Reply to post: Re: "manually adjust thermostats"

Three-hour outage renders Nest-equipped smart homes very dumb

David Nash Silver badge

Re: "manually adjust thermostats"

Too right.

Why do they need to adjust thermostats? The whole point is you set it to a comfortable temperature, maybe with different such temperatures at different times/days, then forget it.

If the weather is warm it won't come on. If the weather is cold it will come on just enough to maintain that comfortable temperature.

If I go on holiday I press the holiday button for the number of days I am away. That's the only manual adjustment needed. No internet required.

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