Top 3 Venstar Thermostats Reviews (Programmable & Non-Prog.)

Venstar company was founded in 1992 and it is a leading thermostat and energy management system. Their thermostats are made with high-quality materials so you can be sure that they are reliable.

They offer many various thermostats and here you can read about the three most popular ones.  Venstar thermostat is easy to use and is easy to program which is really important if you are not an expert and you are just trying to find replacements for your old thermostat.

Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat comes with a colored digital display, it is easy to install and to program so it could be the best choice for many customers out there. On the other hand, Venstar T1800 Thermostat does not come with the colored display but surely it is as good as the one mentioned above. It is a programmable thermostat and you can make your own schedule so you won’t be wasting energy and money when you are not at home.

Venstar Thermostat

And for the last, Venstar 1050 Small Footprint thermostat, it is a little bit cheaper that previous two but also comes with nice features. It can be used with almost all heating and cooling systems and you can separately program days of the week and the weekends.

In this review, you can read more about this three Venstar Thermostats, this way you may easier decide which one would be best for you and your needs.

Best 3 Venstar Thermostats

Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat

This Venstar Thermostat is unique by its advanced ColorTouch and display. It is very easy to use which gives it a user-friendly characteristic. The main reason for that is this big display with a touchschreen feature. Also, you can program it in many different ways and you do not have to be an expert to figure out how to adjust the temperature.

It can be used with four-stage heating and two-stage cooling systems, also you can use it with gas or electric systems, heat pump with aux or dual fuel systems. You can connect it to your home WI-FI but to do that you will need to buy ACC0454 accessory. You can program it for seven days of the week and it has auto-changeover.

Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat

It weights 11.2 ounces and comes in the dimensions of 6.2 x 4.6 x 2 inches and does not need batteries to power up. If you pair this device with Skyport WI-FI key it allows you to control the thermostat from your smartphone.

Also, if your home is older than about seven years you may need Venstar Add-A-Wire Adapter to install this thermostat. This Venstar thermostat needs a SmartCard if you want to customize your backgrounds or if you want to update the firmware.

Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat review

Also, this thermostat has some flaws, for example sometimes it does not want to stay connected to WI-FI or the changes you make with your phone do not go through. Another thing is that you cannot turn of the screen since it is defaulted to screensaver whether you like it or not. Some people say that this thermostat sometimes does things on its own, like missing schedule or it picks its own temperature (not far from the intended one).

Features:

  • touchscreen display
  • easy to install and program
  • has many features that provide a lots of flexibility
  • you can’t turn the display off
  • needs a SmartCard to customize backgrounds, update the firmware, etc.

Venstar T1800 Programmable Thermostat

With this Venstar thermostat, you can be saving energy and money because you do not need to run the heater or air conditioning if you are not at home. Main advantage is that this thermostat features a setting where you can program the heater to turn on half an our before you come back home from work or you can run air condition only when necessery for example to keep your pets cool while you are at work.

Also, this thermostat offers you to schedule different programs, this way every day of the week can be programmed differently and this kind of feature many other thermostats do not offer. This thermostat is compatible with heat/cool systems and heat pump systems. It can control systems with three heat stages, as well as ones that has two.

Venstar T1800 Programmable Thermostat

This kind of Venstar thermostat is user friendly and very easy to use because it comes with a bright backlit display. Next to buttons this device has a button legend which is a nice touch. The model can be controlled by your smarphone with using an add on. It weights 1.76 ounces and comes in a dimension of 2 x 6.3 x 4.8 inches. It is square shaped and comes in color white, does not need batteries to power up.

Some people say that only thing you need to do while installing and programming this thermostat   is that you need to set the heat and air conditioning to your desired temperatures and the rest thermostat does by itself which is very nice if you do not like complicated devices.

Features:

  • easy to install and use
  • small dimensions
  • can be controlled by a smartphone
  • you can schedule temperature for every day of  the week
  • backlit display

Venstar T1050 Small Footprint Thermostat

This Venstar Thermostat comes with user friendly design and lets you easily control your homes envirnoment. Also, it has a nice big display so you can easily see what is says on it. Has a clean white finish to fit your homes’ design. You can separetly program week days and weekends. It can be used with gas/electric, heat pump with aux, and electric systems. Its display is bicolored, red is when the heat is on and green is when the cooling is on.

Venstar T1050 Small Footprint Thermostat

Weight of this Venstar themostat is around 5.6 ounces and it comes in dimensions od 3.1 x 3.1 x 1 inches. Many people said that this thermostat is nice beacuse it is very affordable and comes with auto changeover. It means that you do not need to switch the thermostat from ac to heat since the thermostat does it by itself.

Venstar T1050 Small Footprint Thermostat review

The display shows what time is it and what is the current temperature. It also shows what temperature thermostat is set to. Display itself is nice and big, the font is also really big and you can easily read from the display. It only has four button, mode, fan, up and down. Which is really nice since it does not have nothing that you would not need.

Features:

  • small dimensions
  • easy to use
  • big display
  • affordable
  • 5-2 program days