Exclamation mark at end of deal title so must be an absolute bargain. I'm in. :sunglasses:

I like it for monitoring what the OH is setting the temperature at.. IFTTT notifies me when she's turned it above 20'c :wink:

Pointless item. Anyone who can't turn on the heating themselves when they get home if it is cold and wait 15 minutes or so for it to warm up needs to man up.

You get cheaper holidays..?

Can everyone post their install costs please (those who didn't self install anyway), ta

Mine arrived yesterday, took 5 mins to install it and another 5 mins to get it updated and connected up.
within 30 mins i had it installed, app installed, schedule programmed etc...
Works like a dream!

The Next will heat your house up to the set temperature at the time set, so if you set it to 21*C at 6am, it will switch the boiler on way before that time to make sure the house gets to 21*C at 6am rather than most thermostats that switch the boiler on at the set time and take another hour to get the house warmed.

The battery is just to store the information and setting you have set up, if the power is cut or you move the thermostat to a new location you won't need to start from scratch...
The battery won't power the unit up or allow you to run it unplugged etc... its the same as most digital alarm clocks which require a battery to save the time/alarm settings.

Great item, looking forward to seeing if it reduced my bills over the next 18-24 months.

Just been on the npower site and yes everyone is having one if you give them £129. I refer you to my previous post.

​it's funny that cos I got a letter from npower saying everybody was getting 1 if you want to spend your money go ahead

these will be free in all house holds in the next 12 month if you are with n power and most of the other major companies are also rolling them out free to their customers so I would hold out

I'm thinking of buying one. I guess the battery is so you can move the thermostat around the house and then place it on the optional stand.

My gas bill last year was only £330 so I don't think this is worthwhile, my valiant wireless one does me just fine + log burner for when I'm home all day

15 mins :smiley: my living room takes about 2 hours to get from 14 degrees to 17.5degC! My living room is a barn, mind.

The nest only uses wifi to access the internet - it has its own internal wireless network - so you could switch your router off and CH will work fine.

I noticed someone mention the battery in the nest - as far as I am aware thats only for use in a power cut - although presumably most boilers wont work in a power cut.

One think to make sure is the system can still work if the internet connection is down it need to be able to work as a stand alone programmable stat and have local manual override.

People who say these save money must have had previous systems set up wrong, I say this as this set up starts heating the house before the desired time to get the heat there at the desired time, this all costs gas which to my mind means you are burning gas before you may require it and probably earlier than you used to start burning gas, or previously you were burning before you needed to, if that is the case then your bills would be cheaper.
I had mine set to about 15 mins before I arrived home so the house had started to warm up before I arrived and this made the house warmer than the outside temperature making me happy I was walking into a warm place, then the house would continue to the set temperature and I was warming up with it but still comfortable. Depending on the outside temperature I could adjust my thermostat up or down as required. No need to pay another £100+ and hope the updates work OK or my WiFi keeps working. Still only another few weeks and I'll have to start woorying about when my aircon comes on and off.

Yes that's what I had years ago before I left the UK and it never gave me a problem easy to fit and easy to set and could be over ridden if needs be or set to winter/summer mode with no problems. Can't understand why people are mentioning hot water for combi use as surely hot water is only produced when hot tap is turned on.

Can someone explain why the battery went was going dead when somebody said both ends need mains power?

Thanks OP. Been toying with the idea of getting one of these for a while. Hooked at that price.

Edit: Showing up as £133 for me now!

As a followup I checked one of the wired standalone programmable stat specs(One of the better ones) I looked at as a direct replacement of a wired stat.
(they do a wireless version as well)
http://www.honeywelluk.com/products/Programmable-Thermostats/TPI/CM907-7-Day-Programmable-Thermostat/
Summary.
7 on/off a day 7days should be enough for most people.
Temp override to next prog
Temp override for n hours.
Sunday duplicate ( to mimic a day(s) off in the week)
Holiday for N days.
Frost protection
Variable start ( adjust so time are for temp not start time).
can also add outside and remote internal temp sensors.
(also has various setting like run pump and min cycle time for the boiler)

For many people this(or similar) will do most of the savings, without the need/want of remote access,
(link is for the manual not a rec).

