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As a follow-up to my last post, I ended up installing the $36 Nest thermostat in my mom's condo. Unfortunately, this basic Nest works differently than the Nest E that is installed in our home. Making manual changes is very cumbersome -- instead of just pressing the dial inward and turning the...

Our electric company (Detroit Edison) offers free with installation under certain conditions, too, but they are now offering a different brand than Nest with this program. This morning I tried to order a Nest for my mother through them for the $79 deal, but couldn't get the order to go through...

I installed a Nest thermostat in our home a few years ago. For us, it's a great tool, as we travel away from home quite a bit, so I can set our home temperature low when away in the cold months or turn the air conditioning off in the warm months and then remotely adjust the system back to a...

I was content with our older programmable thermostat for many years, too, as our schedule when home is very routine as well. However, since retiring, my wife and I spend a lot more time away from home traveling than in the past. Having the ability to remotely turn the air conditioner back on so...

While I did setup the Alexa skill for my Nest thermostat when I first installed the Nest, I have yet to actually find the need tell our Echo devices to adjust the temperature. Just having the unit programmed on a set schedule when we are home works for us. When we leave, the Nest adjusts its...

One function I used on my old non-WiFi thermostat that is not available on the Nest E is a "hold temperature" feature, where you could lock the current thermostat setting to override the programmed schedule. I would use this when my elderly parents come to stay with us, as my dad gets cold so I...

Mike, that must cause all kinds of havoc with keeping a desired temperature in your home! That remote temp sensor sounds like just the cure.

Mine has only been installed for less than two months, but so far it has been working fine. I like the feature where it automatically goes into "away" mode based on my phone's location, so it turns down the thermostat even if I forget before we leave. I'm not in the habit of turning it back into...

Revisiting an old thread... Consumers Energy was offering some instant rebate pricing on different programmable thermostats, so I bit the bullet and bought a Nest Thermostat E for $99. I had been doing some research into WiFi enabled thermostats, but a lot of them require a C wire for power...