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Hi. Thanks for reading this.

My parents are having a terrible time with their thermostat, and I think this is the fourth one we've tried.

I really wish I had grabbed the old one off the wall at their last house, because they understood it.

But here's what I'm looking for:

A very simple, non-programmable thermostat with auto-changeover that uses only one temperature setpoint and figures out the deadband for itself. They are really struggling with theirs to get the two deadband temperatures set. The one at their old house only had a single temperature setting in auto mode, and it would heat or cool without asking the homeowner to set multiple temperatures.

1. Simple
2. Non-programmable
3. Auto changeover with one setpoint (thermostat figures out the deadband on its own)

Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you so much!

Hi, everyone.

I recently was given an old Rebel t3i with a 50mm lens. I have some older AF Pentax lenses of different sizes. I'm looking for an adapter, and it's a bit confusing. Admittedly, I don't know what I'm doing.

I see two types: Those with AF confirmation chips and those without.

The non-AF-confirmation adapters seem to get better reviews, but they would leave me with no AF confirmation.

The AF-confirmation adapters get worse reviews, but if they work, I'd retain AF confirmation.

What's a person to do? Any recommendations as to specific adapters? And if I lose my AF confirmation forever, how big a deal is that? I'm fine using manual focus, but I rely on the little green light in my viewfinder to help me zero it in. Do you think it would be too big a deal if I need to manual focus without the confirmation light?

Thank you!