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Originally Posted by haertig
I handle this with a setback thermostat, it supports 4 temperature changes per 24 hour period. But our routines were predictable when I worked (before retirement) so a regular setback thermostat with a recurring schedule worked for us. A remote control thermostat might be more useful for people with irregular schedules though, or people that move around between multiple properties. In our particular household, a remote control thermostat would be more like a video game with the two contestants being me and my wife on our smart phones. That poor thermostat would be so confused. Nowadays, somebody is always home, so our multi-period setback thermostat only uses two: 7am and 10pm switchpoints.
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The Nest thermostat is good for people with an irregular schedule. It senses when you are in the home and suggests settings. For us, it suggested turning the temperature lower at night then we set it to. Before the Nest, we had a mostly manual digital thermostat.
What I like it that we only have the heat on for (I think) 5 hours to keep the temp up to 70 and at night (bed time) it's set to 62. And I do like being bale to check that it's set correctly when we go on vacation.
Even though someone is home most of the time, we do not keep it on all day. No need. If there's enough sun, the sunlight comes in and helps keeps the place warm.