Stat recommendation for a new American Standard

I've got a new American Standard S9V2B060U4PSDA coupled with a Honeywell stat. Not happy with the stat (from another post). Any recommendations for a stat that allows for some programming when stage 2 heat comes on? The Honeywell goes to stage 2 immediately after manually setting the stat up even one degree. The dealer told me I shouldn't see stage 2 kick in unless there was a call for 3 or more degrees.

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