Okay, so my house is ancient (hello, 30-year-old electric baseboard heaters!), and my old Honeywell thermostats were basically trolling me—either blasting heat 24/7 or ghosting me completely. Time for an upgrade!

After some deep-dive Googling, I landed on the meross Smart Thermostat. It was a toss-up between this and Mysa Lite, but meross won me over with its price and a killer YouTube installation video (shoutout to clear instructions!).

Installation? A bit of a wiring puzzle at first—my old thermostat had more wires than a conspiracy theory—but once I figured it out, smooth sailing. The app setup was stupid easy, just like my other smart home gadgets. And can we talk about how sleek this thing looks? Major upgrade from the clunky relic it replaced.

Two months in, zero complaints. It just works. Voice control via Google Home? Check. Energy-saving schedules? Check. The only gripe? The manual is basically a pamphlet. But hey, the system’s so intuitive, I’m bumping my rating to 5 stars. Just ordered two more—bye-bye, dinosaur thermostats!