Well, you can go digital without going “smart”. The digital ones still carry cost savings, without trapping you in a cycle of buying one every few years like these companies want you to. I switched mine from the old school mercury ones to digital, about 15 years ago, and they are still going strong.
My thermostat came with the house and is older than me (before the birth of MTV)
I keep thinking I should update to save energy and whatever but why get on that treadmill?
Well, you can go digital without going “smart”. The digital ones still carry cost savings, without trapping you in a cycle of buying one every few years like these companies want you to. I switched mine from the old school mercury ones to digital, about 15 years ago, and they are still going strong.