Surprised there is not a web interface module since they have telephone module for these that give limited control.

I have nest protect fire alarm. Really smart and loud alerts on my phone when co2 or smoke build up. Easy to use as it should be with everything.

Ordered :smiley: thanks for heads up!
My parents and best mate have these installed and love them.

Saves loads of money, because the heating won't come on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35311447

Npower are installing a Nest for me next week for me and we have been told it is 3rd Generation.

At the moment I have a wired manual thermostat.
Would the Nest be installed on that same wall (which for us is in the hall way) or would it possibly be better if I had a roaming capability for it and had it 'sat' in my living room.
I see there is this shelf thing but do you have to have it plugged in on the shelf?
If I have it connected in the hallway in place of the original thermostat I guess it is fixed in place and I can't just detach it to make it portable if I wanted?

Appreciate any answers/thoughts as to which they think best but I may not get a say in the matter.

Npower seem to have the latest one for £129 for existing and new customers

I was seriously tempted by this, but as our house is a multi zone from a single combi boiler I'd need two Nest units. The killer for me is that I was just quoted £85 PER nest unit as an installation cost from Nationwide Heating Services which would blow my budget out of the water.

V2 installed for me,comes out at £127.67 + 85 = £212.67.

A V3 installed would only be £249, so it's only a saving of £36.33 over the latest unit.

£85 each seems really expensive from Nationwide, if it was for both units wouldn't be so bad. I've seen some people say they were quoted £50/60 by other installers, the killer for me is that the install cost is PER unit. so I'd have to double the above costs which blows the budget out of the water and doesn't make sense for me.

Can anyone else share their install costs for multi-zone systems please? Thanks!

House is a 9 year old 5 bedroom. Just me and the Mrs so works well for us as we just heat the rooms we're using that day/night.

Gas bills have been between £30-£35 a month for the past 3 months.

You can setup IFTTT's "Do Button" to shortcut temps for particular rooms too (user friendly).

Stop it, the guy is obviously a WUM and probably comes up with more of these gems on other threads!

Similar to you, my Valiant combi boiler works fine but the previous owner thought they would scrimp and buy the basic thermostat with an analogue daily timer! The problem of having the thermostat in the kitchen is that either it is too cold (no radiator there) or too hot (when cooking) so the boiler didn't know when to come on! Add in the inconvenience of having to switch off the timer in order to put the heating on outside your set times (then remembering to turn the time back on afterwards) means that I needed to get something that would improve it.

I went for Hive (£180 with installation) and its great. Being able to change the set schedule via the app is so much better than those 7-day timers where you only had 2-3 buttons to type everything in! The frost protection is also fantastic.

Of course, if you already have a thermostat located in a suitable place, TRVs on your rads and a 7-day timer set up properly, then no, you won't save much money.

Then again, if you want to really save money, don't spend thousands on a boiler and central heating system and just live like an eskimo!

Ideal for anybody who used to waste energy by leaving their boiler on all day & night, they will save a fortune probably, but normal people and those on a budget who have a control on their boiler won't save a bean.
Ideal for the luxury end and wannabee snobs.

Is this include a programmer to set when the heating should be on?

how this thermostat would work for couple when both work every week different shifts and most time not together? So heating would be very random.

It's unlikely.

A better bet for you would be the Hive as it has a battery powered wall mounted thermostat.

I went from a similar scenario to you (no thermostat) to (2) Nests although I have an oil boiler and the installation was quite complicated.

The main thing is that I can now control the temperature in the house as I wish - I can set it to frugal economy (and it automatically follows) or heightened warmth all of the time. More importantly, I can stop the house from getting very cold so that the structure becomes deeply cold thus needing strong sustained bursts to get back to temperature (eg when you are asleep when no one is around to enjoy the hot air). These are definitely worth a look in your scenario.but do bear in mind that they can be buggy at times,

I think I may have spotted the reason for your £12 increase in energy costs. Anyone else ?

