Comments on: Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest

By: Andrew Beeker

Andrew Beeker — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:56:30 +0000

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By: Brindle Dog Brewing

Brindle Dog Brewing — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:39:17 +0000

Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: @Nest http://t.co/uZQoPnTZ

By: yospol

yospol — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:24:37 +0000

Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest http://t.co/R4YFmZbC

By: George Lane

George Lane — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:53:11 +0000

Finally! Some innovation in the thermostat market: Introducing a thermostat Steve Jobs would love: Nest | http://t.co/xu5bQWeQ

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:39:52 +0000

My experience in publishing open4energy – top read web site on energy scams – is that most consumers are looking for money, sex or fun!

Saving energy may sound cool, but other than the early adopters of technologies like The Energy Detective – this could (sadly in my opinion) fall foul of the energy apathy we actually have once you get away from the people who want to believe!

Like Katie – I do hope I am wrong!!!!

We will list this in our directory of energy saving devices, and do what we can to encourage energy savers to get engaged.

Do hope that the mobile application, and integration with climate conditions to extend its smarts will happen earlier rather than later!

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:20:33 +0000

Hey I AM excited my energy bills have skyrocketed. If it saves 30 % it will pay for itself in 1 month.
I will definatley be looking into this!

By: steve

steve — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:13:37 +0000

its a very nice t stat its going to be a hit with young people and it is already i work for a hvac company that only install the nest t stat we will be putting them in homes next week i cant wait

By: rhymne

rhymne — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:38:50 +0000

Seems pretty evil to me. It’s founded on the premise that you’re going to have your air con on all the time, which would use a horrendous amount of energy. Yes, if you have your air con on all the time already, adjusting the temperature in a smart way will save some energy, but it’s so much wiser (and normal, in most places) to switch it off entirely. Turn on your heater when it’s cold and you expect to be sitting for a while in the evening. Turn it off at night when you can stay warm in bed and in the morning when you won’t be home long anyway, or will be moving about and can generate enough body heat that you’ll stay warm in winter clothes.

By: CrankyOtter

CrankyOtter — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:25:09 +0000

As one of those few who actually programs my digital thermostat, what I really want to do is keep my kitchen cool enough to prevent pantry food going rancid, and my other areas at a comfortable range that can vary by outside temperature (warm in summer, cool in winter is fine because I’m already dressed appropriately). But where the thermostat is in the hall can be 5 degrees or more off from where I spend time (in a small condo even, about 700sf) So I’d be on on this if I could also get wireless remote sensors. Kick on the AC if the kitchen goes over 80, kick on the heat if the LR/BR gets under 65. Something like that. A better thermostat is certainly welcome, but if it’s going to be smart, I want it to evaluate my spaces room by room, give me a graph for how the temperature in each space varies by day, by week vs weekend, and by month or season, and I want to know how often my AC kicks on.

By: Boston Bob

Boston Bob — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:44:21 +0000

Cool, but I’d much rather have $250 than one of these (actually $1000, since I have a four zone system). It needs to sell @ ~ $50.00 to get me to click.