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In response to "Ecobee releases new SmartThermostat with Alexa integration -- (link)" by oblique

is this better than a nest? I'm totally fine with my nest. (it's alexa-able, right? it's ok google-able.) -- nm

Posted by amanda Jun 3 '19, 08:32

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I need to figure out a way to hook up all my air conditioners to an app. There’s one in each room, entirely independent of each other. -- nm - mafic Jun 3, 08:44 17
- I was surprised when we put in our Mitsubishi mini splits a few years ago that they didn’t include built-in networking capabilities - Super Daddy Princess Jun 3, 09:02 1
  - also, I do not have air conditioning. at all. (I'm thinking of putting one in the attic this year but in the end I'll decide against it.) -- nm - amanda Jun 3, 09:14
- I am thinking of switching to hydronic heat (but $$$) so I can control zones via an app. it's so civilized to onsider. -- nm - amanda Jun 3, 08:50 8
  - My mom had the unzoned version of this in her old house. It was nice. I have no furnace, so no thermostat except the ones on each a/c. - mafic Jun 3, 08:55 7
    - I have forced hot air and electric now. I can't even imagine how nice life would be with competent heat. -- nm - amanda Jun 3, 08:57 6
      - I have excellent cooling, but only a wood stove and inefficient reverse cycle a/c heat (that we never use). I want to put a system in the ceiling to - mafic Jun 3, 09:03 5
        
        I have a propane fireplace in the living room that heats that quite competently but like you, bedrooms are always chilly.I *hate* my heat. -- nm - amanda Jun 3, 09:13 4
        
        This thread reads like the dark ages. - Spawn Jun 3, 09:14 3
        
        Yeah, but my house was built in 1905, and it almost never drops below about 10C outside. - mafic Jun 3, 09:26 1
        
        I get the why of it, but still sounds like a nightmare. If I am cold, I want to switch the thermostat to "Heat" and be done with it. - Spawn Jun 3, 09:28
        
        in theory I have central heat. in practice it's forced hot air and I like my skin *and* my upstairs is converted loft space (so electric heat) - amanda Jun 3, 09:19
- buy a bunch of smart plugs -- nm - decline Jun 3, 08:45 5
  - They’re all hardwired. I mean each one has a remote, so it’s not like it’s difficult to use them. Just be nice is all. -- nm - mafic Jun 3, 08:48 4
    - Obviously you should build a robot to control the remotes. Then you only have to control the robot. -- nm - oblique Jun 3, 09:29 1
      - Easier said than done. - Spawn Jun 3, 09:30
    - cut holes in the walls to get to the wiring, un-hardwire them and splice on plugs using some electrical tape and then plug them into smart plugs -- nm - decline Jun 3, 08:54 1
      - The perfect solution at last! I’ll get my brick saw. -- nm - mafic Jun 3, 08:56
I think it is bascially the next step in the overthrow of humans. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 08:38 1
- "Ecobee, please turn up the heat." -- "I don't think so Spawn, it'll make it too hot for you and I know what's best" -- nm - decline Jun 3, 08:40
I think this is ecobee catching up to the Nest. - JaxSean Jun 3, 08:37
It is basically a Nest + Echo Dot -- nm - oblique Jun 3, 08:37

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