Smart Thermostat Recommendation

It’s trying to protect your hvac by limiting the on off cycles. I’ve had four or five brands of smart thermostats and they’ve all done this. Set it at 72, it may cool to 71, let them temp rise and then kick back on. If it stopped at 72 for cooling it would be turning on every ten minutes.

I’ve never tried to turn the functionality off in any of the brands, don’t know if it’s possible.

Cool to dry is not turned on

Probably not helpful to solving your issue, but general question, how do the sensors work? Is it the "most off temp sensor" wins and the ac runs until it is satisfied, or maybe it creates some average between all of them? There are so many variables with air flow, room characteristics, sensor placement, etc. that I would imagine its likely the sensors are never reporting the same temp.

I think a degree colder is normal for the reasons stated above. How do you know the sensors are not accurate? have you measured temp at each sensor and checked against sensor reading?

I have both a Nest and Ecobee on different floors in my house. The Ecobee allows alot more customizations to how it works.

For example, you can set things like
-compressor minimum run time
-compressor minimum cycle off time
-heat/cool delta before it starts
-humidity/temp correction

https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Threshold-settings-for-ecobee-thermostats

The Nest doesn't allow any of that. The mobile app/UI for Ecobee is much better than Nest too.

Fyi, I don't use any of the smart learning modes on either unit. So I can't speak to how that performs. I set schedules based on typical usage. Again the Ecobee works much better, when I want to deviate from that schedule.

When the Nest dies, I will replace with another Ecobee.

Lastly with Ecobee, if you are someone who likes data/stats. This site lets you get access to alot more data that the Ecobee stores which isn't available thru the app:
https://beestat.io/

Ecobee

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have both a Nest and Ecobee on different floors in my house. The Ecobee allows alot more customizations to how it works.

For example, you can set things like
-compressor minimum run time
-compressor minimum cycle off time
-heat/cool delta before it starts
-humidity/temp correction

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I installed an Ecobee Premium and haven't messed with any advanced settings. What are the recommended settings for the compressor run and cycle time? Bought house a little over a year ago, has basic contractor grade Goodman unit. Is it something I should look up in paperwork for the compressor?

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hysteresis

You with the five dollar words, lol. That sounds like it applies to female behavior.

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Sounds like when you laugh so hard a little pee comes out

We have had the nest learning thermostat for about 5 years now. I like that it is able to pick up my habits on when I want the air cooled. I've even set up schedules so that it's cooling to the temp I want for bed time. It's also nice to have it kick on when I get home when it picks up my phone.

That being said, the sensors and actual thermostat should just be thermometers that take readings and give the information back to your main thermostat, then it'll shut down when it reaches your desired temp.

The air will generally be one degree cooler, not sure why, but I believe that's because it will give your unit some time to relax before it kicks back on again.

For instance, if you want it at 72 degrees, you wouldn't want it to shut down immediately as it hits 72. The moment it goes above that, it'll just cycle your unit on and off, on and off, wearing it out.

Just have it 1 degree above what you want.

Could also be the placement of the sensors. Not enough adequate airflow or the sensors could be facing the sun.