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Nest is reinventing home automation badly, IMO. You can already do all that and more with plethora of Z-Wave devices with Vera* without any external services.
by vicaya 13y ago
Nest is reinventing home automation badly, IMO.
You can already do all that and more with plethora of Z-Wave devices with Vera* without any external services.
- dangrossman 13y agoOne z-wave motion sensor and the cheapest Vera hub would cost $200-250. Getting more out of the Nest he already owns costs $0.
- vicaya 13y agoA motion/temperature sensor from Monoprice: $30. A VeraLite-G (eBay make an offer): $135. A Z-Wave thermostat (2-gig CT100 that can display humidity on the main display): $80 (I got a couple for $62 on sale) No dependency on Google to control your home: priceless. Disclosure: I use MasterCard sometimes.
- watty 13y agoAre you trying to say that those parts are equivalent to a Nest? That's like saying some wheels, an engine, 4 doors == BMW.
- joezydeco 13y agoHe's saying it's functionally equivalent. engine + 4 doors + wheels = working car. I owned a BMW once and you literally could not tinker with the car yourself. The engine was a sealed black box. Kind of like the Nest.
- vicaya 13y agoI'm saying that you can put together a better (customized) system than Nest with these parts without relying on any external services.
- blueskin_ 13y agoShame Z-wave is horrendously insecure.
- vicaya 13y agoYeah, just like SSL :)
- vicaya 13y agoWhoever downvoted me, please provide reference. AFAIK, there is no weakness found in Z-Wave protocol itself but a specific implementation in a specific brand of lock, which is demonstrated by the z-force hack. The "just like SSL" comment is justified, AFAICT.