RTH7600D 7-Day Programmable Touchscreen Thermostat, White

Inexpensive, simple, efficient and thus far reliable!
I purchased this thermostat to replace a 20 year old (original) mercury analog thermostat for our upstairs unit. The main reasons I chose this unit were price, features, brand name and overall reviews (touch screen was desired but not mandatory).IN THE BOX:The package came with everything necessary for installation, including wire flags to mark each wire with before you pulled them off the old thermostat so that you could more easily identify where they go into the new one (a very nice touch). The thermostat was, of course, included along with an installation manual and a user’s manual, and a couple mounting screws with wall anchors.INSTALLATION:We have a gas furnace and ac, so for us it was a four wire job (no flags were even necessary). It couldn’t have been any simpler to mount and wire. If you have an electric furnace w/ emergency heat and/or a multiple stage unit your installation will be more involved, but if you take your time and flag the wires it still shouldn’t be overly complicated (if you don’t feel comfortable doing it, it’s better to get a professional to do the job – please don’t risk messing up your several $K system). The installation manual is pretty clear, however I can see a few places where a bit of confusion may arise for those who have never installed a thermostat before. Overall, this thermostat is just as easy to install as any other thermostat on the market (they’re all pretty much the same), if not a touch easier due to the thoughtful inclusion of the wire flags.SETUP:Read the manual!! Sorry, I had to get that out of my system after seeing many of the unfounded poor reviews on here from people who claim this thermostat is unable to do things that it actually is able to do, if they had just taken the extra couple minutes to flip through the pages in the user’s guide…With that said, setup is a bit of a mixed bag – it’s pretty easy to setup, however you MUST read the manual in order to set certain functionality, as it is code driven (the unit uses a numbering system to select functionality, and you must match the number up to that in the manual to select what features you want to activate / deactivate). Fortunately, once you set it up once, it’s good to go. It could be a bit more intuitive, but to be honest, I thought the manual was easily understandible and I had no problems with the setup.The one thing that did bother me a bit was the fact that the date can only be found and changed under the numbered setup, instead of being programmable with the time under the ‘normal’ screen setup. I guess this should only have to be set once, though, so it’s not really THAT big of a deal in hindsight (just a bit frustrating at the time).PROGRAMMING:Programming could have be bit more intuitive in my opinion, though it isn’t difficult (and you don’t have to do it often once you get it set where you want it While the manual wasn’t required for me to do this, it would have probably been helpful on my first run. This thermostat has individual daily settings, each with four time slots for when you sleep, wake, are away, and return home, and each slot with their own high temp and low temp range (the thermostat can be set to change over from AC to Heat, or vice versa automatically as necessary in the setup codes, though we kept ours manual). You can select multiple days at once to program identically, which is a nice feature and saves a bit of time. Overall it’s not difficult, however it was just a bit more tedious than our downstairs unit (a higher end non-touchscreen thermostat from another make).SCREEN QUALITY (TOUCH AND VIEW):The screen is easy to read, well lit and thus far I have experienced perfect touch sensitivity. The green glow may be ‘outdated’, but it does a nice job illuminating and we purchased this thermostat knowing that’s what it had, so I don’t understand why some other reviews have even mentioned that as a gripe… It’s nice that you can touch the screen once anywhere in the ‘touch sensitive’ areas (along the bottom and right side) to light it for viewing, then touch it again to change settings. This seems like it should be a given, though I’ve dealt with touch screen units in other homes that require a touch it to light it, however that first touch changes settings at the same time). The buttons are large enough for me to comfortably navigate without worrying about hitting the wrong button or multi-button pressing (I have good sized hands).FUNCTIONALITY:The thermostat has worked very well for us thus far. We haven’t had any of the constant cycling on/off issues that have been expressed in other reviews, however I installed it in late September so we missed the really hot season; we’ll see how it does as it begins to get really cold now. I am not worried about it though – it keeps us comfortable and does exactly as it has been programmed to do. The temperature is also a LOT more accurate than our previous mercury model…MATERIAL / BUILD QUALITY:Overall the quality of materials is good. The plastic housing is a bit flimsy – once mounted on the wall the thermostat still has some give and play, though it’s sufficiently stiff as to not allow movement during regular button pressing and such, and the electric contacts seem to be firmly in place.After I installed the thermostat, I did notice that the screen was not positioned correctly. It seems that the screen is held into place using just the pressure from the cover. I was able to use my thumbs and gently slide it back into the proper position, and it is held firmly enough so that it shouldn’t be a future issue (unless handled somewhat roughly), but it does seem that they would have secured it better with clips or something.OVERALL:For the price of this thermostat (keep an eye out for the dicounts) it is practically unbeatable, and I have no gripes or regrets purchasing it. We wanted a simple second zone therostat with daily programming and at least two time slots per day. I did my research, and the Honeywell RTH7600D has met or exceeded all of my expectations so far. While setup requires the manual, you should only have to do it once. Programming takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do a few slots it’s pretty easy. The touch screen is sensitive and well lit. Functionality is exactly as it should be.This has been a great unit for us, and it’s certainly nice not having to slide the temperature adjuster every morning, then slide it back right before we go to bed (and wait for the temperature to get back into a comfortable range).

