Hive 2

[welshdragon]

I've been looking at Hive over Nest - I'm still torn which one to go for, I think Hive ticks the boxes for me more... but still researching.

I have the Hive and so far it's been really good. I like the additional sensors you can now get ie motion/door etc pricing aside.

 

[Caged]

Go Nest, you won't regret it. I also feel that having the financial weight of Google behind them, that there will hopefully be decent support given to it for a long time to come.

There's a bunch of in-fighting at Nest and the whole Google/Alphabet takeover hasn't helped. And they keep pushing out buggy firmware for their smoke detectors.

I wouldn't ever bank on long-term support from Google for anything.

 

[Kingdom34]

I went for Nest over Hive. I preferred the learning features, thermostat and general ease of use compared to Hive. That said, Hive 2 is still a good product, just not as innovative compared to Nest.

Hi, sorry to hijack, im having Central Heating installed in my house soon (Hot Air Flow System de-installed) and for £35 i can have the Nest system installed...how have you found this and is there anything i should be asking the Central Heating guy beforehand? I.e is it possible to turn on rads upstairs but not downstairs etc with the app.

Im a bit of newbie to all this house upgrading but i thought for the money it would be a great addition and very good for when both of us are out but coming home and want the house toasty, especially in the winter months

 

[Vanquish-Storm]

I had nest and found that it was never quite accurate with temperatures (the 2nd gen nest) I have now got the Hive2 and it has worked better in that sense.

I miss the fact that the nest learnt (not always a good thing) but I have no issues with Hive2

 

[Kingdom34]

Thanks for the feedback, il have to ask the CH guy which version he was offering also. When you say learnt, are you saying the system, would tell traits/characteritics of my behavioural pattern with the temperatures i set the house to?