Set square,

I have the new Horstmann Centurstat 7 from Screwfix, which has recently been
upgraded ( I know this cos I ordered 3 a month ago and got a mixture of the
new and old varients, Screwfix changed them all to the new varient as that
is the one described in the catalogue).

Features which seem to me to be useful include:
* At least 4 programmed events per 24 hours (preferably 6)

This has 6.

* Time resolution (granularity) of 10 minutes or better

10 mins.

* 2 day types (nominally weekday/weekend) with the ability to set any day
to
either type

Everyday can be totally independant, hence no need for day types.

* Temporary over-ride without re-programming

You can temporarily increase or decrease the temp until the next time zone.

* Holiday feature enabling the heating to be off for a period and them
resume automatically after a specified number of days - preferably up to
at
least 50 days

It doesn't do this, but you can set a temperature and press "lock", which
will hold that temp until you unlock it.

Does anyone have a view on this shopping list? Have I missed anything
important? Are any of the above features a waste of time? [I'm only
looking
at wired models - I can't see any point in using an RF model since the
wires
are already in the right place].

The newer flavour of the centurstat 7 allows you to see the current
temperature as well as the target temperature, which can be handy.

I would welcome recommendations of specific makes/models to look at based
on
the above requirements and (hopefully) your personal experience of any you
recommend.

It's working well for me !

Cheers,

Paul.