my $30 thermostat controls everything I need it to. I don't need to pay $250 for a wall mounted ipad to turn my furnace on and off.

 

I'd rather get a $99 touch screen, programmable, wifi thermostat controllable by iphone/droid/pc

 

Not central air. Doesn't really get hot enough down here.. we have a window ac unit and a portable that do the trick for the one or two weeks a year in the 100's

 

interesting.

 

i guess this is on sale on black friday at lowes for $198

 

I have two thermostats in my apt.. 1 for the a/c and the other for the furnace.. Not sure if this or any other programmable thermostat would work???

 

I like my Nest gen. 2 a lot! The learning capabilities are great and the manual programming is super easy. It looks great on the wall.

It's nice to be able to adjust from my iPhone and iPad. I no longer have to get out of bed in the middle of the night if I want to adjust the temp. If I forget to set it to away, I can do it wherever I am with my iPhone. I can turn it back on during my drive back home so my place is at temp when I get back if I'm getting back at an unscheduled time. If you have a somewhat regular schedule, it'll learn when you're home and not by the motion sensor and automatically set the unit to away or home. It will learn how long it takes to heat and cool your place so it will be at temp by the time you want. It learns when to shut off the AC compressor and cycle the remaining cool air through to save energy.

It was rather expensive but I'm very happy with it.

 

I would get one but my thermostat is in the corner of the house, nobody would see it :0

 

finally, someone with one!

i had no idea it had a motion sensor, my thermostat is "hidden" in a book case i put around it and faces my tv, where no one sits. would this have an impact on it?

 

That would have an impact on it learning when you're away automatically unless people walk in front of it. For me, I use the schedule and manual away most of the time. The auto away has kicked in a few times when I forgot to set it to away manually. The motion sensor is also for illuminating the device when you walk up to it, so that would work well for you. I do the majority of the settings from my iPhone/iPad/computer rather than on the actual unit.