Comments on: “Hundreds of thousands” of Nest learning thermostats sold http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ksrhein http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-1018639 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:16:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-1018639 Bought 5 NEST smart thermostats and only one worked correctly. They are having issue with the battery life according to the company. I purchased these at Lowe’s and only one survived. The company sent 4 more but the battery kept dieing. I think in a rush to get the product out the kinks were not fully worked out. The Lowe’s store had a huge bin full of the Nests returned for the same problem. Good product but has issues.

]]> By: vdiv http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-991955 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:44:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-991955 It is not enough that everyone in the house goes and changes the temperature all the time, but now they can do it remotely from anywhere and new algorithms will be downloaded all the time automatically will mess with it too?

What is the main objective of a thermostat?
Repeat after me, thermostat, thermo-stat, thermo stat, thermo… stat.

]]> By: CfC http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-984292 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:08:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-984292 Other than it being smart, will it take at least $250 off my utility bill each year so it pays off quickly. In all the hype about this product and the story about it’s inventor, I’ve seen no breakdown of savings. I’m sure there may be some, but it needs to be quantified much better in their marketing. Where’s the beef?

]]> By: Gary E. Zimmerman http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-978372 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:17:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-978372 Predicative technology is one most interesting facets of big data. NEST may not have all the glitches fixed quite yet, but kudos to them for moving in the right direction. There is so much information readily available today, that the greatest challenge often lies in scaling information back to only use what makes sense. The NEST method of discerning what problem they want to solve (such as realizing they want to be able to differentiate between pets and humans) and then incorporating the data to fill that need, it a smart way to approach big data. It’ll be interesting to see how they do as this market grows. I just bought one of these it will be interesting to see how green and leafy I am. Gary Z, Neustar | http://bit.ly/Qy62pL

]]> By: dbrownblogs http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-975313 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:16:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-975313 Reblogged this on BrownGoods and commented:
Installed at 470 E Napa Street. Sit back and wait — a real review in hand in a bit.

]]> By: Paco http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-975123 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:42:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-975123 Nest ought to try the following algorithm for setting the start time for heating a house: (Target time to reach higher temperature) – [(target temp - current temp) * (minutes per degree of temperature change while heat is on)]

Every manufacturer of $26 thermostats seems to use something like this, so Honeywell probably wont sue over it.

Really nice product otherwise.

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-975110 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:32:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-975110 @Rich, I don’t have any new info on it. But will do some more digging for ya

]]> By: Rich http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-nest-learning-thermostats-sold/#comment-975086 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:12:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559244#comment-975086 Katie do you have any information on how Nest is doing with their legal fight with Honeywell?

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