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Can’t decide between Ecobee’s voice-enabled thermostat and the Ecobee3 Lite? Here’s a full rundown of everything that separates them (toldja Megan was a whiz).
Savings
This story is part of Amazon Prime Day 2021, CNET’s guide on everything you need to know and how to make sure you get the best deal. The Ecobee3 Lite is already priced as a value pick at 9, but you’ll find it marked down by to 4 on Prime Day. That’s about more than what we saw on Black Friday last year, and it’s well above the all-time low of 9, but it’s still a good deal for a “lite” smart thermostat that’s heavy on features and integrations.
We haven’t seen this deal live on Amazon just yet, but I’ll update the post once we’ve spotted it.
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Along with thermostats and cameras, Ecobee also sells smart sensors that track door openings in addition to motion and the ambient conditions in whatever room you stick them in. Along with watching for movement through the room, they can also listen for the sound of your smoke detector or security system, and alert you if it sounds like anything is amiss.
The best part is the price. On their own, the camera and thermostat would cost you 0, and up until Prime Day, the bundle knocked the price down to 0 — but now that Prime Day is here, Ecobee tells us that it plans to offer the Sweet Dreams Baby Kit for just 0. That’s essentially like buying the voice-enabled thermostat at the very decent Prime Day sale price listed above, and then adding the camera in for another . Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means there’s an awful lot of stuff on sale — and an awful lot of manufacturers competing for your shopping attention, and a place in your cart.
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Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means there’s an awful lot of stuff on sale — and an awful lot of manufacturers competing for your shopping attention, and a place in your cart.
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Regardless, this is an excellent smart thermostat, and it’s off for Prime Day, bringing the price down to 8. That’s about the same as what it sold for on Black Friday the past two years, and only a few bucks above its all-time Amazon low of 2.
Price
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