Hive heating Thermostatic Radiator Valve TRV install review and compare to a bluetooth TRV 

Thanks for adding this -found it very informative - there does seem a need for all radiators to have hive valves o get the best out of the idea. Contemplating just that for black Friday - price via british gas -the more you buy the more you save

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I have radiators upstairs and downstairs. The question I have is whether I can run them on an independent schedule such as don't turn on bedroom radiators till 9PM while keeping the downstairs radiator on from 5PM? Also, don't turn on the downstairs radiators say till 7AM, and switch on only upstairs?

Hi Andy great to see a hive trv review but obviously you didn’t really research these before filming. I have the hive TRVs on every radiator in my house other than the one bypass in the hallway. If you watch out the hive TRVs can be had for as little as £25 each sometimes which is less than the bluetooth one you mentioned in your review. Hive dont recommmed using HOD if you only have a few hive TRVs in your home. They only recommend you use it when all or the majority if your radiators have them installed. There’s also other benefits of the hive TRVs over the bluetooth one that you never mentioned such as being constantly connected which allows remote alteration of the hive TRV schedule/operation via the hive app anywhere in the world. Using them as part of “actions”. So if you have other hive kit such as a door sensor you can set an action that when a door is opened in let’s say your spare room it can turn that radiator on for a set time duration etc.. there’s loads of possibilities. All these benefits alone make the hive TRVs the better option over the bluetooth one. If you have any questions about the TRVs let me know?

Hi there, the concept is excellent, however, they don't do as it says on the box... I have bought 3 but have not gone round of fitting them for months. Then my daughter decided to install hers in her room because she said she wanted her room to be warmer for longer... so she's done it and seemed that everything was going well but then her radiator was constantly on regardless of her settings. She changed the temperature to 17⁰. The radiator was still getting hot.. we then turn it off completely but it made no difference. After few weeks battling with it, I've noticed in the app that it needed calibrating. We started the calibration which according to the app it would take about 4 hours as long as the heating is on during the process... disappointing, I was calibrating for months because my daughter gave up and I'mmore stubborn. To my disappointment, when I installed the other 2 the problems seem to be even worse.. they just don't calibrating but this time the radiators are off and the rooms cold.... Why don't they calibrating, these things are meant to be making our lives easier not causing nightmares. It's not worth the money but I have them now so any help will be welcomed.

These are pointless then if you just want to control the heating in one room and set the Thermostat to a setting of what you want in that room, the rest of the house will allso heat up to that temperature. Glad i saw this review before i brought one.

Andy, do you know what 'locks' the TRV and adapter together?

So if it need to connect to a hive hub, what it the hub connected to? A boiler? Combi or traditional? Does it replace a switch?

Also complaining about not being able to install batteries without reading instructions, isn't a valid criticism. And as per your complaint re: screen not staying on to long, that's an excellent battery saving feature. How long does it take you to read a number?

FYI should sleep in cold room, helps with your sleeping time

These are definitely intended to replace the majority of the valves in your house. As you say if you only run one it’s probably gonna cost you more in the long run

?You guys are reptiles, lol. If it's 15 degrees C, I'm turning fans on. Gonna get myself a Hive system plus 5 TRVs for winter though.

What annoys me about trv is battery life. If they gave an option for a power supply then these could be discreetly added during refurbishments. Customer has choice. Batteries or psu

Hive trv's are rubbish, batteries start to run down after 4 weeks, they should last 2 years, I'm using duracell procell batteries, the trv's keep calibrating, and 1 I have to keep the temperature up high to start the radiator heating up because it is not sensing the correct temperature in the room. I have british gas central heating cover but it does not mention trv's in the contract, but british gas I have heard are saying if they fitted items then they are covered, which I know they never fitted my radiators or boiler , but they cover them ? When I've been on the phone to hive, they have told me what I have connected to my hub ?? I have hive cctv cameras, can they log in and control / see what going on my cameras? I turn them off completely when not away from home.

These are rubbish. Ive had them now for 1.5 month. And ive been having half radiators on at a time and its still costing same before i had these valves and that was heating whole house