Smart heating control for 2 zone system

[dstill]

Hi, just looking for some guidance on the following please.

I've decided to upgrade my standard heating controls to a smart system. My heating system is 2 zone with two room programmers, one on the ground and one on the first floor. The ground floor one also controls the domestic hot water. I have a gas boiler with a pressurised hot water cylinder.

Could anyone recommend a suitable system that is reliable and that will integrate with Alexa please?

 

[omega015]

Are you wanting to just make the programmers smart / control the 2 zones? Or are you wanting to look at individual room control?

 

[dstill]

Are you wanting to just make the programmers smart / control the 2 zones? Or are you wanting to look at individual room control?

Hi, thanks for your reply, I'm just wanting to have a two smart room thermostats, one in each zone.

 

[omega015]

In that case you probably can't go wrong with Nest or Hive, but obviously will need the extra thermostats/heatlink from them. Is this going to be a self install or getting someone in to install it? (Hive offer install service).

I havent used them personally (although I've installed Nest which is easy enough) so cannot comment on their features and reliability but they've been around a while and are the bigger known ones, so I suspect they would be fine. I have used Honeywell's Evohome for 15 years without many issues and is great but thats designed for individual room/radiator control.

 

[ericmark]

I have Nest Gen 3 and Wiser installed. I don't like the Nest, but first one has to decide in fullness of time how far you will go, even if not now.

So smart features that you may want.
1) Geo-fencing, turns off heating when you leave the house and back on when you return.
2) Manual at distance control, i.e. need to get phone out to turn on or off.
3) Individual room control. This can be subdivided.
A) Manual
B) Using Bluetooth
C) Using Wifi
D) Linked to the boiler

Oddly, the Nest will not link to TRV heads.
Hive also has some odd things, like not taking a demand for heat if thermostat over 22ºC
So would say the big 3, Tado, Evohome, and Wiser. I found Tado hard to get info on, so I went for Wiser, not run a winter with it yet, so can't really comment.