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you used your phone to adjust the lights at home and checking the weather? Talk about inventing problems.

sliken 3y ago
I live in Colorado, the weather can vary 30F in just a few hours. If I'm in a hurry to leave, it's pretty useful to get the weather for the next few hours without having to stop and grab a device.
- beebeepka 3y ago
  According to my research, 30f swing does not appear linear and i cannot tell if that would be significant or not. Still, my main point was the lights. I guess I am well into minority situation since turning them on/off is easier than talking to a thing or, god forbid, using a phone. From experience, I just as baffling to these people as they are to me.
  - ksmith14 3y ago
    I have a house with 3 levels and when I moved in, 2 of those levels had analog thermostats. I'd be watching TV in the basement with the heat set to 68, go upstairs to bed, and realize I'd left the heat up so I'd trudge back down stairs, change the temperature, and then go back to bed. I ended up replacing everything with Nest thermostats within a few months so I could adjust them from my phone if necessary. Then Alexa came along and I could just lay in bed and tell it to do things, which was even more convenient. I also have kids that are terrible at turning things off, so I've stuck one smart bulb in each of their rooms and quietly conditioned them to prefer that light to some of the switch-activated lighting so I can just centrally switch them all off once they're gone or when leaving the house without trekking around.
  - super256 3y ago
    > Still, my main point was the lights. I guess I am well into minority situation since turning them on/off is easier than talking to a thing or, god forbid, using a phone. My dad uses Alexa routines for lights and shutters. Turning the shutters up when the sun rises, and down again when the sun sets.
  - sliken 3y ago
    I don't use the lights, doesn't seem worth it. Companies in that space seem to either charge insane prices, or go out of business regularly. Not to mention the space is fragmented by zigbee, zwave, and wifi. Add a $5 esp8266 to a bulb, switch, or thermostat and it increases in price 10x or more. However I can tell you that it's really handy to set timers for cooking, checking weather, or even just checking the time when your hands are busy or dirty.

I live in Colorado, the weather can vary 30F in just a few hours. If I'm in a hurry to leave, it's pretty useful to get the weather for the next few hours without having to stop and grab a device.

beebeepka 3y ago
According to my research, 30f swing does not appear linear and i cannot tell if that would be significant or not. Still, my main point was the lights. I guess I am well into minority situation since turning them on/off is easier than talking to a thing or, god forbid, using a phone. From experience, I just as baffling to these people as they are to me.
- ksmith14 3y ago
  I have a house with 3 levels and when I moved in, 2 of those levels had analog thermostats. I'd be watching TV in the basement with the heat set to 68, go upstairs to bed, and realize I'd left the heat up so I'd trudge back down stairs, change the temperature, and then go back to bed. I ended up replacing everything with Nest thermostats within a few months so I could adjust them from my phone if necessary. Then Alexa came along and I could just lay in bed and tell it to do things, which was even more convenient. I also have kids that are terrible at turning things off, so I've stuck one smart bulb in each of their rooms and quietly conditioned them to prefer that light to some of the switch-activated lighting so I can just centrally switch them all off once they're gone or when leaving the house without trekking around.
- super256 3y ago
  > Still, my main point was the lights. I guess I am well into minority situation since turning them on/off is easier than talking to a thing or, god forbid, using a phone. My dad uses Alexa routines for lights and shutters. Turning the shutters up when the sun rises, and down again when the sun sets.
- sliken 3y ago
  I don't use the lights, doesn't seem worth it. Companies in that space seem to either charge insane prices, or go out of business regularly. Not to mention the space is fragmented by zigbee, zwave, and wifi. Add a $5 esp8266 to a bulb, switch, or thermostat and it increases in price 10x or more. However I can tell you that it's really handy to set timers for cooking, checking weather, or even just checking the time when your hands are busy or dirty.