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Amazon has the Nest Learning Thermostat 1st Generation (T100577) for $179 with free shipping. Learns your schedule to keep your home a comfortable temperature without wasting energy. Can be controlled via Wi-Fi from your smartphone or laptop. Former Apple and Google engineers are involved at Nest.
Retail: $249
Get down to 100 and I might bite.....
From what I've read, these units do not have a temp. hold function or swing programmability. Those would be serious liabilities for me.
Agreed, $100 is my price point.
Wonder where the break even point is.
Well, my average monthly natural gas bill over the last 12 months was
$106.8133. The months of Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr average $142.51 while
the other 6 months average 71.1167. Since I use NatGas for cooking, water
heater, clothes dryer, I think it is fair to say the home heating usage is
142.51-71.1167= $71.39333/mo. for 6 months or $428.36 a year.
So, using savings of 1% that's $4.28 a year savings. Hummmm.
Oh, did I mention that I live near Buffalo NY? Pretty cold here.
I got one of these for Christmas. It sits here still in the shrink wrap.
I got the Honeywell internet thermostat for about $125. Easy setup, works fine. Not sure if it solves and of the issues mentioned above. There is a second gen more pricy Nest that may solve those problems but too pricy IMHO..