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The TRV's act as independent thermostats & zones - Each one will call the boiler for as long as necessary to bring the room to temperature.
You can also calibrate / offset them individually to make the temperature reading more accurate, as radiator mounted thermometers might not be the best place to measure room temperature.
I've never found a use for the other "advanced" features - window detection is pointless, as we don't leave windows and doors wide open when the heating is on. Similarly, with weather - if it's cold enough inside to need heating, we want it to a specific temperature, irrespectiuve of what is happening outside.
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Thanks! Yea I’ve been reading maybe Tado w/o subscription is still good.
The complaints l (from memory) were that they’re loud, don’t do a good job getting the room up to temperature (that might be equally applicable to all), and there was something about customers being told to buy a second TRV at act as a temperature sensor in the room becuase the TRV in question is too close to the radiator? Again seems something equally applicable to all. I saw a review say Tado had proactively reached out to say one TRV seemed faulty and replaced it.
Can I ask you a couple questions? If you put the temp up on the TRV does it demand a boost from the thermostat/ boiler? Does it do a nice job of reacting to the weather (seems like a cool feature)? And are you happy with your set up?
Oh and do you use it with HomeKit at all?