I've just got in from a 12.5hr night shift, it's 1.5degs c outside and because my timed thermostat has just kicked in its a bit cold. If I buy one of these you would say I'm wasteful. Who the 'F' are you to stop me a working man having some comfort when I,m 41 never been unemployed and had one job or another since I was 10(papers/milk). In my humble opinion the sooner we burn all the gas and coal the sooner we can get real effective energy production. So in fact I'm doing us all a favour, your wasteful argument is utterly redundant and has been for 30 years, we have emerging technologies but the fact we're still using fossil fuels at increased prices is just holding us back. Oh what will we do when there's no more gas, we will use the sun just like every other living thing on planet earth, sorry for the rant guys

Tempted but still going for Tado, the proximity from phone GPS wins for me.

That is some wizardry.

If you're not trolling, then I guess you take the prize for the stupidest series of posts I've ever seen on here. And that's saying something.

I mean this:

"If anyone genuinely saves money using this system they should be ashamed of their wastefulness"

So if you save money, you should be ashamed. Of your ..... wastefulness?!?!?

Eh?

Nope. Sorry. You're going on the ignore list after spouting so much rubbish. Bye!

I have a Hive in a holiday home and Evohome in my own home.... so for the person who said a 7 day timer was all you needed - how would that help in a holiday home which is miles away? With one of these I can switch on the heating before new customers go in and switch it right down when the property is empty.

Whilst Evohome does give more flexibility by allowing you to have differing tempertures in different rooms it is significantly more expensive. I have had it a year. In that time the mobile gateway stopped working. It turns out that it is something Evohome knew about - over time the gateway must have been drawing more and more power. Evohome sent me a more powerful adapter and it's okay again now.

The Hive is better in some ways - the Evohome doesn't have a web interface whereas the Hive does and it's the easiest way to set up programmes. The Hive also keeps a temperature history and the App starts and connects much faster too.

heat....get it?

Ok, here goes, I'm going to risk replying to you (or feeding the troll, perhaps?). My old ish but otherwise fine combi boiler only has a basic timer, so no room thermostat. Added to that have had multiple experiences of traveling back from holiday, family visits etc. and being delayed, arriving at x hours in the night/morning with a load of kids to a freezing cold house that takes ages to heat up (far longer than 15 mins someone stated) and trying to get said kids in to bed etc.

So, surely if I'm considering adding a thermostat, which seems sensible to do, I'd be nuts not to consider something like this (although I'm probably not looking at this actual brand), rather than purely being wasteful, as you put it? It must be great having your life so controlled and self-righteous (devoid of spontaneity and fun, perhaps?), but many will see value in not only potential energy savings, but in the convenience offered?

Does anyone know if I could use the power supply from my doorbell unit for this? I hAve no power local to where I want to place the unit in the hall. The doorbell box is a metre up the wall from where our current thermostat is located. I'm wondering if I can run something from here behind the plaster board wall to power the nest?

How would this work if I already have a wireless RF thermostat in my house connected to a combi boiler in the garage?

Pointless item. Anyone who can't turn on the heating themselves when they get home if it is cold and wait 15 minutes or so for it to warm up needs to man up.

Man up you lot,its been a mild winter till recently and had ours on for less than an hour total except for Christmas day.
To much money and a love of gadgets brings people to buy these things,ah well moan over.

Deal is alright, but it's way too early to be going full on in to the IoT home, too many competing standards and issues with security. Better to wait for it to settle down rather than jumping in on the hype.

This will save you a fortune, turns off your heating even when its freezing!

why do these turn into a d* waving comp.

Most peoples heating systems can benefit from some upgrades

the cost/saving/convenience trade off will vary depending on your starting point and where you want to go.

there are cheap solutions that can provide a lot of the cost savings, for many a single zone programmable stat with holiday(most have learning anyway) will give best return on investment at under £50.
Most people have fairly regular lives set some times for the temps you want frost stat and off when on holiday job done. some have a manual boost/off options to snag a bit more comfort/saving.

