Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat vs Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat

The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat wins overall on value and monitoring. It costs less than the Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat, adds extreme high and low temperature alerts, and includes a system health monitor for filter and humidifier pad changes. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat is the better pick if a longer warranty, faster Wi-Fi, or external sensor support matter more to you than price.

Monitoring versus flexibility. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat adds temperature alerts and a system health monitor for filter and humidifier reminders that the Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat does not have. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat counters with support for external temperature sensors, letting you balance readings across rooms instead of relying on the thermostat's own location.

The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat, with a three-year warranty against the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat's one year.

The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat supports external temperature sensors for room-by-room balancing. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat does not support external sensors, but it does include its own on-device temperature and humidity sensors plus extreme-temperature alerts.

Buy the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat if you want the lower-priced option with proactive extreme-temperature alerts and a system health monitor that reminds you to change filters and humidifier pads. It works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant, though its warranty is a shorter one year and Wi-Fi is 2.4GHz only.

Buy the Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat if you want a longer three-year warranty, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, and the option to add external temperature sensors for multi-room accuracy. It also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant, but it lacks the Honeywell's temperature alerts and system health monitor.