Nest thermostat thoughts?

[allinon72]

I've been intrigued by the Nest for a while, but at $250 the numbers didn't make sense in my head. I want something that will actually save money, rather than just look cool on the wall (which is the biggest concern of Amazon reviewers it seems like). Then I learned my local gas company offers a $100 rebate for installing it. That makes it a little more palatable, especially if I can find a deal (just missed a killer cyber Monday deal at Target. If I can get it around $100 total after rebate, the ROI should be around 1 year from what I'm reading.

Anyone who has one, care to comment on the reliability and cost savings?

 

[shoot summ]

Try a search, lots of threads on them.

In short, I have 2 and would buy them again. You get a monthly report on you energy usage, I'm certain mine have saved me money.

 

[beakie]

short answer


Ecobee 3

superior in just about everyway.

 

[encantofred]

i have three of them and my son has one. we find them incredibly valuable as we are on a time of use/peak time electric plan and we can program them so only one is ever on at a time to reduce the peak load.

they a great product.

tom

 

[purplezr2]

Try a search, lots of threads on them.

In short, I have 2 and would buy them again. You get a monthly report on you energy usage, I'm certain mine have saved me money.

Will they indicate how much propane is being used?


In what units?

 

[wtrmlnsp]

short answer


Ecobee 3

superior in just about everyway.

I popped in here to say exactly this, I currently have a honeywell smart thermostat and have been researching for a replacement and the ecobee seems like the best thing out there at the moment because of the sensors in multiple rooms. I would definitely opt for it instead.

 

[danwolfgang]

I've got three and would highly recommend them. They're very easy to program, which is great, but the really valuable thing is that you can look at a *daily* report of heat use. You can see exactly when and for how long the Nest ran over the past two weeks.

I have no doubt that a Nest can save you $250 over a few years, maybe even over just one. If you're not using any scheduling, then the Nest (or any programmeable thermostat) is a big win and likely gigantic savings. Better yet is that daily report of energy use: last winter I made use of the daily report to see exactly what my winterizing and weatherproofing changes were doing to energy use. In the end, I was able to reduce heating costs by about 30% and I was able to learn that by tracking the changes I made each day in relation to the energy used.