Thermostats

Comment:

Nest detects when you are not home and switches to energy saving mode.<br />Can be set to extended savings mode when you are away for vacation or a weekend trip.

How long have you owned it:

A month or less

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

My wife and I have had this NEST thermostat installed in our home for 1 year and it paid for itself in energy savings (about $250) in that time! We are the only ones living here except for the occasional guest a few times a year. We both work so are gone during the day. Prior to the NEST we had a manual thermostat for 1 year. We are both very energy and cost aware and with the manual thermometer we did EVERYTHING we could to set it so that we would have low energy bills for one year. When I got the Nest I was not sure it could improve on our thriftiness. However, month after month as I compared the previous year's month on the old thermostat I saw savings of about $20 +/- a month for the combined total of our gas and electric bill. We have a gas water heater and furnace and everything else is electric including A/C of course. I love that I can control the Nest from any internet connected device and routinely use my iphone and laptop to change the temperature. I love that it adjust to the schedule and temperatures we set and turns them into a programed schedule. It can remind you to change your air filters, it has many different features to save extra money like air wave. I can even manually program it to many different set points every day if I wished. I also love that I get an email summary of my energy usage every month. The only problem I have had is that if the power goes out then, of course, my DSL modem and internet/WiFi go out. When the power comes back on the Nest does not automatically connect back to the internet, though it still controls the heat/cool appropriately. However, I have also had this same problem with my laptop reconnecting and this may be a router issues more than a Nest issue. This problem is now fixed as I got a battery back up for my internet modem, router/WiFi so now power outages don't take out my internet. The Nest was so great I bought one for my Mother who is an avid energy user at her home and she loves it! It is lowering her energy bills (auto away is a huge savings for her). She really loves showing her co-workers how she can control if from her iphone and even turn on the heat or cool as she is getting off work so the house will be comfortable when she gets home! I owned a more typical and highly rated (by consumer reports) digital thermostat for four years in the past and the difference is like night and day. Overall, I have never been so happy with a digital thermostat! It just works! I love the Nest and I know it works like a dream and I know it paid for its self in about a year and did most of it automatically. I also know it was super easy to install. What more could I ask for with my busy life! After looking at the Consumer Reports ratings for the Nest vs the other digital thermostat and looking at the very positive reviews of Nest by users and looking at all the information consumer reports would give about each thermostat I have to ask for a recount. It is very concerning that Consumer Reports got the Nest rating so wrong. All I can think is that a technology immigrant rather than a native rated the Nest. I would humbly request that Consumer Reports re-evaluate the Nest as I can not believe the current ratings are accurate. Maybe the cost of the Nest drove the rating down. However, when it pays for its self in a year it is then saving you $250 every year! That rates pretty high for me. In my opinion the Nest should easily be at the top of the ratings if not several points higher than the rest. Please fix this. : > Thanks.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

Couldn't find a internet capable thermostat for my 4 wire heating and air conditioning system. This one worked perfectly right out of the box. The apps on the iPhone and Ipad let me control it while I'm out of town and reset it on my way home from the airport.<br />I couldn't be more pleased.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.