At the other end we have multi zone by room return on investment will probably never happen for some bits unless you have rooms that need regular adjustments like a guest room used a lot at random and you can't be bothered to turn on/off a rad or open the door you pay for convenience..

Some property and systems need more sophisticated solutions eg the room inertia of a multi zone under floor is probably outside the scope of most of the current mass market breed of stats and a simple room stat does the job(won't be changing the room stats in our underfloor heated house, don't live there).

We have found that the change to programmable room and HW stats with internet access have transformed our heating use .we don't have a daily pattern so the flexibility and convenience to adjust both house and hot water temp at will is very useful. Doubt we will save the extra over the simple solution for some time.

Bit like LED bulb payback over CF it's ages, picked up a 10w 800lm Osram for £1 even in a room we use a lot it will take a year to pay me back but a nicer light and instant on.so worth it..



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The nest is just a thermostat. It will work with any boiler that can have a remote thermostat - which tends to be any boiler.

They are easy to fit with common sense and basic DIY skills. Connect a receiver to the boiler (use the existing thermostat cable), connect the Nest to the mains (standard plug adapter) and then connect to your router wirelessly.

The Nest is really for singles or couples with random comings and goings. No use for families or anyone with regular patterns of home use. Don't believe the hype.

Have to say I like mine. Find it much easier to programme on my phone than my old programmer. Looks very stylish on the lounge wall (mine isn't plugged in to a socket - it was connected to power using existing cables that were in place from the previous thermostat). Yes there have been a couple of bugs along the way (the switching to BST last year which was fixed by an update from Nest within the week - wasn't a big deal IMO, and the one that's been mentioned that happened this month - although I didn't experience this one). Overall I believe it has saved me some money (although because I switched supplier to take advantage of getting this for free my initial DD was set higher than my previous DD - it has now been reduced to a lot less than my previous DD). I'm hopefully going to be moving in the next few months and even with some of the bugs I've experienced I'm still considering getting this in my new house (along with some of the additional Nest products). I'm a bit of a gadget freak so I think really it comes down to individual preference. I'm sure all of these products have some glitches - but from my experience with Nest at least they do get software updates out to fix them. Sorry about the essay - just thought I'd share my experience with it. :smile:

It's like chicken pox. You've got an annoying itch, you know you shouldn't scratch it but you have to but it still won't go away...

Anyway to the original post this is a hot deal.

I definitely wasted time replying to you... and now I've done it again!

Tado for me. Seen £20/30 per month off my bills.

If you look what you put, you might have to read it twice, but i'd put you in the wasteful category, I could be wrong, you may be earning too much and wasteful, but to promote something as saving money that wastes energy for the general householder is a scam.

No trolling here, this is going to be seen as a big scandal, you mark my words, first there was PPI now it's turn your heating on when not necessary and all the misunderstandings that will go with it. If anyone genuinely saves money using this system they should be ashamed of their wastefulness, and that is the premise that it is being sold on, control your heating when you're out what a scam.

good deal,heat added

It doesn't always work like that though... if you have a large / old property for example or have underfloor heating you maybe better off (and save fuel) by having the heating on all the time and just contolling the temperature via the stat and the Nest (and others) came along as game changers to the market. If you're not interested why post in this thread? Also, 'earning too much for this site'? - this site is as much about people who have money to spend as people who are on a tight budget, it's about genuine good deals and bargains.

Yes, I'm now beginning to think the same. If so good effort, you really had me believing that you weren't that smart.

It's a man thing :wink:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pwwx1cF8NQ

Best trolling I've seen on here for a while. Well played sir. :man:

That's pretty impressive, I've fitted the Evohome and others in a few properties and found their rooms only go maybe 5 degC lower if left off completely. They do moan about batteries, but I'll put it down to using cheap ones from the poundshop.

Out of interest is the house a relatively new build?

