Nest thermostat working in Ireland ?

fbradyirl

I ordered the Nest on their own website a week ago, and it still hasn't shipped.

I emailed them, and they said, despite the problem, I will get the free install.

bonnieprince

News just in regarding Heatmiser

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/heatmiser_digital_thermostat_insecure/

ted1

bonnieprince wrote: »

News just in regarding Heatmiser

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/heatmiser_digital_thermostat_insecure/

I believe that the article related to their older products and not to the NEO range. The older ones required port forwarding to be set up the newbies don't

17larsson

Did anyone have any of these installed yet? What do you think of them?

Graham

17larsson wrote: »

Did anyone have any of these installed yet? What do you think of them?

We've had ours about 4 weeks now, absolutely delighted with it. The schedules needed a bit of tweaking initially when it was learning out routines apart from that no issues.

It's surprisingly accurate at detecting when the house is empty which is great when you break from your normal routine, regardless of the schedule it just switched the heating to 'auto-away'. The mobile app lets you switch the heating back on when you're on your way home.

crossvilla

I have a combi boiler and 2 heating zones. Is this my best option for just 2 zone heating?

Wearb

Depends on house size and design. With a combi boiler, the hot water is taken care of, so 2 heating zones would be normal. Having said that, a house can't really have too much control.

crossvilla

Its a 2 bed terraced house about 1000 square foot (A 2 up 2 down with downstairs utility and toilet). I have about 8 rads and I'm renovating it. Have the plumbers and electrician out next week so thinking this is my best shot to do something where I can control my heating remotely with a decent thermostat.

Wearb

Nest will only control one zone. In your instance, I would be inclined to separate the living room from the rest and just use the nest for that. I am, however not convinced of the need for the learning feature of the nest. I use a wifi switch myself. Before I go out, I switch off all the zones except the living area (those other zones are off this time of year anyway) and use my phone app to turn it on before I arrive home.

Depending on your budget, I would at least put Programmable Radiator Valves on all your rads when renovating. Or even the ones (Programmable Radiator Valves) that can be controlled remotely if you can afford them.

There are lots of threads here on boards about all of this and lots of different opinions also.

JohnnieK

crossvilla wrote: »

I have a combi boiler and 2 heating zones. Is this my best option for just 2 zone heating?

You will need to get 2 nests.
Also look at tado, I have that one my self.

WillyWonka

I've a bungalow that's being renovated and extended with heating and water separated (standard boiler).

Is there a recommended alternative to Neat that could control both remotely?

JohnnieK

WillyWonka wrote: »

I've a bungalow that's being renovated and extended with heating and water separated (standard boiler).

Is there a recommended alternative to Neat that could control both remotely?

www.tado.com.

Egass13

Climote will also work , up to 3 zones . And if you switch to electric Ireland you get it free with free installation

tipperary

I've got the owl intuition,find it works well. No ongoing subscription costs which is a big plus.