The CEO of NEST resigns
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@coliver said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
Do people really change their thermostat that much? We have two settings 65 in the winter and off in the summer.
Yes. My wife and I fight over the temperature all year long. In the summer, I nudge it up to keep the house warmer and save money... She wants to keep it 68 in the house...
During the winter, I want to keep it 68 in the house, and she nudges it up to 78. lol.
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I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
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Nest is crap. Ask anyone that knows about HVAC. They end up costing you more in in energy bills. If you want a good smart themostat the Ecobee or a Honeywell Smart themostat are the ones to get.
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@Jason
There is a whole subset of users out there that see a big list of features that they will never use and think the product is better where as a someone in IT would purchase the best product for their actual needs, save money and have the exact functionality they want. -
@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I think it's useful for thermostats. I like the idea of turning off the heating when I go on holiday (if I forget to do it before I leave), and then turning it on just before we get home. Coming home from holiday to a freezing cold house is miserable.
However, other things are just stupid. I was shopping for a washing machine recently and what is the point of something like this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/washing-machine/WF12F9E6P4W/EU -
@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I think it's useful for thermostats. I like the idea of turning off the heating when I go on holiday (if I forget to do it before I leave), and then turning it on just before we get home. Coming home from holiday to a freezing cold house is miserable.
However, other things are just stupid. I was shopping for a washing machine recently and what is the point of something like this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/washing-machine/WF12F9E6P4W/EUMy Mom lives in England and every time I see a washing machine from there they look so compact. In response to the thermostat, my schedule changes so much it would never benefit me. I don't think the convenience is worth the money. It doesn't take that long for my place to cool down or heat up. Maybe if I had a larger place I'd consider it but I doubt it. I'd rather spend the money on something more fun/interesting.
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@Dashrender said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@scottalanmiller said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I believe the idea is that it is smart, so it learns what you want, rather than you programming it like a traditional thermostat. No idea how, though.
If that is the definition of "smart", then the company is dumb because they didn't learn what I wanted in a product
My schedule is not stable so it would have no way to learn anything useful. It would be horrific, I'm sure.
So because the product doesn't work for you, it's horrible? yeah I'm just tossin' that at ya.
Just based on the definition given. Nothing more.
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@coliver said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
Do people really change their thermostat that much? We have two settings 65 in the winter and off in the summer.
Not if you don't have a programmable one. We change ours a ton. We change it when we go away for the weekend. We have different daytime and nighttime temperatures. We change it based on dinner plans. Why waste energy?
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@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I'm not into gadgets but being able to let the house drop a bit but be warm enough when you return home is a nice feature.
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@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I think it's useful for thermostats. I like the idea of turning off the heating when I go on holiday (if I forget to do it before I leave), and then turning it on just before we get home. Coming home from holiday to a freezing cold house is miserable.
However, other things are just stupid. I was shopping for a washing machine recently and what is the point of something like this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/washing-machine/WF12F9E6P4W/EUThat's especially useful if you have one of those HOneywells. We do and it is unreliable. Tends to change its own settings after a while so you might find it doing anything. Being able to monitor things remotely is a big deal to make sure pipes don't freeze or tons of money isn't wasted if you are gone for a week or two.
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@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I think it's useful for thermostats. I like the idea of turning off the heating when I go on holiday (if I forget to do it before I leave), and then turning it on just before we get home. Coming home from holiday to a freezing cold house is miserable.
However, other things are just stupid. I was shopping for a washing machine recently and what is the point of something like this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/washing-machine/WF12F9E6P4W/EUActually, the notification that the cycle is complete can be nice - turn off the damned buzzer annoying the whole house - or, if the machine is somewhere you can't hear it from wherever you spend most of your time, you now know it's done.
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@Dashrender said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@wirestyle22 said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
I think it's just one part of home automation which is becoming really popular. Everyone wants to control their entire house with an iPhone or Android. I don't really get it honestly and I'm more into gadgets than most.
I think it's useful for thermostats. I like the idea of turning off the heating when I go on holiday (if I forget to do it before I leave), and then turning it on just before we get home. Coming home from holiday to a freezing cold house is miserable.
However, other things are just stupid. I was shopping for a washing machine recently and what is the point of something like this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/washing-machine/WF12F9E6P4W/EUActually, the notification that the cycle is complete can be nice - turn off the damned buzzer annoying the whole house - or, if the machine is somewhere you can't hear it from wherever you spend most of your time, you now know it's done.
Lets you use it at night, too.
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Wait, your washing machines have buzzers?
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@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
Wait, your washing machines have buzzers?
And they are so loud!
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@scottalanmiller said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
Wait, your washing machines have buzzers?
And they are so loud!
Gods, horrible....
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Review of the latest model in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/03/google-nest-learning-thermostat-third-generation-home-gadget-smart-heatingUsing your phone to identify when you're out and then turning the heating off seems pretty neat. Heating bills in the UK are huge and only going to go up further. I'm sure they are in the US too. Any device that can smartly increase efficiency, even by a few percent, will soon pay for itself.
I find the concept of Google/Alphabet tracking my life a bit too scary though.
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@Carnival-Boy said in The CEO of NEST resigns:
Review of the latest model in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/03/google-nest-learning-thermostat-third-generation-home-gadget-smart-heatingUsing your phone to identify when you're out and then turning the heating off seems pretty neat. Heating bills in the UK are huge and only going to go up further. I'm sure they are in the US too. Any device that can smartly increase efficiency, even by a few percent, will soon pay for itself.
I find the concept of Google/Alphabet tracking my life a bit too scary though.
According to something I heard on Security Now, Google does not get Nest's data. So Google wouldn't be tracking you through the Nest app, they'd be tracking you through your Android phone.
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It's Nest tracking you through Google
