Author Topic: PSE&G customers - Nest and Ecobee products for $19-$99 – Ecobee lite/ Nest $19!!  (Read 10447 times)

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fact it was a repost and you didn’t treat it as such.
The end
Would you like some cheese with that whine?
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fact it was a repost and you didn’t treat it as such.
The end
Seriously man :o

grow a pair ::)

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Why is it so difficult to give the HT? He is the one who posted it first? You are making the rules very subjective. What if someone posts while you are preoccupied and then the second post when you are bored? That makes no sense at all.
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Why is it so difficult to give the HT? He is the one who posted it first? You are making the rules very subjective. What if someone posts while you are preoccupied and then the second post when you are bored? That makes no sense at all.
This is news? HTs are completely subjective as is any prize given for HTs, there are no rules here, it's a perk. Some people got prizes at 10 HTs, others at 100, others not until 500.
Just read the HT Wiki to see how subjective it is.
IMO had the previous thread said $19 Nest/Ecobee in the title then there would have been a MS post on it before. By nature IMO is subjective.
Either way, this isn't the correct thread for this discussion.
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This is news? HTs are completely subjective as is any prize given for HTs, there are no rules here, it's a perk. Some people got prizes at 10 HTs, others at 100, others not until 500.
Just read the HT Wiki to see how subjective it is.
IMO had the previous thread said $19 Nest/Ecobee in the title then there would have been a MS post on it before. By nature IMO is subjective.
Either way, this isn't the correct thread for this discussion.
Which leads to the question of what is the point of b being stingy and possibly alienating someone who may be less likely to post in the future. Not talking about this specific case now but in general.
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Somebody mentioned in the comments on DDMS that Maryland offers a similar deal. Anyone with BGE get a thermostat from them and can give me info on it?
As @davidmal says: "Likes" feed the family

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Ecobee is superior in every way, go for the lite.
Though if you don't need sensors I prefer the Honeywell.
So room sensors aside, is the Honeywell actually superior to the eco bee? If yes why?

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I prefer it.
Perhaps I'll write up a DDMS post comparing my experience with all of them.
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I prefer it.
Perhaps I'll write up a DDMS post comparing my experience with all of them.
Yes please do... on the fence between those 2.

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Yes please do... on the fence between those 2.
+1 can't decide which one to get.

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I prefer it.
Perhaps I'll write up a DDMS post comparing my experience with all of them.
+3.

It's very hard to see honest reviews online.

Nest products are made to sound like the gold standard & everything else is made to sound inferior

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I'll sell an Ecobee3 lite for $50 :)
I would take 2 at that price

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+3.

It's very hard to see honest reviews online.

Nest products are made to sound like the gold standard & everything else is made to sound inferior
I have both nests not really seeing a difference, can’t use far sight because of Shabbos, I’d probably look into a different one, I can’t say one is better than the other because i didn’t try it, what I can say is the installation process of the nest was a breeze.
And yes Nest products (cameras) are gold, the learning feature on thermostat is also likely gold, also a Shabbos issue I unfortunately can’t use...

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Looks like they just added the Honeywell Lyric T5+ for $0

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I have both nests not really seeing a difference, can’t use far sight because of Shabbos, I’d probably look into a different one, I can’t say one is better than the other because i didn’t try it, what I can say is the installation process of the nest was a breeze.
And yes Nest products (cameras) are gold, the learning feature on thermostat is also likely gold, also a Shabbos issue I unfortunately can’t use...
Basically irrelevant points for a shomer shabbos yid

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I have the Ecobee only for the sensor option, the smart home stuff is too complicated without a Shabbos mode.
Thus my configuration until now on my Ecobee 3 has been:
-Disable smart/home away
-Disable follow me
-Set brightness for active and standby to 10
-Disable standby screen
-Hold action until changed

Someone told me that on the Ecobee3 lite you can enable the standby screen and put a black piece of tape over the proximity sensor on the top left. That will allow it to switch into the standby screen and you can just touch it to go into the active screen.

On my regular Ecobee 3 there are 2 proximity sensors on the top left. If I cover either one alone with tape it will turn on the active screen when I walk by it, so that's a no-go. If I cover both sensors with tape then it won't turn on the standby screen at all.

Can anyone here confirm that the tape trick works on the ecobee 3 lite?
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I have the Ecobee only for the sensor option, the smart home stuff is too complicated without a Shabbos mode.
Thus my configuration until now on my Ecobee 3 has been:
-Disable smart/home away
-Disable follow me
-Set brightness for active and standby to 10
-Disable standby screen
-Hold action until changed

Someone told me that on the Ecobee3 lite you can enable the standby screen and put a black piece of tape over the proximity sensor on the top left. That will allow it to switch into the standby screen and you can just touch it to go into the active screen.

On my regular Ecobee 3 there are 2 proximity sensors on the top left. If I cover either one alone with tape it will turn on the active screen when I walk by it, so that's a no-go. If I cover both sensors with tape then it won't turn on the standby screen at all.

Can anyone here confirm that the tape trick works on the ecobee 3 lite?
Do all these require a C wire? Because the Nest doesn't

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Do all these require a C wire? Because the Nest doesn't

I received my ecobee3 lite yesterday. It comes with an adapter thing to use if you don't have a C wire.

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I have the Ecobee only for the sensor option, the smart home stuff is too complicated without a Shabbos mode.
Thus my configuration until now on my Ecobee 3 has been:
-Disable smart/home away
-Disable follow me
-Set brightness for active and standby to 10
-Disable standby screen
-Hold action until changed

Someone told me that on the Ecobee3 lite you can enable the standby screen and put a black piece of tape over the proximity sensor on the top left. That will allow it to switch into the standby screen and you can just touch it to go into the active screen.

On my regular Ecobee 3 there are 2 proximity sensors on the top left. If I cover either one alone with tape it will turn on the active screen when I walk by it, so that's a no-go. If I cover both sensors with tape then it won't turn on the standby screen at all.

Can anyone here confirm that the tape trick works on the ecobee 3 lite?

It looks so sleek. Why would I want to ruin it with a piece of tape?

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It looks so sleek. Why would I want to ruin it with a piece of tape?
If you want the standby screen with the time and temperature.
A small piece of black tape over the prox sensor won't be noticeable anyway.
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