r/Nest

I know this is the not the best place to ask this question but given how google is making low key efforts in the nest products I am tempted to move away from it. We currently use google thermostat, CO/smoke detector, Wyze door lock and two external Wyze cameras.
We are moving to another house. That house does not have any smart gadgets except a ring doorbell and a ecobee thermostat. We are planning to add cameras, smart door lock, new CO/Smoke detectors, thermostat etc. currently google still looks the best way forward but just checking if any one has tried any other company (like Amazon+ecobee etc). Wyze is another company but I find their products entry level and good for the price point they sell at. Looking for some thing long term.

Ideally, I'd like something with the path light that integrates with my home automation set up (Indigo, MacOS)

I have 10 Protects, wired, if that makes a difference.

My dog already has PTSD from false positives due to cooking, and now she's triggered every time this annoying b!tch announces the devices are discontinued. I've tried dismissing the notification in the app and silencing it at the device and she won't shut up. Any other thoughts from the loyal community before my dog has an aneurysm?

I've had a Nest Thermostat E in my house since 2020 with no issues. I live near Chicago and the last week it's been very hot. On Wednesday my HVAC system iced over inside my house (IE the compressor outside was not frozen). Had an HVAC guy come and look at it Thursday, cleaned my compressor coils, added more freon, etc. All working fine Friday and Saturday. Today (Sunday) it's frozen over again, but it hasn't even gotten above 80F here today.

I don't know if this is related but up until some time last week I was able to access my Nest devices in the Nest App, and then last week I got a notification that they're only available in Google Home. I have seen a lot of conflicting information about the Nest compatibility so I don't know if people have experienced a similar issue here. For what it's worth, my system's wiring is:

Y1 - Cool

G - Fan

R - Power

W1 - Heat

I have made no other changes, and would have thought that the issues prior to today could be explained by issues with the AC/compressor battling the extreme temperatures, but given my issues today along with the relatively mild environment, I don't know if there's a software issue or if I just need to upgrade to a different thermostat. My HVAC guy said something about how another customer with a Nest had an issue with it confusing her AC for a heat pump, so I want to eliminate any Nest issues before I try to replace the AC (roughly 15 years old, not urgently in need of replacement but could replace it soon).

Hey, I installed a Nest thermostat yesterday and it was working fine other than not being able to connect to the app due to "low battery" Well i woke up at 5am and the house is at 30°c. The Nest said cooling on the display but full heat was coming out of the vents. Lucky I still had my old thermostat, I re installed it for now and am getting cold air. Anyone ever have this issue before? Thanks

I love the devices but this kind of big brother bull shit really bothers me.

So despite telling my nest for the 1000th time TO NOT go into eco mode, it decided to do it again.... And after I get my AC fixed and am trying to cool my area down to a reasonable temp. GOD FOR FUCKING BID I DARE leave the house while it tries to catch up... So in the Nests infinite fucking wisdom it decided that 85 degrees is just stellar. So now there's no way I'll catch up because apparently there is no upper limit for eco mode. Fuck nest, fuck Google. Need a reasonable alternative to this fucking bullshit

Replacing a Honeywell thermostat where there was one wire in W and one in R. Looks like there was a jump between Rc and R. I installed into W and Rc on nest, but it's only giving heat. If I flip it to Y it gives me cool. Do we have to switch the wire between W and Y depending on which one we're using at any given time or is there a position to control both?

So I have the best thermostat and have it said to be warmer during the day when I’m at work and cooler when I’m home (like most people) but I notice at times it’ll be 5-10 degrees hotter when I get home than I have it set to allow. I’ve always seen the eco mode or “energy saving” thing enrolled even when I’ve denied it multiple times. Am I crazy or is my nest literally going against what I have it set to?

(sorry I typed next for some reason in the title) I have an old (second?) generation nest. At least with this thing the only way you can "hold" a temperature is to either set it to only heating or cooling, and then set a temp. So like it's warm out and I set it to "cooling" and and set it to 69 degrees (nice). And it will cool it to 69. But at night when it gets down to 55 outside it just gets cold inside (and the opposite will happen at other times of the year when I use the heater instead).

So you can use both, but it sets a 3 degree range; so the air will turn on when it gets like at 72 and the heat turns on when it gets below 69. I absolutely just want it at a specific temperature. I'm definitely one of "those people" who can tell variations between single degrees.

So does the new version allow me to have both the heat and cooling used to maintain a single temperature. And if not, does anyone else know of a different product that does this? It's literally the only thing I care about with my thermostat! Thanks!