I bought an Amazon Smart Thermostat expecting lower energy bills. The first month showed modest improvement—maybe a few dollars saved. It was nothing dramatic. I figured real savings would come once the device learned my patterns, so I left the default settings alone and moved on with life. Months passed due to kids, work, and the usual chaos. The savings stayed underwhelming. Then, one Saturday morning, I finally messed with two settings—fan mode and schedules—and everything clicked. It took me ten minutes through the Alexa app since I'd already consolidated all my smart devices under one app . I should've done it months earlier.

Why my "smart" thermostat wasn't saving much

The default settings problem

Out of the box, the Amazon Smart Thermostat ships with conservative defaults that ma

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