{"id":1420,"date":"2012-01-04T21:21:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T03:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2012-01-13T20:55:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T02:55:54","slug":"nest-thermostat-review-update-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1420","title":{"rendered":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update #5<\/a>, Update #4<\/a>, Update #3<\/a>, Update #2<\/a>, Update #1<\/a>, Install<\/a><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t expect to have another post so soon. But, the Nest experience continues to frustrate and baffle.<\/p>\n

On the 3rd of January, I took the following screen shot of our basement schedule for heating:<\/p>\n

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Tonight (one day later on the 4th), we headed down to the basement to watch a recorded episode of AMCs Hell on Wheels and it was cold. Frak! What the\u2026<\/p>\n

The thermostat reported the temperature in the room was 62F. Seriously? It should have been about 66F at the time I looked.<\/p>\n

I brought up the schedule and was disappointed (yet, not shocked given the other problems) to see:<\/p>\n

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All of the evening settings (except Monday?) had disappeared completely. I had not made the change. I don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m no artificial intelligence expert (my wife though has a CS Master\u2019s degree with a specialty in it \"Smile\"), but I\u2019m confident any learning algorithm I would write wouldn\u2019t be this stupid and this broken.<\/p>\n

If I were a competitor reading this, I\u2019d be laughing just a little. Understand though \u2013 Nest still can make this work \u2013 don\u2019t rest or expect them to just disappear so easily.<\/p>\n

As Nest continues to be silent on these matters, I strongly recommend you not buy a Nest thermostat<\/span>. It\u2019s an undone expensive piece of hardware, that while shiny and new, isn\u2019t ready for the duties it claims to have mastered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Update: Janurary 13, 2012 – This happened again<\/strong>. The schedule for Saturday and Sunday was modified to entirely remove the evening set points. \u00a0Nest support recommended that I turn off the “learning” feature of the thermostat yesterday and I hadn’t done that yet. But now I will and see if it happens regardless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update #5, Update #4, Update #3, Update #2, Update #1, Install I didn\u2019t expect to have another post so soon. But, the Nest experience continues to frustrate and baffle. On the 3rd of January, I took the following screen shot of our basement schedule for heating: Tonight (one day later on the 4th), we headed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[49,48,45,47,46],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-mU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1508,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1508","url_meta":{"origin":1420,"position":0},"title":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #9","date":"January 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary\/Index When I woke up this morning, I decided that I\u2019d use the remote features of my Nest Thermostat to increase the temperature of the first floor as the normal schedule hadn\u2019t started yet. 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Just move along if you\u2019re not interested. :-) Here\u2019s the support e-mail I just sent Nest (via their online contact form) (Dec. 31, 2011, 9:15am): We have three Nest thermostats in our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1340,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1340","url_meta":{"origin":1420,"position":3},"title":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #1","date":"December 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After a few weeks of using the Nest thermostat, I\u2019ve got a few more comments that I\u2019d like to share. (Here\u2019s my post about the installation). The learning feature honestly hasn\u2019t been very useful in the first few weeks. 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