ecobee - Smart Thermostat with Voice Control - Black
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Description
Features
Smart Sensors
Place SmartSensor in the most important room, like your bedroom, child’s room, or office to keep it the perfect temperature.
eco+
Smart Home & Away detects your presence and automatically adjusts the temperature for comfort when you’re home and reduced energy use when you’re away.
eco+
Time of Use cools or heats your home during times when energy is less expensive without impacting comfort.
Tom's Guide
Named “Best Overall Smart Thermostat” by Tom’s Guide.
Control through ecobee app
Take control of your temperature from anywhere with the ecobee app.
Fastens easily to the wall
The backplate and hardware are included for quick installation.
Connects to your existing home network
ecobee Wi-Fi capabilities provide a secure and reliable connection.
Step-by-step guide
Ensures fast and easy installation.
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What's Included
- Backplate
- Owner's manual
- Power extender kit
- SmartSensor with stand and wall-mount
- Trim plate
- Two screws and drywall plugs
- ecobee Smart Thermostat with Voice Control
Energy Ratings
Manuals & Guides
Key Specs
- Voice Assistant Built-inNo
- ENERGY STAR CertifiedYes
- Touch ScreenYes
- ProgrammableYes
- App CompatibleYes
- Auto-Away ModeYes
- Works WithAmazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Arlo, Cortana, Google Assistant, Hue, SmartThings
Compatibility
- Voice Assistant Built-inNo
- Operating System CompatibilityAndroid, Apple iOS
- Remote Sensor CapableYes
- Works WithAmazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Arlo, Cortana, Google Assistant, Hue, SmartThings
General
- Product NameSmart Thermostat with Voice Control
- Brandecobee
- Model NumberEB-STATE5-01
- ColorBlack
- Color CategoryBlack
Dimension
- Product Height4.29 inches
- Product Width4.29 inches
- Product Depth1.29 inches
- Product Weight0.5 pounds
Features
- BacklitYes
Warranty
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts3 Years
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor3 Years
Other
- UPC627988003009
Customer rating
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 634 reviews
(634 Reviews)Expert rating
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 8 reviews
(8 Reviews)Customer images
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Pros mentioned:App, Features, SensorsCons mentioned:SchedulingRating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Five reasons I love my ecobees!
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Pros mentioned:App, Features, SensorsCons mentioned:SchedulingI recently installed 6 “ecobee smart thermostats with voice control” and I love them! It was a bigger project than anticipated, but well worth the effort. My Five Favorite Features 1.The ecobee comes with a remote temperature and occupancy sensor. My ecobee reads the temperature in the living room where I sit and ignores the temperature in the hall where the thermostat is. 2. The design of the ecobee touch screen is elegant. A dark rounded square screen displays the room temperature in large numbers along with the time of day, outdoor temperature, and a weather icon. When you walk up to the ecobee it comes alive and displays a slide for the setpoint and icons for quick Home/Away, detailed weather, voice control, and menus. 3. My six networked ecobees can be monitored and adjusted from an app or a web portal. 4. Ecobee lets you display helpful graphs of, for example, room temperature over time along with setpoint, outdoor temperature, and an indication of when the thermostat was calling for heat. See pictures at the end of this post. 5. Voice control is more useful than expected. I don’t have to be in a room to change the temperature. I just say “Hey Google, warm up the Master Bedroom” from anywhere. One complaint is that the slide for the setpoint never seems to wind up where I’m aiming. Comparison Shopping I bought the ecobee instead of the Nest Learning Thermostat because it includes a remote sensor and can produce energy reports and graphs. The ecobee thermostat dedicated power approach is more reliable than the Nest’s power stealing scheme. With the ecobee schedule, I am in control and I know what is going on. In contrast, a learning thermostat like the Nest could learn a wrong schedule or hide what it has learned. Installation and Setup The ecobee requires a “C” wire for 24 VAC power, which many HVAC systems already have. My old thermostats did not have a C wire. My five heat-only zones each had two unused wires running from the basement to the thermostat. With the help of tech support I bought two 24 VAC transformer and ran power to the ecobees on the C and Rc terminals. (Max 3 ecobees per transformer) For my one heat plus AC zone I found the C wire on the AC air handler and ran it to the ecobee on an unused white wire to the C terminal on the thermostat. I sent a photo of my air handler wiring to tech support and they sent it back annotated and talked me through it. See photo. Tech support was excellent - patient, knowledgeable, and helpful. Mounting the ecobee is simplified by a built-in bubble level. I used the optional back plate to cover over unpainted areas from the old thermostat. Setup was easy. The ecobee senses which terminals are in use and shows you a diagram to confirm. The