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What Nest products are worth it?
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Date: May 7th, 2018 5:35 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36001648) |
Date: May 7th, 2018 5:57 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36001857) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:25 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015574) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:30 PM Author: angry point selfie I have the thermostat and smoke alarm. Both are 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015619) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:47 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab have the thermostat, considering the doorbell and security system. but i hear really good things about simplisafe on the latter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015758) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:54 PM Author: angry point selfie We've considered simplisafe but haven't seen the need to go through w it yet. Seems like a good system. The doorbell we went with Skybell. No monthly fee. Videos are stored for 7 days and then deleted. You can download any that you want in that time period. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015802) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:08 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab i'm moving to an area with a decent amount of burglaries. a security system will be my first purchase
i looked at the skybell but lol i just don't like the way they look |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:12 PM Author: angry point selfie We needed a slim. Didn't see the Nest model until after we bought but I really don't like the idea of a monthly fee. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015895) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 3:41 PM Author: Dashing Duck-like Famous Landscape Painting thanks for the tip. I was thinking Ring Pro or Nest, but looks like the Skybell one is better (and no monthly fees) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36016569) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:23 PM Author: Talented orange round eye patrolman Same. I actually have a few of the thermostats and smoke/CO2 alarms. They work perfectly and sync awesomely.
Thermostats in the main living area, garage, and mother-in-law allow me to control everything and check on house temperatures even when I'm away at work. I'm gone half the year.
Both well worth the money. |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:37 PM Author: violet dog poop Have a few of the cameras. They work very well as baby monitors and for keeping an eye on my front door. Not crazy about the monthly fee though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015664) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:48 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab total GC scam, but shit like brinks or whatever is an even bigger ripoff. i don't have the chops to make my own solution though, with cheap chinese cameras or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015763) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 1:51 PM Author: Gold Party Of The First Part Orchestra Pit Ubiquity's offerings with respect to cameras (and other networking hardware) are much better than NesTTT's and don't entail a monthly fee. Also, all modern air conditioning units are designed to communicate with the company's thermostat. You may be leaving a lot of functionality on the table if you have such a system and use Nest.
https://www.ubnt.com/products/#unifivideo
https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-routing/usg/
Also, their WiFi access points are 180:
https://www.ubnt.com/products/#default |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:06 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab i'm sure these are good but don't seem user-friendly at all. this is a lawyer boart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015860) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:09 PM Author: maize sanctuary you're correct. i got that shit from Costco once and the setup was completely inscrutable. Nest is designed with boomerific retards in mind (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015874) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:02 PM Author: maize sanctuary indoor/outdoor cameras and thermostat. very interested in the new doorbell and home security setup. smoke/co2 detector also looks intriguing.
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:03 PM Author: appetizing onyx hell Nest for thermostat & ceiling smoke detectors. The motion sensing night light aspect of all of those is nice.
Use a Netgear Arlo 5 camera system for exterior monitoring & 1 floating camera we position indoor when we travel or have someone working inside the house. |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:11 PM Author: irradiated blue indirect expression range Love the night light feature. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015885) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:10 PM Author: irradiated blue indirect expression range The smoke/CO detectors are 180. Have one for each floor and love the fact that I know that if something was wrong and I wasn't at home I could call my neighbor and have them let my dog out and check on the house. I'd also know exactly which detector was going off (is it in the basement? Upstairs?). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015881) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:18 PM Author: Slate medicated indian lodge sure every other corporation in the world has a spying device inside my house, what's one more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015932) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:19 PM Author: irradiated blue indirect expression range I'm ok with Google knowing there's a fire in my fucking house and telling me about it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015937) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:21 PM Author: Slate medicated indian lodge yours is certainly the majority opinion (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36015943) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:32 PM Author: irradiated blue indirect expression range I don't love shit like Alexa that is always listening though. You have to focus on the data elements they actually get.
"Is TMF's house on fire?" -- not a huge problem
"What offensive shit is TMF saying?" -- huge problem |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:38 PM Author: Crystalline lascivious stock car They collect all kinds of incidental data (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36016053) |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 3:50 PM Author: irradiated blue indirect expression range What kind of "incidental data" is available via a smoke detector? My wifi network name? How many times someone passes under it? None of that seems particularly problematic.
Now, anything with a camera or mic is a minefield. |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: rough-skinned piazza i have the thermostats, which i really like. problem is that whenever my boomer parents/inlaws are over, they can't figure out how to use them and end up calling me to adjust them remotely from my phone.
Anyone know what the battery life on the smoke detectors is? I don't know if my smoke detectors are wired or not... |
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Date: May 9th, 2018 5:27 PM Author: Talented orange round eye patrolman Your house, your temperature as long as they are staying under your roof. If it's too cold, tell them to wear a sweater or hoodie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36017456) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:35 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab update: thinking about getting the indoor cam IQ as a baby monitor, the outdoor cam IQ for protection, the doorbell and the nest x yale lock. already have the thermostat. debating whether to get the security system or not, seems like flame. are these things even worth it?
even without the security system all this shit is like $1150 before tax. |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:39 PM Author: Burgundy Lodge ITT: Guys who hate their high-income jobs but can't afford to quit buying THOUSANDS of dollars of trinkets and useless GC catnip gadgets. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36119991) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:40 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab fuck my ass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36120001) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: laughsome confused chapel double fault the candles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36120007) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:59 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab wut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36120120) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:17 PM Author: Burgundy Lodge They're awesome. Kind of expensive but way easier than the old wax candles: Once you set each individual candle up on your wifi network you don't even need a match or lighter to turn them on or off. Just charge up your smartphone and open the app to toggle them on or off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3970682&forum_id=2#36120681) |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 5:45 PM Author: Trip plum half-breed Two of the thermostats and the doorbell and I think they’re all great.
I used to have the skybell doorbell. Bought it back in 2015 when they were relatively new to the market and it was always very buggy and had trouble getting it to ever work right for an extended period of time.
Haven’t had any problem with the nest doorbell since it was installed.
I also added a hydrawise wifi Controller this year for my sprinkler system and so far so good I like it and it does a good job of not sprinkling on days when there’s going to be enough rain and sprinkling more when it’s really hot and less when it’s cool. |
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Date: May 24th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: Apoplectic rehab 180 friend!
i'm getting the doorbell for sure. not sure if the cameras are worth it. |