SunTouch SunStat ConnectPlus Touchscreen Programmable Smart Voice-Activated Wi-Fi Thermostat for Electric Floor Heating Systems, 4.3″ Screen, Floor and Air Sensing Control, Remote Access

A Little Bit of Need, A Lot Bit of Want
A few weeks ago I finally managed to replace my old-school programmable house thermostat with one that was Wi-Fi enabled. It got me thinking about the thermostat for my heated flooring in my main bathroom. The existing floor thermostat worked mostly fine, although like my old-school programmable house thermostat, the scheduling function was very limited. It only allowed for two distinct programs (Mon-Fri and Sat-Sun). It also only allowed for four temperature changes during the day.It dawned on me that I might be able to replace the floor thermostat with one that was also Wi-Fi enabled, which I hoped could give me more flexibility in scheduling as well as the ability to turn it on and off online. My existing thermostat was by SunTouch and I will admit, I didn’t see any reason to switch to a different company, especially when I had been very happy with the performance of the existing thermostat. Some online research and a couple of messages exchanged with SunTouch representatives confirmed that it would be very quick and easy to replace my existing thermostat without having to do any additional wiring.There are two different versions that are Wi-Fi enabled, CommandPlus and ConnectPlus. I originally had planned to get the cheaper one (CommandPlus) because I didn’t really think I needed to be able to pair it with my Alexa units, but when I went to purchase it, the price difference was about eight dollars, so I upgraded to the ConnectPlus. In the end, I am glad I did as it seems like the free app offered by SunTouch (Watts Home App) actually still limited me to the same scheduling limits of the existing thermostat.In total, it probably took me about 30 minutes to swap out the thermostat, which included a few trips back and forth between the breaker box to make sure power was off and then on again. One of the hardest parts was maneuvering to get the wires attached into the new thermostat as the wires inside the electrical box were a bit short.Pairing it with my Alexa was a little tricky, mainly because the webpage with the instructions was a broken link, but I later found a different link that worked. After I got that linked, I was able to set scheduled “routines” for each segment of any given day of the week. I also have a routine for when I leave the house that changes the set temperature lower. I can trigger any of the routines in the Alexa app on my phone or by voice command in the app or on any of the Alexa devices around my house. I will be adding additional routines that can be triggered for when I am leaving on vacation or returning home.All in all, did I need to be able to connect my floor heating thermostat to Wi-Fi/Alexa…no. Am I happy to have this option…heck yeah! I do anticipate some minor cost savings as long as I am managing the temperature based on being at home or away. It probably won’t equal the cost of the thermostat itself, but it will reduce my energy consumption and that’s never a bad thing.As a side note, it is not clearly stated, but there is no “subscription” fee for either the free app or linking to Alexa. I believe it also works with Google Home. That was a nice bonus since a lot of these smart devices require an annual subscription to get real value out of the product.

Easy to integrate with Google Home
This was easy to setup and integrate into my Google Home network. I like that I can view floor temperature, or the time in huge numbers, or outdoor temperature and weather.The only thing I don’t love is that I can’t just manually change the floor temperature from the wall without screwing up my schedule. It’s easy to do it the app, but the wall unit doesn’t allow easy temporary adjustments.That’s the only flaw that I’ve found though. Everything else works great.

This is the one to get!
I don’t come back to write reviews very often but this item deserved one! I was researching thermostats for my bathroom heated floor for days. Reading reviews from items ranging from $80 to $400. I landed on this one.I did the installation myself. I read some complaints in other reviews of not having enough room in the existing electrical box for wire nuts. Great thing about this unit is that there are screw terminals on the unit for making the connections. My old thermostat had hardwired pigtails coming out of the unit that forced the use of wire nuts.I turned the breaker on and the unit walked me through a few setup screens. It’s asked some technical questions about the floor but there is an “I don’t know” option and the unit figured it out! It was heating the floor right away!Mine has the WiFi option. I read some reviews where there was confusion on how to make the connection to the app. It is best if before starting the installation to download the app and create an account. That way, when you get to the setup screen to connect the unit to the app, you’re ready to do. I didn’t and then was getting an error message “cannot connect to network.” I turned the breaker off for 15 minutes, went back to the connect screen and it gave me the code to connect to the app.

Warm floors in the cold winter mornings
Works great and wonderful that I can now schedule the floor to be warm in the morning. Also works great from the app and shows energy usage. Would recommend to anyone that can use this. While is priced a bit high for a thermostat I think it is worth it.

My 10 year old thermastat stopped working. It appeared fine but the floor was not heating.Replaced the old thermastat with this one and everything is back working.Plus it looks much more modern, Nice seeing the days weather on it as well.