dablazi

John, I have a friend who had two Venstar's and replaced them with the Insteon T-Stats. But for now I think he liked the display characteristics on the Insteon better, such as the mode display like heat or cool. I think all he wanted to see was heat and not cool being displayed. I will find out and let you know. Maybe if Rand from U-D reads this forum he can let you know, he mentioned to me that he has Venstars.

I have purchased and installed 6 of the Insteon Thermostats and all work perfectly, I do no have any of the remote style though. These thermostats are a newer revision and the issues of the triacs have been resolved by moving the temperature sensor away from them, and giving a positive read. And I have no issues with the triacs heating up, they are only controlling a small relay in the zone control panel, which in turn energize the relay for the heat pump and boiler. The only thing I would like to see is more backlight control. Only options you have for now is ON, OFF,10 Seconds or 60 Seconds. The backlight is very bright, too bright for a bedroom if you like darkness when trying to sleep. SmartLabs says that a dimmer option may be in a future update. They seem to work fine with my ISY-99I. You can even use the t-stat to trigger events, I use it to turn on/off a humidifier through an appliancelinc. I also control my ceiling fans with temperature setpoints on the t-stats as well. I was hesitant at first to buy this t-stat as well, but for no reason they work fine for now.