Google Nest Learning Thermostat – Programmable Smart Thermostat for Home – 3rd Generation Nest Thermostat – Compatible with Alexa – Stainless Steel (Renewed)

More Trouble Than It’s Worth
***Sorry for the long story*** This review has nothing to do with the product itself….well then again maybe it does. I bought this as an extension because there are multiple zones in my home, one of which is extremely warm while the others are cooled perfectly. When I inquired about the temperature difference, the HVAC technician told me there was nothing wrong with my AC unit I just needed another thermostat and said all I had to do, and I quote, was buy one and stick it onto the wall. Me not being handy at all thought literally that is all that was involved. I bought it and took it out of the box, again, thinking it was that easy to install and found out that it wasn’t just battery operated and it needed to be connected to wiring. So looking at the instructions, it gave me a link (g.co/nest/install) which connected me to a sham of a company SafeStreets and the price would be about $135. This literature I got from INSIDE the box and I had to open it to get to the instructions. I ask them to schedule someone to come to do an install and then she asks me where I purchased the product from. I tell her that I bought it from Amazon. She asked me if I took it out the box and tried to install it. I told her I did take it out of the box but I did not try to install it because I saw that it was more complicated than I was able to do.She then tells me that she could schedule an install for me but because I took it out of the box AND because I did not get it directly from the Google store that it would be $435!!! I told her that first, I would not have had the information to contact her if I had not taken it out of the box and secondly, it is a legitimate Nest/Google product. Mind you, the same product was over double what I paid on Amazon. When pressed for a sensible justification as to why it was over $300 more for the install JUST based on where I bought it from, I was not and still have not been given a legitimate explanation. So now, I am stuck with this thing or I can return it and pay double what it costs on the Google store and would still have to end up dealing with shady SafeStreets company. I am BEYOND PISSED because nowhere in the literature does it say that there will be a difference in the installation price just because I had the audacity not to want to pay double for it on the Google Store website. I swear this makes me want to return to the old-shool thermostat I had before, and after I locate a reasonable electrician I just might do that. If you are not going to install this yourself do NOT open the box and do NOT tell the company that you got it from Amazon. Go to g.co/nest/install to schedule an install and if they ask you where you got it from, tell them the Google Store and again do not open the box until the technician gets there. Otherwise they will try to charge you over $400 for the exact same install they would charge you $135 if you got it from Google.

Refurbished was a good thing
This was refurbished, but it solved my problem of needing an electrician to redo the wiring in the wall, so I just replaced it… These units are known to go bad and caused people problems, but so far this one has been working and did not have to hire someone to come in at an inconvenient time over the summer to put a new thermostat.

Efficiency and less turning off and on.
What a difference they have made and our bill has gone down very happy just wish we would have gotten them years ago.

Good because it’s both Nest App and remote temperature sensor compatible
The 3rd gen Nest is a winner and I have have four of them now This latest was a renewed unit and it works flawlessly. The 4th gen Nest I recently purchased new and I have returned it. Many many issues.If Google breaks the 3rd gen like they did the 1st and 2nd gen by not making it compatible with the Nest App (and like they also did with 4th gen by not making it Nest App compatible right out of the gate) then all four of my 3rd gen’s are going in the garbage can and I’ll purchase 4 new Ecobees. As it stands now the 3rd gen Nest with its Nest App compatibility is the only thing keeping me around.PS Google Home really sucks

De theemostaat was 2de hands en de wifi werkt niet. Ook is de verbinding met de heatlink niet stabiel.Een dag kwijt met zoeken en proberen. We willen hem retour sturen

Nest è sempre Nest.Il collegamento con open therm è davvero fenomenale, riesce a gestire la caldaia a condensazione senza problemi e senza particolari attivazioni (montato su Beretta).Ottimo anche per anziani, aiuta a leggere bene la temperatura e a modificarla senza troppi problemi, la possibilità di modifica manuale aiuta anche il termostato ad autoapprendere le necessità degli abitanti.Lo consiglio anche ai non “nerd”.