Seems to work as advertised
I got this unit to replace a 29-year old Honeywell Chronotherm 3 that controls our 2-stage forced air gas furnace. I installed it this evening. I got this unit specifically because it says it works with a 2 stage furnace. Apparently not all thermostats do. It also allows for 7-day programming, which I’m used to from the Chronotherm 3. (Vs. programming all weekdays alike and Sat and Sun alike.) I took a photo of the wiring in the old unit before taking it off the wall. (This thermostat comes with tags to put on the wires to help remember where they go in the new unit, but a photo was less cumbersome and my wires coming out of the wall were pretty short so I don’t think there was room for the tags anyway.) The main delay in wiring up the new unit was that I had to paint the wall where the old unit was because it was bigger than this new one. I put a clothes pin on the wires to keep them from falling back inside the wall when I was painting. Once the paint was dry, wiring this baby up was pretty straightforward. I found it helpful to use some needle nose pliers to help get the wires into the holes. You’ll need a smaller-than-usual flathead screw driver to set the screws. The designations for the wires on the new unit match up with the ones from the old unit, so that was easy. Programming the unit was fairly easy, although not perfectly simple, I think. I had to press a little harder on the touch screen than I had expected, but it wasn’t difficult. I had a little trouble getting into the Schedule screen where you enter codes for the kind of system you have (in my case a 2-stage gas furnace with no air conditioner). I bypassed that programming section to go on to scheduling, thinking I might call the customer service number for help programming the system, but I went back later, tried it again, and got it this time. Not sure what I was getting wrong earlier; possibly something about not holding one button long enough. Scheduling was pretty straightforward. There are four periods for each day and you set the time and temperature for each one. I set all the weekdays together at the same time. I set Sat and Sunday each with their own schedule.The unit is running the furnace now and it seems to be working as expected. I’d give it five stars but to me five stars suggests perfection. It seems to WORK perfectly but maybe a five star unit would’ve installed itself? I’m a reasonably handy guy who does residential remodeling for a paycheck, but I think anyone with patience and basic homeowner skills could install this.Our last Honeywell thermostat lasted 29 years. Our Trane furnace wasn’t supposed to last this long but it keeps chugging along, even surprising the techs who service it. (Take this as encouragement to buy a Trane.) I expect this new unit will outlast the furnace but maybe it can run the next one?

Easy programmable!
I’ve had this a couple of years. It works well. I change the battery once a year. I did have someone come to wire it in and it does not need that c wire so all good! And very easy to program. That’s important.

Funcionando como se esperaba

Works great, to replace a older one that lasted 15 years but I accidently knocked off the wall while doing renos. This one is a “thinner” version of the large screen model that it replaces, plate mounting is smaller, expect paint touch up on the wall. Note: the specifications in the product description on amazon says its WIFI but its not. And thats just what I wanted, traditional thermostat and install.