Micro-Air Easy Touch Thermostat

[DCPAS]

I received an email from Micro-Air offering a $50 discount on its Easy Touch Thermostat. A search yielded a couple of comments on the forums where people liked it, but without really saying what it did that made it appealing to them. Clearly it has wifi and bluetooth connections, but I am not sure how important those are for a trailer used as an occasional camper and without wifi at its storage facility.

If anyone who has it has comments on it, I would love to see them.

Thanks.

[JonDNC]

We have one and got it for the WiFi connection as we saw the need to be able to monitor/control inside temp when we leave the dog. We are will be more full time than casual at this point.

[KelloggKid]

I'm seriously thinking of getting one simply because I'm tired of someone pushing the wrong button on the Dometic unit causing it go haywire until I can remember how to reset the darn thing.

[lsbrodsky]

I just ordered one, primarily because it allows for settings in a schedule instead of the 2 on the stock thermostat. I won't get around to the install for a while though. No camping scheduled until March.
Larry

[lsbrodsky]

I installed it today...easy with good instructions. I checked it out with the furnace since I have no AC to the trailer right now. Works great and the schedule function is a bit more intuitive than the stock unit. I haven't mastered wifi with it yet, but time for that in the Spring.
Larry

[JonDNC]

Just as a follow up we have been living with ours full time for over a month. It’s the best. I can be laying in bed or sitting at the table and just connect and adjust. Makes staying comfy easy and managing the reverse cycle to furnace threshold switchover. I have found that sometimes when the temp is on the edge forcing the furnace on makes for a much happier wife.

[DCPAS]

Originally Posted by JonDNC

Makes staying comfy easy and managing the reverse cycle to furnace threshold switchover.

Thanks! Could you please elaborate on the above point? Does it allow you to set an outside temperature for the switch over from heat pump to furnace? Can you set a temperature for a switch back to heat pump?

[JonDNC]

Originally Posted by DCPAS

Thanks! Could you please elaborate on the above point? Does it allow you to set an outside temperature for the switch over from heat pump to furnace? Can you set a temperature for a switch back to heat pump?

No that would be too cool. It just allows me to laying in bed, hear the reverse cycle just struggling along , open the app and select furnace. Voila, didn’t have to get out of bed, and have real heat. It seems though that anything under 45 at night furnace is just a better option

[DCPAS]

Originally Posted by JonDNC

No that would be too cool. It just allows me to laying in bed, hear the reverse cycle just struggling along , open the app and select furnace. Voila, didn’t have to get out of bed, and have real heat. It seems though that anything under 45 at night furnace is just a better option

Drats! That would have been nice. I don't think I can make the switch to furnace to stop the heat pump noise without waking my wife so I can see some benefit. Just not enough to justify the price.

[JonDNC]

We did it for the away from the trailer management of temps and alarms. That was critical for the pup when he’s left alone

[pdavey]

Originally Posted by DCPAS

I received an email from Micro-Air offering a $50 discount on its Easy Touch Thermostat. A search yielded a couple of comments on the forums where people liked it, but without really saying what it did that made it appealing to them. Clearly it has wifi and bluetooth connections, but I am not sure how important those are for a trailer used as an occasional camper and without wifi at its storage facility.



If anyone who has it has comments on it, I would love to see them.



Thanks.

We installed one this fall along with a temperature stick as a way to remote manage the AS and monitor for the dog.

The thermostat is great in my opinion. It is plug and play for the wacky Domestic system (literally unplug the domestic and plug in the Micro-Air). It controls both units with ease

It leverages the outside temperature monitor and has a threshold for when to turn on the heat pump vs the furnace so for the rear unit on a two unit system it will select the one you need or you can just switch to the furnace.

The app works well on both bluetooth and wifi. I wish the app was a bit more robust and allowed you to control more but it is serviceable and allows you to see both inside and outside temperature for both units.

The app is great for making changes in temp from the lounge or while in bed as to not disturb your partner. The wall unit can be programmed to time out the display after a few seconds so we keep it like that so it stays dark all the time except for when you interact with it.

I would say I use the app 99% of the time and have only touched the wall unit a handful of times.

I did have a little wackiness with the unit disconnecting from wifi once or twice but I think it was a software thing that got resolved through an update. Haven't had any issues with that over the last few months.

If you are looking for a well featured thermostat that you can control remotely and is super simple to install you should get the Micro-Air Easy Touch.Attachment 388002Attachment 388003Attachment 388001Attachment 387999Attachment 388000

[pdavey]

Originally Posted by DCPAS

Drats! That would have been nice. I don't think I can make the switch to furnace to stop the heat pump noise without waking my wife so I can see some benefit. Just not enough to justify the price.

It does have the capability to select based on outside temperature. I can verify mine works well.

[DCPAS]

Fine looking dog!

Should we ever invest in a way to keep the trailer connected while camping, this unit makes all the sense in the world. Without that, it falls into the "I would really like to have it, but can't justify it" category. At least while we still have the warranty.

Thanks for the responses.

[DCPAS]

Originally Posted by pdavey

It does have the capability to select based on outside temperature. I can verify mine works well.

OK. That is very good. Might need to reconsider. When they go back on sale that is.

[pdavey]

Originally Posted by DCPAS

OK. That is very good. Might need to reconsider. When they go back on sale that is.

The other good thing is because you can control by bluetooth you can get the same benefits to control remotely inside the unit as you would with wifi.

If you ever decide to go the connected route let me know and I am happy to give you pointers. I set ours up to be connected almost anywhere.

[JonDNC]

Originally Posted by pdavey

It does have the capability to select based on outside temperature. I can verify mine works well.

Where do you set that? I have not found that option.

[pdavey]

Originally Posted by JonDNC

Where do you set that? I have not found that option.

I sit corrected. It is the rear Dometic unit that has the control board that automatically switches the system to furnace when the temperature is below a certain point.

There is no control on the thermostat to set that differential.

The front Dometic unit has the same control feature for my setup. It won't run under 30 degrees F

The way I have my unit set during the winter is to have the HP run on the front and the furnace in the rear. What happens is the HP runs primary to maintain during the day and the furnace primary runs at night when it is cold.

[JonDNC]

Aah thanks. Thought I was missing something that would have been very useful as the factory switchover is below practical switchover point at least in my mind.

[pdavey]

Originally Posted by JonDNC

Aah thanks. Thought I was missing something that would have been very useful as the factory switchover is below practical switchover point at least in my mind.

Yeah from what I read there is a set of dip switches on the HP to change the settings. A true interface would be much better. Also the issue with cutover is that it should be based on temperature and humidity to really be efficient but to be quite honest only the really high end house HP systems have that.

[DCPAS]

Originally Posted by JonDNC

the factory switchover is below practical switchover point at least in my mind.

So true. It gets pretty busy and noisy. It would be nice to be able to adjust the temperature for it.