We have some pretty great cheese shops where I work. You will have to maybe check them out one day. That's horrible about your house. I am sorry to hear that. I respect your attitude though. I don't think I could take it that well. As big of a Google fanboy as I am, I don't think I would get a Nest if I had a smart thermometer. I have heard a lot of good things about the Ecobee. It doesn't surprise me that your relative who is a professional would choose that one.
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It's a fun adventure to try out all the different cheeses. There's an unbelievable variety. We tried one of the oldest Swedish cheese varieties called Hushållsost this year. It looked a little like clay and was slightly sweet. I really liked it but it was our son's least favorite. I almost went down the darker path with what's happened with the house but I'm glad I was able to snap out of it. I definitely don't want to attract any more negativity our way. The Ecobee has been a lot of fun to play around with. After seeing the newest gen Nest and Ecobee reviewed side-by-side it seems like the Nest hasn't kept pace with the latest advances.
That's good to know about the thermostats. I don't think I have the wiring to add one to our house currently, but maybe in our next house. We've found some surprises in our house too, but nothing as significant as you did. Was the washing machine one of those high efficiency ones? I haven't heard good things about those, especially the Samsung brand. We've got something funky going on with our dish washer though...
If you have an existing thermostat you can usually just swap them out for the Ecobee. We couldn't use smart thermostats in our condo because we had a central cooling tower and heat pumps. The wiring there was more like a commercial building.
Yes! It was an early HE Samsung model (2009) and it was horrible. The controls were so complex! I'm partial to the LG brand myself -- they make a wonderful washer and dryer.
How old is the dish washer?
I'm not sure the age. It is a GE. I don't have the constant power line. That's the problem. I'd need to replace batteries all the time.
Oh, I see.
Yeah, I looked into it a while ago and there is like a yellow line that provides constant power to the thermostat. If you don't have it, then they make them with batteries, but you have to keep replacing them all the time. Not a huge deal, but if they happen to go out on you while you are away on a trip and you want to crank the heat or A/C for when you get home, it's not going to work. Definitely a first world problem in the grand scheme of things!
That would be such a pain! I wonder how hard it would be to run that power line? The wiring to our condo thermostat was like a literal rat's nest. The electrician we hired surrendered and gave up while trying to install our Nest in 2008.