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Ends 1/5/13. Lowes has the Nest Learning Thermostat 1st Generation (T100577) for $198 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.
$198
Amazon: $235
Retail: $249
$200 for a thermostat? You either have too much money or you need to schedule an appointment with your doctor.
The cost might make sense if you leave the house often and can benefit from lowering temperature often while out.
No matter how many ways you try to justify a 200 dollar thermostat... It still requires you to have 200 dollars to spend + tax for most of us too! Oh well, wait for the talking and learning thermostat.
I am saving up for the $500 pencil sharpener
I can understand the cost seeing that an Apple engineer was involved but one from Google? I guess he must be a follower when the Apple engineer said hey lets set a high price for it and people will think it must be good. Wonder where he learned that idea?
As for me, someone is almost always home and the temperature is set and never changes. Going up and down in temps to me seems like it wouldn't be very efficient. I'll keep my dumb and cheap thermostat.
Buy a regular electronic thermostat for $50 from HD or Lowes. You can program it for when you want it to work instead of trusting a Google and Apple engineer. If iTunes is any indication of "think different", I would rather do the thinking. TYVM.
You can get the 2nd gen for $40 more on eBay.
production cost 11.50 from Wangdong province in China - margin is as big as the one on iphone which is all set to bite the dust. I don't need no nest.
I'd say it is worth $100 max. A good thermostat (which this is supposed to be besides the learning stuff) run about $60 - $100.
Would be handy for a cabin or 2nd home to know what the temp is and to change it before you arrive. Overkill for your average Joe..