The TRV heads are a straight swap if you already have basic TRVs. I fitted everything myself, you don't need a plumber. (if anything, you'd need an electrician)

You can get a basic room stat for less than a Nest if the only concern is price.

In terms of functionality to cost, Evohome trumps Hive/Nest. The latter are limited gimmicks and therefore lower VFM.

I see from your repetitive response, that it is you that doesn't get it, at home house comfortable temperature, not at home, heating off, get home, put heating on, leave house put heating off. I'm sure you can take it back if it's under guarantee though.

'Sigh' you just don't understand it do you. That's fine don't get so worked up about it. It makes perfect sense so have my heating on when not at home. It's so when I do get home it's at the desired temperature. That doesn't mean it goes on for two or three hours.

We all like to save money and we do it in different ways. Some people understand the concept of spending money to save in the long term. If you can't again that's fine.

But then you're talking about more than double the price, plus needing a plumber to change all the valves - probably doubling it again.
This is that old HDUK thing of comparing a £129 product to a £700 product....? (Therefore, not a comparison)

Scam scam scam, in fact the only reason why it's on these pages is because it is cheaper than some other scams. Please try to get to basics, if you want the heating on at home and you're not there you're earning too much for this site designed for those who want to genuinely save money. Now just because some others want to throw their heating on when not at home doesn't make it a deal at all for anyone on a budget, in fact if you save money with one of these you should be ashamed of your wastefulness.

That's odd as my guest bedroom en suite is often 9c during winter despite being next to rooms that are 20c+ (below)

The TRV batteries last 2 years+.

Does anyone know if the gen 2 and 3 can be linked?

(Meaning that if I buy this for now but then upgrade to the 3 in future, could I still use the gen 2 on another zone and they will communicate with each other... Nest say you can link them but doesn't say about different models)

if you N power customer you can get it for £129.99. (was last week)

I have an ICOS HE15 ... can anyone tell me would a 3rd Gen Nest work with this boiler ???

Until we have a unified IoT standard with security in mind, this is more of a cool show piece.

Evohome for anyone looking for something that truly transforms how you control your CH rather than heating an entire house when you're not using particular rooms:

Thanks for posting - managed to talk the Amazon Customer Service agent in to refunding the difference from the Xmas Eve Price of £134.

I bought individual thermostat/timers for each radiator in my house for £25 each. That way each room is heated at the right time.
Seems a better solution than one controller that turns everything on/off.
Or am I missing something?

​oh my God are you related to my OH? :wink:

Good deal if 2nd gen functionality is sufficient which it may be for combi boiler users. I got a Salus it500 for our system but yet to install it

if your house is empty most of the day you'll probably save money with one of these over a standard thermostat (or def save if you haven't got a thermostat at all!). Although if your wife's at home all day it'll know it and likely leave the heating on to keep her toasty and warm - and then shell go and open the windows when she gets too hot rather than turn it down!!

I'd suggest evohouse by Honeywell for more control throughout the entire house.

Scam? I think you've just proven my point. It's fine if it's not for you, technology isn't something some people want to use and embrace. If you are comfortable with your existing setup that's fine. I had one installed in my last house and my wife who is not into technology at all loved it and we had to get one installed when we moved house recently as for 'us' in our lifestyle it has proved beneficial and the reduced energy bills proved this for us.

if you like your gadgets get one, I've got one and other than being able to turn my heating on/off away from the house I've found it no more advantages than a standard 7 day programmer. I wish I had wall mounted and wired it to the boiler, instead I went free wireless free standing option.

I am fully aware of this scam, the facts are if you can't control your heating when you are at home you don't need one of these and if you want to control your heating when you are not at home, good luck with the bills. Thank you for trying though.

With that you are correct, but you can get multiple Nests and create zones if you really want to be that detailed with your heating throughout the house. The sensible option would be to locate the thermostat in the room / area which is most used. I think you're trying to pick holes in my comments where as the point of it remains the same.

Quite different though to the likes of a Nest, Hive etc.

​Many people's habits are doing the same thing every day.

This thermostat won't set the "house" temperature, but will like all room stats, will just set the temperature of the room or area it is in.

