Once again, smart meters.

We have an electricity smart meter and have had one for some years and I am waiting to get a smart gas meter fitted.

!0 years ago or more, we bought something called an 'Owl' that told us how much power we used. If I put an appliance on consumption went up, turn it off it went down, a touch of teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, about it. We used it for a year, then it got put in a drawer, no idea where it is now.

I simply note down each months consumption when the bill comes in and any reasons for a change in the average.

We had a large bill last month because the programmer broke down and the heating was on 24/7 for a week until a new one could be fitted.

I note our quarterly f

I am now with Octopus but don’t know if I have the app being rather a technophobe.
I will ask my GD to check for me.

Same as Jaxjacky. I use the Octopus App and never give it a second thought. Even the installer said I didn’t need use the IHD - so it’s still in the box.

Fine here, display is in the cupboard away from sight, but I have the Octopus app to keep an eye on usage.

Never had a problem along with millions of other people, complainers are more likely to give reviews than satisfied customers.

I think generally people are more likely to come on and complain about things that have gone wrong than to celebrate the things that work well. Sad really.

We don't have a display for ours either, but we've never had any problems with it. Not having to send readings means one less thing to remember too.

I love not having to send readings. I don`t bother with using the monitor. No problems at all. It takes a while for meters to learn to `talk` to the hubs, don`t expect magic at first but once they settle down, they are marvelous

Thankyou both I am now reassured.
We also kept the display in a drawer!!

Never had any trouble with ours. We've had them several years.
Display has never been taken out of the box but I have a phone app to keep an eye on usage.
No more estimated bills, struggling to send in readings or letting a meter reader in.
We live in a city centre with good signal. I think problems arise in more rural areas. A lot of problems were a while ago with older generations of meters. They are much improved now.

Should also have said - We had ours because we had a car charger fitted. It has the added bonus that we don't have to empty the ironing cupboard to read the gas meter.

I don't get why people are so against them. We ignore ours as far as the display goes but the actual meters transmits our usage without our having to do anything.