I know someone on here talking about the Nest a while back and I thought it was crazy to drop $250 on a T Stat.
Well I ended up buying one a few weeks ago and I've been happy with it. The main problem I was having with my cheapish T Stats was they were terribly inaccurate and caused quite a temp swing.
Side by side with the nest, my old T Stat would say it's 70* while the nest read 75*. Also confirmed the nest was correct with another digital T Stat.
Also there was a 3-4* swing on the old one I couldn't adjust (was digtal) It never worked great for the floor heat since 4* temp is a BIG difference when I can get maybe 1-2* temp raise in an hour.
It would get cold in the house at night, boiler run almost all night and then once the sun was out it's pushing near 80*. With the nest I am not having this problem.
I'm not sure what the buy back in terms of savings is, but just the comfort was worth it. I checked at the box stores and for a decent quality T Stat I was looking at the $100-150 area anyhow.
Another really nice feature is I can lock out the T Stat, so my renter doesn't screw with it and crank the heat or lower it (had this happen before) and I can control all the settings through the web as well.
Leave the house for 2-3 weeks on a trip in the winter? I can turn the heat to 45-50*, and then the day before returning, just sign on the webpage and set it to 68* and have a warm house when I get home.
I have 4 heating zones in my house, so I plan on buying 2 more nest thermostats when I have a bit of "extra" money. I put the one I got in the living room which is the largest heating zone. I'll likely leave the garage tstat alone as it gets fairly beat up from greasy hands and sparks/dust from welding or grinding flying around.
Well I ended up buying one a few weeks ago and I've been happy with it. The main problem I was having with my cheapish T Stats was they were terribly inaccurate and caused quite a temp swing.
Side by side with the nest, my old T Stat would say it's 70* while the nest read 75*. Also confirmed the nest was correct with another digital T Stat.
Also there was a 3-4* swing on the old one I couldn't adjust (was digtal) It never worked great for the floor heat since 4* temp is a BIG difference when I can get maybe 1-2* temp raise in an hour.
It would get cold in the house at night, boiler run almost all night and then once the sun was out it's pushing near 80*. With the nest I am not having this problem.
I'm not sure what the buy back in terms of savings is, but just the comfort was worth it. I checked at the box stores and for a decent quality T Stat I was looking at the $100-150 area anyhow.
Another really nice feature is I can lock out the T Stat, so my renter doesn't screw with it and crank the heat or lower it (had this happen before) and I can control all the settings through the web as well.
Leave the house for 2-3 weeks on a trip in the winter? I can turn the heat to 45-50*, and then the day before returning, just sign on the webpage and set it to 68* and have a warm house when I get home.
I have 4 heating zones in my house, so I plan on buying 2 more nest thermostats when I have a bit of "extra" money. I put the one I got in the living room which is the largest heating zone. I'll likely leave the garage tstat alone as it gets fairly beat up from greasy hands and sparks/dust from welding or grinding flying around.
