Gadgetory

there are a lot more smart thermostats out there than there used to be and Emerson's 160 dollars sensing Wi-Fi programmable thermostat is one of them a lot of the smart thermostats out there are really trying to dazzle you with all these smart features that can actually overcomplicate your user experience they can definitely help you heat and cool your house more smartly but they're not always that intuitive and and this one is the opposite of that it isn't the smartest model we've ever tested it doesn't have geofencing it doesn't have a smart algorithm that it learns over time but it does have a related app and it's one of the most simple streamlined apps I've come across in terms of thermostats so far and if you don't want to use the related Android or iPhone app to interact with sense that you can obviously do it in person one thing you'll notice is that it doesn't have the sleek streamlined modern look of nest or eco veer some of the other smart thermostats but it's super intuitive the buttons work really well they're not sort of weird wonky touchscreen that doesn't respond when you want it to it also interacts with Amazon's Alexa enabled products so if you don't want to use the app you don't want to control it in person you can just say Alexa set my thermostat to 68 degrees and that's a unique thing for Scentsy because it's one of the least expensive smart thermostats that actually does have that kind of integration Alexa is usually reserved for no eco Bjorn a store the other really really high-end models that cost well over 200 bucks so obviously we didn't get into the full details of this thermostat here for that be sure to check out my full review but overall sensi is a smart thermostat option especially if you don't want to spend a ton