Upgraded Digital Non-Programmable Thermostat for Home 1 Heat/1 Cool Single Stage System, with Temperature & Humidity Monitor and Large Blue LCD Display

Easy to install, easy to read, nice looking, wonderful; I would absolutely buy again if needed. I had four programmable thermostats and they were expensive, unreliable and frustrating to use.

I had an old Honeywell programmable thermostat on my InstaFlame gas fireplace that the installer setup when the fireplace was installed. The fireplace has a 750 millivolt ignition system with a two conductor thermostat wire. I use this fireplace to warm the family room and since we have an open floorplan, it also helps with the rest of the house. I got tired of messing around with the scheduling and having a dim small readout. I saw this thermostat while I was browsing around and liked that it had a bright blue background, the numbers were much larger then the old thermostat, and there was no screwing around with time schedules. There are similar rebranded thermostats that are probably made by the same company. The wiring was very simple. All I did was pull the front off the old thermostat and remove the red wire from the RH terminal and the white wire from the W terminal and then removed the old base from the wall. Since I am only using this for a fireplace I removed the jumper between the RH and RC (RH heating and RC cooling) to allow for more room under the incredibly small terminals on the terminal strip. I did struggle a bit to remove the new Garystat cover from the base but with a little patience and gentle prying with a screwdriver the cover came off. I installed the thermostat wires under the new base RH and W terminals and mounted the base to the wall. The Garystat base mounting screw holes fit the old wall anchors perfectly so I didn't have to drill new holes for anchors. I installed two fresh AAA batteries (batteries were not supplied with the new thermostat), set the toggle switch on the back of the cover to the gas position, set the Heat/Off/Cool switch to the Heat postion, and snapped the cover on the base. I didn't mess with the fan switch since my fireplace has a thermal switch on the firebox that controls the fan. I did investigate the calibration, swing and other settings. I decided to not use the humidity display setting and left the others at the default settings. The fireplace came on after I adjusted the setpoint to my desired temperature and when it reached that temperature the fireplace turned off. There is nothing to not like about this thermostat. It is simple to install, simple to initially program, and I love that you can calibrate your room temperature display. I hope it lasts a long time but if it doesn't I will probably buy another one. They are inexpensive and seem to work great. The box had everything you need to install this and, while having small print, the instructions were pretty good for the installation. The example wiring diagrams were pretty useless since my application was not for furnaces, heat pumps, or air conditioners, but a casual inspection of the wiring for the old thermostat convinced me that the Garystat would work. Shipping was quick and the thermostat arrived undamaged. Update: I saw this thermostat was on sale and decided to purchase a second one as a backup. It has been really great and is very accurate. I would recommend this to anyone wanting a great non programmable thermostat.

I bought three of these to replace the high-dollar thermostats that came with this house. The thermostats replaced were very susceptable to external RF interfernce which made them a non-starter for my home. They simply had too many features that were not important to me and thus complicated the setting of the units. So I bought three of these basic thermostats hoping that their near analog arcitecture would eliminate the issues I was having. Long story short, they did just that. They are made for single-stage units and they have a switch on the back to select between all-electric or electric-cool/gas heat set-ups. The mounting holes lined up perfectly with the mounting holes of my old thermostats. You have to choose between heat and cool with the onboard switch (which I wanted). I leave the fan on auto all the time to allow it to function as the units are either cooling or heating. Big, easy to see display. It will flash the inside temp for a few seconds then flash the inside humidity, then back to the temp, etc. etc. The body of the thermostat snaps solidly into the base on the wall. All connections on the back are clearly marked with the standard colors of wire that are used in thermostat installations. The manual is pretty good and shows several wiring scenarios, but normally you will be dealing with 5 colored wires...red, white, blue, yellow, and green. Do a little research beforehand and you can easily learn the function of each of those wires. Be sure you remove about 3/8" of the insulation from the wire before you slide it into the screw terminal that holds the wire in place. I have electric cooling and a gas furnaces and this little simple, inexpensive thermostat is perfect for me and my home units.

Nice unit, when you wire keep in mind 4 wire system will need 5 wires for common to power your 24ac if not your unit will need batteries. check with your HVAC technician before attempting any wiring on your own, my wiring is for reference only! (Red +24vac) - (blue common -24vac) - (white heat relay) - (Yellow cool relay) - (green fan)

This Garystat G701 (Green backlit) model thermostat is hard to beat for 27$ (give or take). Numbers are very large on room temp and large enough on the 'set temp' that you can read from quite a distance and the older with vision issues will love this unit with large text and backlight. Simple to operate as well. Installation is straight forward and manual well written for those with no prior knowledge of hvac. However, the spacing for the wires on the backplate could definitely be larger for easier to manage wire placement but it's fine in the long run. Battery compartment is up top on front and easily accessed (not so for many thermostats). Gas/Electric switch is inside between thermostat and backplate housing/mount - on the back of thermostat - don't forget to check that toggle. Also - you can adjust the temperature calibration of your 'room temp' if it reads high or low (mine read high). You can turn on or off the Compressor Delay (3min), you can turn the humidity display on or off) and so on. Just check manual for how to access these settings. Not much more to say - it's easy to use, easy to read, and works like it should. It's cheap as well - can't comment on duration/reliability but it seems to have a 2 yr warranty I believe so seems reasonable enough. Recommended buy. -- But check dimensions as it might be a little smaller than it looks in photos to you.

Having had an upscale program type thermostat I find this to be a blessing, I am 92 years old and have used a computer in business and at home since CPM was the way to go, in other words a long time but the up ended thermostat bit my butt. I would think I got it set up only to find I messed up again. Maybe being 92 was part of it, This unit is very good looking and large enough to cover the old Pro thermostats foot print. The unit reminds me of the thermostats we used in the 1940s only much better looking and a joy to read. Set it at 75 and it stays at 75 until you hit an up or down button How simple is that? After install and liking it so much I ordered another one for the bed room area of our home. The furnace seems to react much better with this unit and I give it a 5 star all the way around.

I updated my father's old dial thermostat with this one. The function is amazing the LED is bright clear and easily visible with people with poor eyesight it's accurate and the installation was too simple screws

Love the thermostat! It works perfect with no issues and utilizes the 24 volt power from the main board in the system. Temperature seems to be very accurate. Also switches between temperature and humidity automatically so you can see both. The only downfall I found is the out of the box temps are further out than what I prefer so about a week after I installed the unit we lost power for a few hours due to utility workers and it reset to 80 something degrees for the air conditioning. It's alot easier to install batteries for the memory function so it doesn't lose power and reset to default. That is my only dislike but also my own oversight. Great for the money and display is easy to see and bright enough. Buttons feel good along with the switches. Should last longer than my current HVAC unit.