Yea, I saw that, but you sort of have to scroll around to get an idea...right? At least with Ecobee's own app, stage 1 and 2 are on different lines. I like that since at a glance you can tell just how much stage 2 was run and on what parts of the day. Personally, I think Beestat should pull that stage 2 line out instead of making them only different shades of blue. Maybe I'll give them some feedback because I certainly do like how their graphics are laid out across 7 days. Ecobee displays only a small window of time and as you scroll it has to gather information. Pretty annoying.
ON a quasi-related note, how do I fix this?
Set the Heat and Cool differential temperature as described in this article:
https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Threshold-settings-for-ecobee-thermostats
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I am glad you are happy with your new Ecobee, even if you are not delighted with the installation cost.
While many things have a lifetime warranty (I still have Craftsman tools purchased 50 years ago), electronics have built in obsolescence. However, I also have new tools powered by new technology that was unavailabe 50 years ago.
If you get ten years of use out of any electronics, you have done well. I just recently decided to upgrade my smartwatch. The Samsung Gear S3 watch was released in 2016. I was state of the art at the time and had some pretty cool features. It served me well over the years. I decided to upgrade to the Samsung Watch Ultra. Although it is only 8 years newer than the S3, it is generations ahead in style and technology.
In the ancient world, it took several millennia to move from the Stone Age to the Bronze age. It took a couple of millennia to move from the Bronze age to the Iron age. It took less than a millennia to move from the Iron age to the Classical age. Unfortunately, a millennia of progress was wasted in the Middle Ages, often called the Dark Ages. The Renaissance lasted a couple of centuries followed by the Industrial Age, which lasted about two centuries. The Information Age began around 1950. The Information Age has been "governed" by Moore's Law which states that computing power will double every two years with no increase in cost. Today, the computer that powers my smartwatch is many times more powerful than the largest computers available at the time astronauts were sent to the moon. Less than 100 years from the beginning of the Information Age, Moore's Law no longer holds, but computing power is so inexpensive that we now are entering the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
During the Industrial Age, the world's knowledge doubled every 1000 years. Now knowledge is doubling ever 12-18 months. So, yes, there is forced obsolescence. New technology bring new advantages and older technology becomes obsolete. Personally, I am glad we have that technology, even if it does cost money to acquire it.
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