hardest part was typing my WiFi password on the small screen. To pair the smart sensor with a thermostat use the app to scan a QR code on the sensor. Twelve ways I am Saving Energy I am running a schedule to turn down heat when rooms are unused. My old thermostats were so hard to program that I did not run a schedule. I am tweaking the schedule to turn down heat. It is so easy to program the schedule that I’ll jump in and tweak it if I see a chance to save a half hour of heat. I am turning down heat when I leave a room or when someone leaves the house. I just say “Hey Google, cool down the Living Room” even if I am already in another room. I am overriding the schedule. If we go to bed early, I say “Hey Google, good night” to turn down all zones. If we leave the house, I say “Hey Google, I’m leaving.” to run the “Away” settings. Ecobee senses if a room is unoccupied for a couple of hours and then runs the “Away”settings. I am warming rooms up just as I need them and only for as long as I need them. For example, before shower time “Hey Google, warm up the master bath” and after “Hey Google, turn on the master bath schedule.'' Constant monitoring allowed me to realize rooms were warm when they should not be - a problem with my flow-check valves. I will replace the flow-check valves on my boiler and eliminate this unwanted heat. I am not overheating rooms that are otherwise warmed up by human activities and electronics. The remote sensor reads the occupied room, not the unoccupied hallway. I am not relying on too-generous guesses about preheating. The ecobee learns how long it takes to bring a room up to temperature and if you say you want 65F at 6:00 am, the room will be at temperature then. By observing when the thermostat calls for each room and watching the outdoor temperature I am identifying which rooms lose heat the fastest and considering insulation. If I forget to turn down the heat, I can do so remotely anywhere and anytime from the app or the web portal. I can easily check if the heat was unnecessarily left on by asking "hey google, what does master bedroom say? Five ways I am more comfortable The remote sensor delivers the heat I want at my location. I can remotely preheat such as warming up the office from the gym as I finish my workout. “Smart Recovery” preheats a room so it is at temperature when the schedule calls for it. There are no longer hot spots in the house. I have the comfort of knowing what my system is doing when and seeing as much detail as I want. Voice Control: the Good and the Bad I was not excited about voice control when I bought the ecobee but it has turned out to be much more useful than expected. The ecobees have Alexa built in so you can talk directly to the thermostat and get a voice response. Alexa is a bit of a nag. The day after installation the I found the ecobees flashing turquoise and blue. I asked “Alexa, what’s up?” and she said there were new albums released by two of my favorite bands. So I turned off “shopping notifications” and the next day I got a different alert, this one green and relating to a news report. I just don’t want my thermostat to alert me unless it is HVAC related. I was already using Google Assistant so I use it instead of Alexa. As a result, I must speak to one of the smart speakers I have in my home or speak to my phone. I also find the language more natural: “Hey Google, what does kitchen say?” versus “Alexa, ask ecobee the kitchen temperature.” Finally, Google Assistant lets me group commands into routines. For example, when I say “OK Google, I’m leaving” it turns down all six thermostats and turns off two lights. The ecobee is the best product I’ve bought this year and I recommend it to anyone who does not mind doing a bit of wiring. Who knew you could love a thermostat?
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Ecobee Smart Thermostat
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Just added HVAC system to my home. I primarily use Alexa so I went for this instead of Nest. So far so good. Easy to use app and lots of help if you get confused. I like the comfort settings and the geofence is a plus in case I forget to turn it off. You can get rebates from your service provider to help with the cost. I just got the eco+ update so we'll see how that goes. But hopefully the setting to save money will actually work. Also the sensors seem to work and you can integrate them into other smart home products so thats cool.. I definitely recommend this thermostat!
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Smart thermostat
|Posted .Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5This thing is awesome and it is replacing one that was 30 years old. I thought it would be difficult to install this but with one phone call to their technician for a wire check I had this thing up and working in less than twenty minutes.
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Great thermostat
|Posted .Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Awesome thermostat. Love that it connects to alexa for easier use. Geek squad installed it and showed me how to use it. Very professional.
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Ecobee Install
|Posted .Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Very easy install, very easy set up. Must wait for thermostat to calibrate before it gives a call for heat or cool during initial set up.
