So if they pulled them to update the software due to this issue then why are they re introducing them STILL BROKEN months later? Makes no since. At least its only $99 for a broken device instead of $250
Think I will stick with the $29 home depot version that works. I don't need to wave at it to tell it goodbye when there is a fire.
If there is an active fire in a home and it is required for you to evacuate, WHY IN THE HELL would you silence the alarm in the first place!?!?! The ability to silence a smoke detector is only for smoky cooking or small isolated fires.
If there is an active fire in a home and it is required for you to evacuate, WHY IN THE HELL would you silence the alarm in the first place!?!?! The ability to silence a smoke detector is only for smoky cooking or small isolated fires.
Look at the rate of false alarms on the Nest community forum.
https://community.nest.com/community/help-with-nest-protect
I put up two of these last year for my mother and had false alarms on both. The second one could not be silenced, so the neighbor had to help take them down.
This is a much bigger problem than any "wave" feature and will define the company soon if not dealt with.
Honestly this is why I think they stopped selling them. Mine went berserk one morning very early. NOT A NICE WAY TO WAKE UP. I finally got it to shut up and it went off again 20 minutes later. I had to take it down off the wall, remove the back, and remove the batteries to stop it. Nest sent me a new one which has been fine thus far. The production date was April 2014. I did have to send the faulty one back to them for analysis.
HAHA You loved your Nest until Google bought Nest? Tell me, what exactly happened to your Nest or any other Nest after Nest was purchased by Google?
That is like saying you loved Ford until someone you severely disliked bought a Ford. In other words, irrational online poster is irrational.
So if they pulled them to update the software due to this issue then why are they re introducing them STILL BROKEN months later? Makes no since. At least its only $99 for a broken device instead of $250
Think I will stick with the $29 home depot version that works. I don't need to wave at it to tell it goodbye when there is a fire.
Just because some document talked about brainstormed theoretical possibilities doesn't mean that anything even close to that will be happening in reality ever.Still not worth it, but priced a bit more reasonably.
I'm actually contemplating ditching my Nest to get the Google Ads out of my house (yes, that is their plan, just not doing it yet). I've got my rebates from it already, and bought it at 25% off. I'll have no issue flipping it.
The Honeywell Lyric is my current temptress, but a las, she isn't out yet.
Nest is now owned by Google. Apple should put out hardware for the home in addition to the aggregator app home kit.
To be fair I never had a faulty smoke detector but then again I do not shop at Walmart. If I'm going to protect my home I'm not going to shop at Walmart commercial grade smoke detectors do not cost a ton of money.To be fair, no smoke protector is without issues. I think Nest actually shined a spotlight on a product that is rarely talked about (especially online). I wouldn't be surprised if the Nest actually has a smaller fault rate than the cheap ones at Walmart that most people install.
To be fair I never had a faulty smoke detector but then again I do not shop at Walmart. If I'm going to protect my home I'm not going to shop at Walmart commercial grade smoke detectors do not cost a ton of money.
See my Skype analogy. It doesn't happen immediately. But tell me... WHY did Google want to buy a thermostat company. Google in an information harvesting behemoth that is buying up companies that it feels will further that quest for knowledge about everyone's business.
You are correct that my Nest still looks as nice on the wall and usually functions as well as it did when I bought it. But lately, there have started to be 'issues' with successive software updates. Mainly with the online connectivity portion.
Now Google may be buying Skybox?
With anything Google, you are not their customer, you are their product.
No mater who owns it, it is still the same nest product you bought - hasn't changed in any way BUT because it's now part of the evil empire that is Google you don't like it any more. That is totally irrational.
BTW if you want to talk about information harvesting take a look at Apples ibeacon. Now that's scary.
So how long before my SEPARATE Nest account is forced to become a Google Plus account? Or, my Nest gets an update and wham-o, it's now an Android based OS.
Nest has run on an Android fork since day 1.
To be fair, no smoke protector is without issues. I think Nest actually shined a spotlight on a product that is rarely talked about (especially online). I wouldn't be surprised if the Nest actually has a smaller fault rate than the cheap ones at Walmart that most people install.
Case in point. I USED to have a Youtube account separate from a Google Plus account. I would comment on Youtube videos from my Youtube account. But, along comes Google who buys Youtube. Lo and behold, they now prevent you from commenting on videos UNLESS you have and sign in to Youtube with a Google Plus account. I DESPISE this type of arm twisting in order to more easily track everything and everywhere an individual goes on the internet.
Google bought Nest for a reason. Period. They wanted access to something Nest had on its user base. I guarantee it wasn't for the revenue from the hardware sales.
I'll say it again. NOTHING changed the day Google bought Nest. I like my Nest as it CURRENTLY functions. I just don't trust what Google intends to do with it.
Well, for one thing, they can provide more of what they do now: centrally based services that know enough about us to predict and provide information ahead of time, as with Google Now.
Some people find that idea to be frightening. Others think it's really cool and useful.
What would they "do with it" that's so worrisome? Adjust our thermostat when we head towards home? Put us in an anonymous ad category for better gas or electric prices?
The information they gather is churned by computers, not people. It's kept private. It's not even that detailed, otherwise they'd know when I bought that thing I had searched for online
I can also go to my Google dashboard and turn off and/or delete location history, etc.
Personally, I worry more about the blind sales and charity calls I get on my home phone. Just answering is enough to let them know I'm home... or not. And that's a real person, not a flag in an ad target database.
Google I don't worry about. It's the lesser ad networks and websites that might not worry about selling personal info after I buy something, that are the info leaks that concern me.