Had mine in few months. Oddly my bill has just gone up £12

Easy to install and tech support is 2nd to none. Thought it was faulty after buying new off eBay and within 4 days had a new one sent out and an engineer to install all for free.

Sometimes mine does have the heating on at 3am for some reason though.

For those asking. Very easy to install. On my ideal combi. And works well with nest smoke alarms.

Evohome + IFTTT gives you plenty of options in regard to automation.

I have mine set so that if I have time booked off work via Google Calender it auto switches to "Day Off" quick setting (IE: it runs a Saturday program instead of Mon-Fri).

That was my point. Hive and Nest are nothing but toys in comparison to Evohome + the TRVs.

This guy is very misinformed.. No even with good diy skills I doubt most people will be able to fit these. YES the thermostat is straight forward to switch out - but what most people don't realise is that UK nests have a heat link box, which takes considerably more expertise to install. The heat link is what speaks boiler language, and without it you might as well use the thermostat as a hockey puck.

Additionally, the thermostat is very intelligent at learning patterns of when you're in and out - families included.

its Vailiant turbo max Plus 837 E , I do got the manual , but was not able to set it up still ..

£116 on Flubit,if anyone uses it !

This and Skylark app for geofencing. Win win!

Is the free smartmeter rollout by the govt going to make these redundant?

Can this be used in conjunction with tasker? then I could have it turn on as I left office or within x miles or something

edit

look like you can reviews not great though, probably not worth the hassle but it is pretty cool

Netatmo is better than this for controlling your heating.

I think you take the prize for stupid comment, why would I have one, when I quite clearly say they are for snobs and wasteful people. Please get with it sir.

A decent honeywell thermostat will learn how long it takes for your house to reach the desired temperature just as well

Hive, evo, nest, netatmo, owl, programmable stat... and more if you look around.

There are a lot of options out there, also consider where the companies are going with other home automation kit it could swing the system chosen.

I have a wi-fi programmer/thermostat and haven't used it once in over a year via my phone. I suppose if I'd paid for it I might use it all the time, in the hope of justifying the price.

Model number and I'll show you the manual?

Check out Evohome before wasting money on Hive or Nest.

some programmable standard stats have a holiday function(turn the heating off for n days)

I'm wavering between Nest and Hive.

All the reviews I've read tell you about them both, then fail to make any form of decision as to which one is better in any respect.

I like Hive as it doesn't need a power socket - it uses batteries.
But it does need a seperate network 'thingy' plugged into you router - which does need a power socket (If it can talk wirelessly to it's network thingy surely it could talk wirelessly directly to a router rather than needing yet another box - enter Hive 3 in 6months)

"Learns your schedule to programme itself" which translates to "boiler comes on and turns off when you don't want it to"
Spend your money on something else.

Hi
Hive 2 all the way for me. As you said the remote control thermostat is battery operated (sends you an email when batteries are running low) do no hard wiring for the thermostat. The separate "hub" is actually a good thing as it improves the connectivity. You can have one professionally installed by a British Gas engineer for £249 or if you have a British Gas home care plan £199 when the engineer is already at your home. By the way depending on your boiler/ system you may need to be Gas safe registered to install a hive/ nest or similar device.
If you have any problems with your hive then a British Gas engineer will come to your home to fix it for you. No need to rip it out and take it back to the shop as you would need to do with a nest. Hive are just about to release a new range of remote products that will connect ("bolt on") to your existing hive system.
Hope this helps you decide.

this is fairly standard on nearly all current systems even the standard programmable stats from the main heating suppliers.

Hi All,
You inputs will be greatly received. My property does not have a room thermostat , its a 11 year old Vailiant Combi Boiler , does have a programmer in built , unfortunately I could not set up the time myself .So currently its ON all through out the night , and also when ever we feel to heat the home . Am planning to get something simple which can set up the timer , need not be a flashy one like Hive / Nest , any suggestions please ?

