tado ° Smart Climate Control V3+ – WiFi Air Conditioner Control – Compatible with Air Conditioners or Heat Pumps with Infrared Remote Control – App Management – Smart Home

My Smart AC controller arrived today and installation of the device on the app was not completing. The problem was that the the controller could not be installed on the app using iOS. That problem has now been resolved and I have been able to fully install the controller. It works well and will be very useful when returning home on hot days to cool down the home before arrival. Great to have heating (radiators) and cooling with AC all controllable remotely with the app.

Works great. I already had one from before. That was awkward to set up and I needed a lot of help from support to get it working properly-they were great though. These next three were super easy to set up once I knew what to avoid doing wrong. Can talk to my air conditioner via Siri now-although for full functionality and options (fan speed-swing-dry mode) I need to go via tado app. I guess that limitation is Apple’s area to improve upon.

Easy setup - working nice. Some function are not available: eg health ... Working with Alexa.

A key issue that many will have is that this need to be mounted on a wall facing the AC unit. This is because it will effectively be working like an AC remote sending InfraRed commands to the AC unit. Therefore if you have a big room and cannot angle the unit opposite the AC head you will struggle to get it working. This is on top of the central design flaw in the product. I have had these devices for over a year and I've given up. This product looks great but the single underpowered RF Bridge (the bit to talk to connect the various devices to the internet) is a huge technical flaw in the entire product. The fact that you can't add additional bridges means the product has limited range. The vendor is aware of this problem but refuses to address it citing the amount of work that would be required. The forums are full of people with devices that fall out of range. I've invested heavily in this product (over £1000) but I am very disappointed that rooms drop off the wireless connection resulting in them not getting instructed to turn on/off - this leaves you with hot or cold rooms. The devices themselves look great and when they are in range are good; but the fact that they are in fact dumb (aka not smart) means they must be connected at all times to the internet to work. The alterative being that they held their schedule on device and only needed the internet for updates to that schedule. As it stands they must be connected to get told to turn on and off. Such a shame, as the vendor seems happy to take the money of new customers knowing that there are structural flaws in the product.

This unit took me about 10 minutes to install and update, and it worked immediately to control the Mitsubishi AC in my bedroom. It added easily to Apple Home and Alexa too. Very happy and also quite surprised at the ease of setup.

On its own the control via the app is a little confusing, the control panel on the device is a little better but not great. Was easy to set up and does work, however its smart integration is hit and miss, often not working (but this may be down to the smart system i'm using). We got it so we could control an aircon unit remotely. Does the job, if a little inconsistantly.

This little GEM works a treat on my Toshiba air con, no more worrying that it's been left on, simply check the APP. However don't use the remote that came with the unit as the Taco unit doesn't receive it only transmits a signal, so stick it in a drawer and don't use it. I've had no issues with it. switch it to my desired temp for a set time and set the schedule on a base temp so once the timer runs out the unit reverts back to whatever setting you want to leave it on,

Excelent controller, easy to install, setup and get up and running. However, homekit integration is a bit lackluster, and in both homekit gadget and standalone app, there are some glaring features missing, like ability to set swing on ac, and fan only mode, etc...