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It looks cool and everything but do you people constantly adjust your thermostat? The one Sara and I have has a schedule that can be different for every day of the week, we set it once and then maybe adjust it if our schedule changes dramatically.
I adjust mine pretty regularly, but mostly because I have no regular schedule. I have a feeling I might make this thing explode trying to figure out my timing. The interesting thing is the stat they show that over 50% of thermostats in homes and offices are on “hold.” I dunno how much of that is marketing, but I believe it: people can’t be bothered to program the clocks in their cars or microwaves, what makes you think they’d learn to program their thermostat, especially if it’s an inherited one with no manual or anything.
One of the first things we did when we moved into our house was to buy a thermostat that was programmable and set it up to fit into our work, school and wake/sleep habits.
I guess I’m trying to figure out if we’re the abnormal people who actually use our thermostat to it’s capabilities.
Same here. About buying a programmable thermostat right away. But I think we represent less than half of people.
My programmable thermostat is a complete POS. I set a schedule at first but it gets wiped out whenever the batteries die. I’ve been using Hold for over a year now. Adjusting it is part of my routines.
I’ll buy Nest if the price is reasonable ($100 or less).
John said:I adjust mine pretty regularly, but mostly because I have no regular schedule. I have a feeling I might make this thing explode trying to figure out my timing. The interesting thing is the stat they show that over 50% of thermostats in homes and offices are on “hold.” I dunno how much of that is marketing, but I believe it: people can’t be bothered to program the clocks in their cars or microwaves, what makes you think they’d learn to program their thermostat, especially if it’s an inherited one with no manual or anything.
Whil I agree that normally people are by nature lazy SOB’s, in this case not programming it involves both their money (in heating/cooling bills) as well as their own personal comfort. The only thing people are more so than lazy is self centered in their pursuit of their own comfort and wealth.
Nick said:
I’ll buy Nest if the price is reasonable ($100 or less).
You can preorder for $250. They claim you’ll make that money back in two years’ time using it over any other programmable because it’s much better at recording the real room temp, and intelligently finds ways to use less energy that others don’t (by, say, knowing how long it takes for your house to get up to a desired temp, how quickly it loses heat, gains heat, etc etc) . I’m not sure exactly what those ways are, but apparently they thing is constantly hooked into the web and the Nest servers are always gathering data and updating the firmware with new routines and whatnot, so it’s sounds at least plausible to me.
John said:Nick said:
I’ll buy Nest if the price is reasonable ($100 or less).
You can preorder for $250. They claim you’ll make that money back in two years’ time using it over any other programmable because it’s much better at recording the real room temp, and intelligently finds ways to use less energy that others don’t (by, say, knowing how long it takes for your house to get up to a desired temp, how quickly it loses heat, gains heat, etc etc) . I’m not sure exactly what those ways are, but apparently they thing is constantly hooked into the web and the Nest servers are always gathering data and updating the firmware with new routines and whatnot, so it’s sounds at least plausible to me.
Right now, I have this image in my head of you walking around a freezing cold house because you’re convinced this thing works and won’t admit otherwise, all the while you’re holding your nose and nodding your head back and forth to try and clear your sinuses because you’re convinced that works as well.
No way — I was convinced that my brother in law was a right, decent, and intelligent person, but I’ll be the first to admit how wrong I was on that one.
Then there’s this:
http://www.smarthome.com/iphone_thermostat_control.html
John said:No way — I was convinced that my brother in law was a right, decent, and intelligent person, but I’ll be the first to admit how wrong I was on that one.
That’s ridiculous. Tom has his moments.
Hahhahaha! I hope he still checks this site. He’s going to fight you.
Me? You’re the one calling him wrong, indecent, and unintelligent. I’m defending him.
If it works half as well as advertised, I’ll pay $250 for it. I definitely won’t be first in line.
I’m getting one. I had my contractor put in a digital when I moved in, but I didn’t pay close enough attention and he bought a piece of shit one that programs in braille (bunch of stupid arrow up, arrow down sequences). And there’s no backlit display, so when I want to change it at night I have to light up the whole hallway and lose my night vision.
I was already planning to buy an $80 Honeywell, and this thing looks awesome enough to make $250 seem reasonable.