Google - Nest Learning Smart Wifi Thermostat - Stainless Steel

Excellent product! Easy to install, so far very reliable. Many may not care much about this feature but one of the reasons I purchased this thermostat was to be able to control the fan separate from the ac unit. Although it doesn’t have a “fan only” schedule it does allow you to turn it on for a set amount of hours or on/off through the app. I wish it had a separate schedule for the fan only since I mainly use this to help my hvac scent diffuser. I set both the fan and the diffuser to work an hour before I get home and by the time I get home the entire house smells great.

This is the "apple" of digital thermostats and it's made by google (Nest's parent company). It looks great on the wall. Has a solid feel to it and comes across as very well crafted. It would've been nice to have been able to compare out old thermostat to this one to see exactly how much we're saving on our oil bill but we're definitely going through less oil than we used to. Installation was a breeze. I actually opened a chat with one of their reps to ask them a quick question about the unit and they pretty much insisted that they would stay connected with me until I completed the setup and tested everything out. The configuration is a breeze too - at least it was for our heat-only system. The major shortcoming is the software. There are some things that are just not intuitive like the eco settings and some things that just leave you scratching your head wondering what they were thinking when they wrote the code, like displaying what the target temp is more prominently than the current temp - there's a feature called farsight that will show you the current temp for a moment but then it goes back to the normal display. The usage history is capped to ten days. Seriously. Like how much memory would it take to give us a month or even a year, it's just some raw data that shouldn't take up much space at all on the device. The home/away feature works when it wants to. There have been times I've been like, "why is it freezing in here?" and opened the app to find the nest thinks I'm away from home and times when I've been out for hours and opened the app just for the heck of it to see if the furnace is running and it thinks I'm home and the heat's cranking. We've had two of these installed for a little over a month and it still hasn't learned our schedule. It might have something to do with not knowing whether we're home or away, lollll, but either of these features should be pretty easy to make work any number of ways and have them work well but they just don't. The app and web interface are nicely laid out and easy to use for the most part and from my experience with them, they seem to give you access to most of the controls and features that you'd have using the wheel on the thermostat itself, without having to stand there and scroll through everything with the notable exception of the farsight setting. From what I can tell, you can't link two nests in different zones and get them to act smarter together, for instance to say hey the furnace is running for zone two, why not heat up zone one for a little bit too while you're at it. Maybe I'm missing something and by all means tell me if I am, but that seems like it'd be a nice feature to have. It just feels really limited with what you can do with it and they've been out now for long enough where you think they'd have this thing feature packed with the ability to customize it a little more than what you get out of the box with this 3rd gen model. I feel like the ecobee is probably a more robust option but just barely. That being said we did get two of these and I'm pretty happy with them ..... I'm just not satisfied if that makes sense. There's just a lot more I'd like to see these things be able to do that hopefully will be added via firmware or software updates as more people install them and clamor for more features.

So I knew very little about this product when I decided to purchase my 1st one but what I did know was my home as many homes come with these absolutely inefficient thermostats so I bought this nest smart thermostat & absolutely love it Benefits: affordable & really smart as it learns how hot or cold a person likes their home Knows when you are coming home as registered by cell phone location unless you tell it not to Custom daily down to 1/2 hour custom temp daily weekly schedule Rebate of $75 from srp off your electric bill after 2 months so think about what you paid -$75. How cool is that! I bought my parents this gold one & installed it at their home. Almost immediately I could tell home cooling way more efficiently This product is amazing. I would recommend to everyone

So, recently moved into a new to me home, and had a Nest in our previous home- LOVE IT. Although we didn’t install the first one, we thought that it would be pretty easy. To be honest, I think it would have been if I knew exactly what we had as far as HVAC system … we have an electric system with a heat pump… haven’t had one of those before buuuuttt the app walks you through everything… The app told me once that it was unable to determine if we could install the nest and once that it was not compatible. As I was getting ready to return the thermostat (so dismal), I decided to contact google nest support and WOW, they were so awesome. They determined that our system was compatible and sent me an email of how I should wire the thermostat. It would pretty well, no complaints so far! Love it!

this was my first time installing a thermostat at home on my own. i followed the instructions and when I noticed my very old Thermostat has so much more wires than what nest takes I contacted Nest customer support online using my cell phone and they helped my for about an hour untill Nest was installed and working. They asked me for a picture of the old thermostat wiring and a picture for the wiring that was coming out of my HVAC room, and then sent me a diagram to my email address explaining which wires I should connect where. the whole process was a breeze and customer support person was great, professional, and patient. the experience of installing this while someone who has the knowledge is with you along the way and holding your hand exceeded all my expectations. The nest performance is very satisfying and accurate. you have modes for home, and away which can be easily set to save energy. I couldn't be happier.

So fat so good. Its only been a week so i cant really give a full review insofar as energy savings but the app works well and I like that I was able to connect it to my Alexa for voice control. The Polished Steel looks nice on the wall. Third Party Best Buy installer was here for only a few minutes to install it so if youre familiar with thermostat wiring you could probably do it yourself. It turns Orange when you touch it to program it manually. The Learning Thermostat is expensive but I am hoping to get an Eversource Rebate.

I like my Nest thermostats and think the app works well. Nice to be able to change them when I’m not home. I had three at my old home and never had any issues. I have two currently and one stoped being able to connect to the internet. It was pretty easy to talk with support and they sent me a new one. But unfortunately it’s been a couple months of it working and now the same thing is happening again.

One of my best investments for my newly purchased home, and especially during this winter cold spell. This wireless thermostat has improved my heating my home during certain hours.