Smart Thermostats · owner-verdict comparison

ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced vs ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium: 61% of 111 owners recommend it, vs 49% of 78 for the ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced

49%of 78 owners recommend
49% recommend · 6% neutral · 45% don't
Owners praise
  • Solid HomeKit and Home Assistant integration for local control
  • Detailed HVAC runtime and heating-stage data in the app
  • Easy to install and near-Premium for about $60 less
Owners complain about
  • Clunky slider and dated UI make setting a temp take several tries
  • Inaccurate temperature and humidity readings across thermostat, app, and HomeKit
  • No room sensor included, unlike the Premium
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ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium

61%of 111 owners recommend
61% recommend · 8% neutral · 31% don't
Owners praise
  • Premium build with a large, sharp touchscreen and polished interface
  • Deep, granular HVAC control and customization, including multi-stage and heat-pump setups
  • Strong HomeKit and Home Assistant integration for local control
Owners complain about
  • Automatic "smarts" feel over-aggressive and erratic, so many owners disable them
  • Onboard temperature reading runs off by several degrees
  • Heat-pump and dual-fuel staging can misbehave, delaying or skipping heat
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What ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced owners say

“I set a max temperature range and the sensors cut off the ac if the slider is open for longer than 5 minutes. You can also add room sensors to it too, but I don’t have them and unsure if you can prioritize them, but I bet you can, the smart sensor is the room one you’re looking for. Overall pretty happy with it.”
— iUrban on Reddit
“this ecobee enhanced is a pretty good thermostat”
— @skydancerforever on YouTube
“I tried calling their tech “support” line today and it was laughably bad. The lady didn’t even know the different models and even recommended I buy the Lite3 which is literally the only model that will not accept any accessory at all”
— Curious-Practice8141 on Reddit

What ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium owners say

“It worked great.”
— @drsmith1988 on YouTube
“That was the primary reason I switched to ecobee from nest, it’s not an exaggeration to say it was driving me insane how much it was triggering the AC to only have a 1 degree differential”
— @hayleyharrison5127 on YouTube
“Yet this $250 thermostat is just making random guesses at CO2 based on VOC which don't always correlate well.”
— ten10thsdriver on Reddit