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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Have nest, would not buy again. Ours has some weird power issue when its on heat and cool that magically disappears when you set it to either heat or cool. Also likes changing the temperature on you automatically to save energy. Set it to 21 in the summer, it will change to 22 at some point, the reverse for winter. Also has max and minimum ranges that are above or below some people's comfort zone. For a google product its a huge piece of junk.
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I didn't have as many of these issues because I have the later generation, but I do totally understand some of the annoyances you are running into.
The randomly change temps thing I believe is an auto scheduling learning feature. It can be turned off, but I agree, not knowing it exists can be annoying.
https://nest.com/ca/support/article/...ble-thermostat
The power issue... is it the power stealing issue where it randomly turns on and off heater/AC? Or is it something else? I personally turned off the physical display as I never really need it. Helps to save energy.
The max and minimum part I think can be adjusted in the settings. It's supposed to be a "feature" that helps you save energy by allowing the natural warming and cooling of the house to be integrated in your use of the thermostat (and thus save energy). The current vs target temperature thing is indeed weird especially when you can get up to a 4-6C temp difference and I think the system gets a little weird if it's just heating vs heating + cooling system installed. It does drive me crazy at times that my temps are upwards of 5-6C higher than the target temperature, but since I don't have AC, I don't know what the thermostat can actually do to fix that. I have never really seen my actual temperature more than half a C lower than the target temperature though.
https://nest.com/ca/support/article/...et-temperature
From what I hear, Ecobee doesn't have such "issues" with its programming. IMO, a huge part of the annoyance with Nest is that Nest is doing something that most people aren't used to for a thermostat and the thermostat thinking it's smarter than the user. I do agree that the thermostat being this "unpolished" isn't a great feature of an expensive thermostat. It is definitely annoying that because it implements "features" in a way most users aren't used to in a thermostat, some of these "features" might be viewed as a bug. My Nest is working fine for me, but I guess I took some of those annoyances as part of the learning curve. I completely agree with burn_this_city though in the sense that there is a problem if bugs vs features are not an easily distinguishable thing. There have been a few times where I read the manual or look up things online to try and accomplish something, but have no idea what terms to use in a search.
I would however, not hesitate to swap the Nest out if it creates issues when I have AC installed next spring. I don't feel like spending a lot of time to figure it out if something arises.