Still would get a Netatmo. Beats this and hive all day

​Took me about 15 minutes. Just need to read the instructions carefully if unsure.

For anyone who's currently got an old fashioned manual thermostat, you can get a lot of benefit just by installing something like this instead of going the whole hog of getting a "smart" heating controller: http://www.directtradesupplies.co.uk/product.php/31442/timeguard-7-day-programmable-room-thermostat--white-?gclid=Cj0KEQiA_fy0BRCwiLaQ5-iFgpwBEiQA884sOYy18qzFdwkDiVN-DwHrZ-QU39vKxdM0VsL5moOFkgEaAouD8P8HAQ

I have one of these and I'm really not sure I'll bother upgrading to Nest or a similar system. The only times I would really like to have remote control of the heating is when we go away on holiday during the winter and come back to a cold home. But that doesn't happen very frequently.

i'm guessing these are absolutely pointless for an economy 7 setup?

It's also not just about turning your boiler on and off when you go out - though it does that too. The Nest works out how long it'll take your house to heat based on various factors, including your house and the outside temp. You also set the thermostat not when you want it to come on but at what time you want your house to be at a desired temperature.

Other cool features are: If you're away for a week you can use the app to switch your heating back on, so your house is warm when you return and the Nest won't ever let your home get to a point where your house is so cold your pipes will burst. In addition you don't have to go through the hassle reprogramming for different times of the year, or if your habits change it'll learn when you're likely to be in or not and will heat the house ready your return.

Are these easy to install and do you have to have a certain type of boiler ?
heat by the way

Nest thermostat has got its problems though... http://www.eweek.com/cloud/nest-issues-update-to-fix-thermostat-glitches.html

Deal is hot however.

Or buy it from Npower as a customer for 129

I have tado .. which can track you via mobile phone signal and turn the heating off/on when you are near by... also supports IFTTT

According to Nest the UK has never had the 2nd gen model, making this 1st Gen. Not voting cold, in fact I'd say it's still a hot price but I'd personally invest in the superior 3rd gen model for an extra £70.

I'm one of the lucky few who this Thermostat isn't compatible with my boiler...

what if your family live abroad?

Gen 3 advantages:
* Better WiFi connection (802.11b/g/n @ 2.4GHz, and 5GHz a/b/g/n)
* Better screen quality and size (easier to read)
New Features:
* New FarSight Feature (better motion sensing)
* Now includes hot water/boiler controls

Depends if any of the above our relevant / worth it for you.

Op there is a big difference in the 2nd and 3rd in that the 3rd now can control your hot water. The generation 2 is great for anyone with a combi boiler.

​Many thanks

Oh. I thought it left people in the cold as it says in this article.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35311447

Exclamation mark at end of deal title so must be an absolute bargain. I'm in. :sunglasses:

Alot of people were left without heating due to a software update glitch few weeks ago. Wanted one but not so sure now.

we have one of these and it replaced our wireless thermostat. they just disconnect the RF module in the boiler and wire in the nest receiver. But you do need power still to power the controller (we were lucky as the old thermostat wiring that existed pre-RF thermostat was still there, so we ised that to power the thermostat).

If it has saved anything is questionable but it is convenient to turn on up when on the way home.

If you don't have kids and have unpredictable routines then I can see it of more benefit.

"I like it for monitoring what the OH is setting the temperature at.. IFTTT notifies me when she's turned it above 20'c :wink:"

Great idea - mine's always turning it down. Must sort this out. Mine came from John Lewis. £99.00 in their summer clearance. Fitted it myself, but don't expect a lot of help from Nest if you do this.

Fantastic price. Could not live without mine now. If you do not have a Wi-Fi enabled thermostat...stop living in the past! What are you waiting for?! :stuck_out_tongue:

60 to 150 quid for installation in my area :confused:

Are they hard to install yourself? Don't really need one but it looks great as an ornament :laughing:

Ps just got the third gen off ebay for £170. Heat still

Same here. There's literally no info out there on that combination

I reeeeeeallly want one of these but my gas and electric are up and maybe get one of these on a deal?