11 Gadgets That Save You Money

9) Programmable Thermostat

People don’t leave their car’s engine running when they aren’t using it, except to maybe warm it up on cold winter days. There’s just no reason to waste the gas, however, something like this happens all too often in homes and apartments around the world. Standard thermostats will turn on the heat or air conditioning when nobody’s home. It’s just throwing away money.

Programmable thermostats take care of this problem. As per their namesake, they can be programmed to come on and shut off at predetermined times as well as days. That way, when no one is at home, the heat or air can remain off or at much lower levels. An hour or so before everybody gets home, it will come back on, and everybody gets greeted by a comfortable inside temperature.