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Nest thermostat

  • 06-03-2017 3:10pm
    #1
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know any good deals on a Nest or similar smart thermostat?


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  • #2
    sosq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭sosq


    darragh o meara wrote: »
    Anyone know any good deals on a Nest or similar smart thermostat?

    switch to electric ireland, €99


  • #3
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,844 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    I've been keeping an eye out for a friend. With the electric Ireland deal, you have to sign up to a contract which has a much higher unit rate for the electricity itself, so you end up paying for it and more depending on your usage.

    I'm keeping an eye on Amazon, the current price is £199 but it regularly drops to about £189, so if you're buying two for say up and downstairs zones, it's a saving of €25 or so.

    my friend had another plumber in to quote who suggested EPH Ember: http://emberapp.ephcontrols.com/

    they said it's about €300 less for the same thing.

    2 Nests will cost about €450.

    My friend has the Nest carbon monoxide alarm and smoke detector and I believe they can all communicate with eachother so for example if the alarm detects carbon monoxide, it can make the thermostat switch the heating off, this alone could be worth the extra money if such a situation arose.

    Another user on boards had this to say about comparing both:
    Nest is compliant with lots of smart home functions.
    They are able to integrate into lots of other systems and with lots of other products for a much higher level of function
    They are produced by a massive company with huge resources so should be kept up to date and compliant with future tech
    They are very intuitive and user friendly
    They have put the effort in to produce a high quality consumer product that looks good on your wall/in your home decor
    They have not just used a generic cheap white box that looks ****... This to me is a sign of lack of effort from the manufacturer... If they haven't bothered (or don't know how) to get this right, how can you be confident they got everything else right...
    The attention to detail is key & this box doesn't show it IMHO... However, if you are willing to overlook this in order to save 150euros, then do it.
    Don't get me wrong, 150e is allot of money and I don't take that lightly, but this is a luxury product anyway...

    I'd prefer the Nest.

    from this thread..


  • #4
    pm9999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭pm9999


    The Electric Ireland Nest offer has just increased in price from €99 to €130, but this is not the true upfront cost if you switch. Switching to EI and not taking a Nest earns you a sign on bonus/cashback of €175, which you lose if you have the Nest installed. If you switch and take the Nest, you are now effectively paying €305 for your Nest (was €274 before the recent increase). This includes installation and also includes the Nest stand, which is charged extra if you buy the Nest yourself. (Screwfix.ie are currently asking €248 for a Nest 3rd Gen, plus €37 for the stand). Unit electricity prices aside (post above), the EI offer seems reasonable value if you need installation, much less so if you are competent to install it yourself.

    We just had a Nest put in under the old €99 offer, and installation took about one hour. I'm guessing that this work would cost at least €100 - €150 if you employed someone to do it.


  • #5
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,844 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    In the case of my friend, they are upgrading their heating system anyway and need a thermostat installed so will just be getting the plumber to install a nest instaed of a regular, so no extra cost in that regard :)

    You can buy direct from the nest site for €249 I think, not sure if it's better to save a euro by going with screwfix? Ordering from Amazon works out around €220!


  • #6
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    sosq wrote: »
    switch to electric ireland, €99

    I'm already with them so it's €200 for me.


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  • #7
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    cormie wrote: »
    In the case of my friend, they are upgrading their heating system anyway and need a thermostat installed so will just be getting the plumber to install a nest instaed of a regular, so no extra cost in that regard :)

    You can buy direct from the nest site for €249 I think, not sure if it's better to save a euro by going with screwfix? Ordering from Amazon works out around €220!

    €220 isn't too bad. I'll take a look. Cheers for all the advice.


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