Hive !!

[UKGuy]

I had one installed a couple of weeks back after my 7 day timer went down. It works a treat, you can do the usual 7 day program of 4 schedules a day for HW & CH, then manually adjust via a web-browser or iPhone. Also shows the temperature over the last day, week, month etc. so you can judge how low to set temperature when away from the house.
But the best bit is when you are coming home late at night, you just boost the temperature to have a nice warm house to come home to!
Considering it comes with a wireless thermostat and is fully fitted, I thought it a reasonable price.

 

[Ermintrude]

Reasonable for BG!

 

[Roger Welton]

I'd hold out for NEST myself, available in the US due for launch here this year. ($250 though so will no doubt be very expensive over here)

https://nest.com/thermostat/life-with-nest-thermostat/

 

[stevetheplumber]

lots of city type will love it or anyone with eratic hours

 

[albatross]

If you want to get in on the act BG will supply only for £159 or heatmiser are about to launch one.

 

[UKGuy]

I'd hold out for NEST myself, available in the US due for launch here this year. ($250 though so will no doubt be very expensive over here)

https://nest.com/thermostat/life-with-nest-thermostat/

Not convinced about the Nest, I've got 2 of the wireless Smoke/CO units, they are ok, but not impressed with the UK support so far, so unless they bring in some UK based staff to cope with the much more complex thermostat, I'd worry about using it in UK based heating systems.
Also I believe it only controls the temperature unlike the Hive which does HW & CH

 

[UKGuy]

Reasonable for BG!

As they sell the kit for £160, £40 to come out and fit seems ok to me. I'd happily pay any plumber £27 an hour as that's what it would have worked out for 90 minutes of his time on site, not counting travelling time!
I appreciate it's a subsided service so BG can try and sell me something in the future otherwise why did they need to see my HW tank, Gas and Lectric meters etc?

 

[Robert Tyrrell]

looks good but we're never in the house long enough to make it worth our while. We only put the heating on when we're at home, which is probably for about two hours before we climb into bed. Sometimes i even stay up 'til 11:30pm :grin:

 

[TBServices]

The heatmiser range is already available. Personally I'll be waiting for an opentherm stat before I jump on this (unless I get a free one). As with most things, it's folly to jump into spending a fortune on tech like this when it's in it's infancy.

 

[Ermintrude]

Owned by google now, who haven't made any promises about not have sting data , selling you stuff 24/7 and generally doing what they do best .