Where’s the best place to put your Cosy display?

The great thing about Cosy is that it’s portable. This means that whether you’re watching TV in the bedroom or reading in the living room, you can take your Cosy display with you and keep cosy wherever you are.

To dock, or not to dock your Cosy display, that is the question!

After doing a quick straw poll of Cosy users here at Cosy Towers, it seems there’s roughly a 50:50 split between those who leave their display sitting on its charging dock (mostly in the living room) all the time and those who take Cosy with them wherever they are in their homes.

We opened the poll up to Twitter followers too (asking where their Cosy display spent most of its time) and the results were pretty similar…

Where does your Cosy smart thermostat spend most of its time in your home? #smartheating

— Cosy (@HelloCosy) April 12, 2016

Whether you dock or not though, it’s worth taking a look at these top tips for making sure your home stays as cosy as possible.

Remember to put Cosy back on its dock at the end of the day

If you do move your Cosy around the house, be sure to pop it back on its docking station at the end of the day to let it charge up overnight – it takes a full 24 hours for the display to charge to 100%. The Cosy display can only last on its battery charge for around a day, on average, before running out of juice.

Don’t leave Cosy in direct sunlight 

This means window ledges and conservatories are a Cosy no-go (since your Cosy, feeling the heat increase, will counteract this by reducing the temperature across the rest of your house too). It’s also worth being aware of how the sun moves across your house during the day. You may have popped your Cosy on a coffee table out of direct sunlight in the morning but during the day the sun might track across it, affecting your temp readings.

Place Cosy out of reach of pets (and kids)

We don’t know about you, but we don’t trust our furry, four-legged friends not to crank the heating up as soon as we’ve left the house! Maybe you have more trustworthy pets than us, but it’s sill a good idea not to leave your Cosy on any surfaces where it might get knocked off by wagging tails.

Don’t leave Cosy in drafts

Again, window ledges are generally not a good idea – unless you have some type of super-duper quadruple-glazed windows! Here your Cosy, feeling the drop in temperature will, in turn, raise the temperature across the whole of the rest of your house. Leaving Cosy in the hall is also one to avoid. Yes, we know that’s where traditional thermostats have always lived but that doesn’t mean placing one there is the best idea ever!

Watch out for hot spots!

If you have the fire on in your home, be sure to move your Cosy into a different room before things start heating up – otherwise you’ll end up with a super toasty lounge whilst the rest of the house heads back into the Ice Age.

Also, be careful not to leave Cosy on top of any appliances (we’re looking at your Mr TV and Ms DVD player) that have a habit of warming up when they’re switched on as these could also throw your Cosy temperature readings.

So, whether you’re a leaver or a mover… 

At the end of the day, whether you move your Cosy around or leave it in one place, it doesn’t really matter. What does matter though is that you keep Cosy away from direct sunlight, drafts, hot spots, oh and pets!

So, are you a leaver or a mover? We’d love to hear where you keep your Cosy. Pop your comments and Cosy questions in the box below and we’ll answer them for you.