. Make sure that you get the access code present on the back of your device before mounting it to the wall, since you will need the device during setup. Or by clicking the link you will briefly know How to Program a White Rodgers Thermostat Device.