I was so frustrated when the remote that I have to my smart temperature control broke the other day. I got the remote because I entirely hate using the app that is on the ipad plus my cell cellphone. These remotes that they sell for smart temperature controls are built entirely cheap. I have only had this remote about 3 weeks plus it already broke. They are not too high-priced to buy, it is just a pain in the rear having to go out plus buy another 1 after only 3 weeks of having this 1! Will the next remote break in the same amount of time? I am not sure. But I have to provide it a shot because I want to be able to control plus program my smart temperature control without having to mess with the cell cellphone app or my lake house ipad. The only way I would ever want to use the app on the cellphone is if I am out plus want to turn my central heating plus A/C plan on or off, controlling the central heating plus A/C plan while away is the main benefit of the smart temperature control anyhow. It has saved me a lot of money on my electric bills this way using far less energy. Because the central heating plus A/C plan would have to run all the time when no 1 was lake house otherwise. This brillant smart temperature control makes it so that no longer has to happen. I just hope that I can have a quality remote control this time around to control it from home!