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Ecobee with my smartthings ecosystem
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Best purchase I've made in a while. Easy to setup and control. I'm already seeing the energy savings
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Quality4 out of 5Value4 out of 5Ease of Use4 out of 5Pros mentioned:Features, Sensors, TemperatureRating 4 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Works great, but senses the dog
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Features
Quality4 out of 5Value4 out of 5Ease of Use4 out of 5Pros mentioned:Features, Sensors, TemperatureIt came with the best installation directions, that included videos for some of the steps, and interactive ways to figure out “how do I know?” questions for people inexperienced with electrical projects. As a single woman, these directions were the easiest to follow of any electrical projects I’ve done in the house. The optional faceplate was helpful to have, since the ecobee wasn’t big enough to cover up the old wall markings. The functionality of the program itself is pretty simple and easy to use. and it looks great on the wall. Also, ecobee offers an automatic delivery of furnace filters, synced with their thermostat records, so they get delivered when it’s time to replace. The cost is cheaper than I can find high quality filters in a home improvement store and they don’t appear to be cheap generic quality either. This offer is fantastic for someone like me who is always forgetting to buy filters ahead of time. Cons: I’ve noticed that the temperature readings are about 3-4 degrees higher than the readings that other thermostats in my house provide. For instance, the tower fan in my bedroom has a thermostat in it and when it reads the bedroom temp as 75, the ecobee sensor says the bedroom temp is 72. So I’ve had to make some modifications to my desired temperature settings to accommodate for that. Also, when using the smart home feature, I’ve noticed that the sensors think I’m home when I’m not because it senses the movement of my large 80 lb. dog wandering the house. So the HVAC runs while I’m not home, which is counterproductive to the point of using the smart home feature. It takes about 30 days before the eco+ smart home feature kicks in. I was expecting to enable the geofencing feature with the eco+ software, to fix the problem with the dog triggering the sensors while I’m not home, but after downloading the eco+ software, I haven’t yet found the geofencing option that I had read about prior to purchasing this brand of thermostat. So that is disappointing, but I’m still hopeful that the option will appear after I get my first usage report. I’ve had the thermostat for about 5 weeks. The eco+ has been enabled for 2 weeks now. Overall I am pleased with it. The house temperature does feel more even than it did with my old thermostat. But once I stop working from home and return to a normal work-life, the sensor issue with my dog could become more problematic. Time will tell.
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Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Pros mentioned:Sensors, TemperatureCons mentioned:SchedulingRating 5 out of 5 stars with 1 review
Best Ecobee yet!
|Posted .Owned for 1 week when reviewed.Features
Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Ease of Use5 out of 5Pros mentioned:Sensors, TemperatureCons mentioned:SchedulingI have another Ecobee upstairs (the 4th version) and decided to get the newest for the downstairs (5th). The Ecobee 5 is the best yet, not too much different then the 4, it’s bluetooth enabled. Big whop. It plays songs off my skype account and it’s Alexa enabled. I like the updated look and the newer temp sensor. It totally makes the house seem so much cooler, as the original thermostat we set at 74, we had to change the temp in here to 77 which still feels cool! What a difference it makes to have the sensor in the room we are actually spending time! Definitely get this, Google/Nest (even 3rd gen) stinks. I have had all three best systems, other then customer support, I don’t suggest getting a Nest. Too buggy and it would change setting all the time ON ITS OWN, even when I turned learning off and had a set schedule. It’s like someone took it and started playing with the temp somewhere around the world. Possibly hacked by someone. Ecobee makes me happy, and Alexa listens when I tell it to change. Happy purchase.
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Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 8 reviews
(8 Reviews)- CNETRating, 4 out of 54.0Megan Wollerton on July 3, 2019Ecobee SmartThermostat (2019) reviewThe SmartThermostat with Voice Control is Ecobee's new high-end smart thermostat. At $249 (including one temperature sensor), the price is steep, but Ecobee gave this model some additional smarts that make it worth considering. The Ecobee4 willFull Review
- Tom's GuideRating, 4.5 out of 54.5Mike Prospero on September 25, 2020Ecobee SmartThermostat reviewThe Ecobee4 was one of the first best Alexa compatible devices that wasn't a smart speaker first. It was a clever idea, one that several other companies have adopted. However, that thermostat lacked some of Alexa's core functions, and the speakerFull Review
- Digital TrendsRating, 4.5 out of 54.5Terry Walsh on June 3, 2019Ecobee SmartThermostat reviewFor more than a decade, Ecobee has slugged it out with Nest in the battle for smart thermostat supremacy. Nest's design and simple ring control has achieved near-iconic status, but we'd argue that Ecobee is the more innovative of the two. FourFull Review
- PCMagRating, 4.5 out of 54.5John R. Delaney on June 26, 2019Ecobee Smart Thermostat With Voice Control ReviewThe new Ecobee Smart Thermostat With Voice Control ($249) is the company's fifth-generation model, and as is the case with each Ecobee release, this new model offers more features than its predecessor, the Ecobee4. Enhanced Alexa and multimediaFull Review
- 9to5mac.comChance Miller on July 24, 2019Review: Ecobee SmartThermostat with Voice Control remains the best HomeKit optionOver the last year, I've been fully embracing the HomeKit ecosystem. I've adopted countless Philips Hue lights, as well as accent lighting from companies like Nanoleaf and Lifx. One thing that I hadn't tackled until now was a SmartThermostatFull Review
- techhive.comRating, 4.5 out of 54.5Jason D'Aprile on June 26, 2019Ecobee SmartThermostat with voice control review: Ecobee's fifth-gen device is its best yetEcobee's smart thermostats are consistently among our top picks, and the overhaul that produced this fifth-generation product is as welcome as it is unexpected. In other words, we didn't think the Alexa-powered Ecobee could get much better—but itFull Review
- TechaerisAlex Hernandez on May 11, 2020ecobee SmartThermostat review: Now Alexa and Spotify capableThe ecobee SmartThermostat is my first foray into this world and the experience turned out to be excellent. Read on for the full review.Full Review
- techgearlab.comRating, 4.2 out of 54.2Austin Palmer David Wise Jenna Ammerman Learn more on August 5, 2019Ecobee SmartThermostat with Voice Control ReviewIf you are looking for a sleek and convenient way to add Alexa voice capabilities to your smart home and give you remote access to your HVAC system, thenFull Review
Q: QuestionIs the only difference between this and the Ecobee 3 Lite that this one has Alexa built in? I have enough Echo devices and don't need another Alexa input device.
