What in the world does “undo the good stuff” mean?
Are the defaults set unrealistically? If they’re being set to “normal” then why are they consuming MORE energy?!
Not sure. There is testing world and real world. According to the piece the consumers didn’t have a problem programming them. Me” ON/OFF and desired temp.
Exactly, what are the factory settings? There is no universal house in a standard climate area. So user will need to reset but keeping the new settings in a general range for their area should be effective. I normally adjust my non AI thermostats when leaving the house. This saves energy. It is the large temperature changes which use energy, set too low and the heat needs to run too long and the same for cooling. So the users of Nest should be able to come up with a responsible temperature range which saves them energy.