Anyone using 'Nest', 'Hive' or 'Tado' smart heating thermostats?

[Kingy]

It works, but needs fine tuning to suit us.

I'd set it to 21 degree daytime temp (it them maintains that) and that we would be up at 7am this morning. There is also a secondary setting - Cost saving ... Comfort. By default the setting is between the two. In this position it has the house temp at 21 degrees for 7am, so brings the heating on earlier. It started warming the house up at 4am slowly, which is far too early so I've altered the temps (lower) and the setting to cost saving so it doesnt come on as early.

Now we are all up and about if we don't want the heating on we just switch it off and then back on later. No need to mess with temps or settings. Although now the heating is off anyway, as it's reached its target and its warm anyway so it won't come back on again until it senses a drop below its setting.

I think it will be a learning curve (especially with the temps) over the first week or two, but I can already see it will/should do exactly what I hoped now its up and running.
So far so good.

(11-07-2014, 08:00 AM)Jollyjoiner Wrote: Feck me, sounds a bit (big brother is watching you) to me hahaha, if it knows your out and when your on your way home then it could sent the burglars round

Lol. Google know my every move anyway so a few more Germans in the know won't make much difference!

Bear in mind you don't have to register any phones. You can set heating times AND times people will be in and out of the house manually if you don't want to share your location (via phone) or don't have phones. I do want that feature though so am ok with it. A big part of the attraction for me is the heating will be off all day, then it registers me on my way home and switches it on. I'm looking forward to that when I get home in winter on the bike freezing!