We're hearing about troubles at Nest
I have a nest and it is a real piece of shit. I usually don&#x27;t curse on HN but I can barely contain my hate for this product.<p>My absolutely ugly, crappy old thermostat with a needle on it works WAY better than the nest (thankfully we have it upstairs where we sleep). When it&#x27;s cold, we turn that needle up, and we get warm.<p>With the nest, which is downstairs, when we&#x27;re cold, we turn the nest up, we get weird &quot;+2 hour&quot; things, and nothing happens. The heater doesn&#x27;t come on, we&#x27;re freezing and the thing has a mind of its own. I have taken photos where I&#x27;ve set the thermostat at 90 degrees, the room is at about 60 degrees, and the Nest hasn&#x27;t turned the heating unit on.<p>This is a the worst kind of sin of user experience, when a user feels like the machine controls them, and not the other way round.<p>As big a nerd as I am, and loved that the Nest shook up the thermostat industry, I absolutely regret buying a Nest. I wanted to love this product, but it fails spectacularly at the ONE thing it&#x27;s supposed to do, which is to let us set a comfortable temperature for our house.<p>Because of this experience, I absolutely avoid their smoke detectors (I was ready to buy three of them before buying the thermostat). I&#x27;ve told family and friends to stay away as well.