said by Jack_in_VA:said by dennismurphy: the WAF (Wife Adoption Factor) is very high for the Nest. It makes me realize just how poor the industrial and UI design is for most t-stats!
My wife has no problem setting 75 degrees/cool and 73 degrees/heat on our Honeywell/Trane Thermostat. Two simple adjustments.
Other than those two no other adjustments are made.
Well, same here, Jack: my spouse didn't have any problems adjusting the temp up and down on the old t'stat. And I also had my house (for years) programmed with a very similar 73/75 as do you. I also had it programmed to change at off hours.
Now, you might have no interest in this, but the beauty in the nest is that you just USE the t'stat. Dial it up up/down if you feel cold or hot. (Now, obviously, you do this within reason) It is "stupid simple" as the kids say to operate.
And what happens is that it ends up (learning) a much higher resolution program than you could ever set. And when it is programmed off behavior, it makes changes you wouldn't think of. For example, I know that in the winter, I want it warm when I return to work. So, I set it to 73 on my old t'stat. But, after behavior programming, I realized I really didn't want it that warm in the early afternoon-70 was fine. It wasn't until the later hours I preferred a warmer temp. And the nest learns when I want to kick it down.
What ended up happening is that I realized (through its simplicity) that a rigid 73/75 is not really what I wanted.
Each to his or her own, but I love the simplicity of the nest. I never gave a crap about my t'stat before, but after the nest. . . it kind if turned things upside down.