Asked by MikeC.
- A:Answer The ecobee3 lite does not have Amazon Alexa built-in but can work with your other echo devices. It also doesn't come with a built-in occupancy sensor so you may want to consider buying a SmartSensor 2-pack to go with it. Here's a handy comparison chart: https://support.ecobee.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028428931-What-are-the-differences-between-ecobee-SmartThermostat-with-voice-control-ecobee4-ecobee3-lite-and-ecobee3-
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Q: QuestionIf only one person has a phone and leaves the House and there is a few people at home does the temperature change or does it stay the same?? Is it easy to install if your Thermostat is 20 years old. Thank you in advance for answering my questions
Asked by Kay.
- A:Answer If you set up smart home/away, when the sensors detect motion it will set your temperature to your home profile so will keep the temp at that temperature as long as people are moving in the house. Also. If you have Apple devices you can control it from there by whose home or away. Other smart assistants can also be integrated. I was able to set mine up on 30+ old HVAC system. Very strait forward instructions and you can also call their support line if you have questions.
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Q: QuestionWhat is the difference between the EB-STATE5-01 and the EB-STATE5P-01 - first is Smart Thermostat with Voice Control, and second is Smart Thermostat Pro with Voice Control.
Asked by Wendy.
- A:Answer Hi Wendy, the difference is that the Pro version gets a 5 year warranty, as it is installed by one of our professional installation partners! Hope that helps :)
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Q: QuestionCan the Alexa be turned off? I have an alexa device already in the room where the thermastat would go
Asked by a1star93.
- A:Answer Yes, you can enable or disable it from the app. I have my ecobee right next to my Sonos which uses Alexa. No issues here.
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Q: QuestionWill ecobee automatically switch from heat to cool as the room temp changes or do I have to reset mode. I live in La; night temp may be 40 but by noon it may be 90 so I want the thermostat to keep my home at 72 always without resetting mode
Asked by Patsy.
- A:Answer Yes! Our Auto mode feature will keep you comfortable.
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Q: QuestionDoes the main unit have temperature sensor? Or do you have to put one of the remote sensors in the same room as the wall unit if you want readings in that room?
Asked by Anonymous.
- A:Answer Yes, ecobee SmartThermostat with voice control comes with a temperature and occupancy sensor built-in to the main unit. Check out this handy comparison chart for more info: https://support.ecobee.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028428931-What-are-the-differences-between-ecobee-SmartThermostat-with-voice-control-ecobee4-ecobee3-lite-and-ecobee3-
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Q: QuestionCan you use sensor from an Ecobee 3 with this unit?
Asked by ecksray.
- A:Answer Yes the old and newer sensors work with this unit. I think the older sensors do not detect room occupancy though.
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Q: QuestionIf a sensor is cooler than another room does it send heat to just that room or the whole house ? If just one room how does it do that without zone dampers being installed ?
Asked by Jcbp.
- A:Answer I just recently purchased a Ecobee thermostat. And after a couple days of installing, I was told to set the thermostat to Auto. Which the Ecobee will do it's thing. So to answer your question. The ecobee will only start your heater, and will heat your whole system. But will shut off when the zones with the sensors that are occupied have reached the temperature that was set on the thermostat. Meaning the heater will stay on until the rooms with the sensors have reached its comfort setting. Even if the rooms without the sensors have not reached the comfort setting you set the thermostat to. That would be because the ecobee does not know the rest of the rooms temperature without the sensors. So if you have the smartsensor in your master bedroom and are only occupying that room. And not occupying the room that you have the thermostat. and you set the thermostat to 72 degrees. And the current temperature is reading 72 degrees in the bedroom and 69 in the room with the thermostat. Then your heater will not start because there's no sense in starting the heater if the room that is being occupied is already at it's comfort setting. Hope that helps
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