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title: "Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Generation, Stainless Steel - Smart Thermostat - A Brighter Way To Save Energy"
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# Auto-Schedule learns your preferences Remote control via mobile & tablet Controls 60% of home energy Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Generation, Stainless Steel - Smart Thermostat - A Brighter Way To Save Energy

**Brand:** google
**Price:** VT170403
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## Summary

> 🌡️ The thermostat that thinks ahead, so you don’t have to.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Generation, Stainless Steel - Smart Thermostat - A Brighter Way To Save Energy by google
- **How much does it cost?** VT170403 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- google enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted google brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
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## Key Features

- • **Farsight Display:** Lights up to show time, temperature, or weather when it spots you across the room.
- • **Smart Energy Saver:** Cuts your energy bills by learning your schedule and adjusting automatically.
- • **OpenTherm Compatibility:** Optimizes high-efficiency boilers for smarter heating performance.
- • **Seamless Remote Control:** Manage your home's temperature and hot water from anywhere, anytime.
- • **Safety-First Integration:** Works with Nest Protect to shut off your boiler if carbon monoxide is detected.

## Overview

The Google Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen is a sleek stainless steel smart thermostat that intelligently learns your temperature preferences to optimize energy use, controlling up to 60% of your home’s energy bill. Featuring Auto-Schedule, remote control via mobile devices, and Farsight display, it integrates with OpenTherm boilers and Nest Protect for enhanced safety and efficiency. Designed for professional installation, it’s the ultimate upgrade for energy-conscious, tech-savvy homes.

## Description

From the manufacturer The brighter way to save energy. The 3rd-generation Nest Thermostat learns the temperatures that you like, turns itself down when you’re away and connects to your phone. It has a big, sharp display. It controls your hot water tank. And it helps save energy. That’s the most beautiful part. Saving energy starts with your thermostat. Your thermostat controls 60% of your energy bill. So shouldn't it help you save energy? The Nest Thermostat does. Since 2011, it’s saved over 4 billion kWh of energy in millions of homes worldwide. Because it learns from you. It gets to know the temperature that you like while you’re at home. Home/Away Assist It automatically adjusts the temperature after you've left. It can even turn off your hot water if you’re away for a few days.[1] Home/Away Assist It automatically adjusts the temperature after you've left. It can even turn off your hot water if you’re away for a few days.[1] OpenTherm technology Nest now uses OpenTherm technology to modulate your high-efficiency condensing boiler. OpenTherm technology Nest now uses OpenTherm technology to modulate your high-efficiency condensing boiler. Hot water Now you can control your hot water tank. And give your hot water a boost when you need it. Hot water Now you can control your hot water tank. And give your hot water a boost when you need it. Better together The Nest Thermostat works with Nest Protect. If Nest Protect detects dangerous carbon monoxide gas, it can tell the Nest Thermostat to turn off the boiler – a common source of CO leaks. Better together The Nest Thermostat works with Nest Protect. If Nest Protect detects dangerous carbon monoxide gas, it can tell the Nest Thermostat to turn off the boiler – a common source of CO leaks. Remote control. Home/Away Assist. Farsight. Change the temperature and control your hot water tank from anywhere using your mobile, tablet or laptop. It automatically adjusts the temperature after you've left. It can even turn off your hot water if you're away for a few days.[1] When the Nest Thermostat spots you across the room, it lights up beautifully to show you the time, temperature or weather. *Energy savings are not guaranteed and depend on energy usage, weather and other factors.Learn more at nest.com/eu/savings 1 Requires a compatible smart phone with location enabled

Review: Great but a little in your face chrome surround. - Product received next day in good packaging giving a good feel of quality at the start. we had an old Honeywell Y plan gravity fed system with a twenty year old Worcester boiler. The boiler is going well and works at about 90% according to the service engineer. I know modern boilers are better, but allowing for the claims on the thermostat, which essentially helps you to not heat an empty house, I can easily see how the money will be clawed back in a year. The thermostat is easy to use and understand and features a fail safe minimum temperature to avoid freezing when off, as well as a minimum temperature setting, which we set at 9 degrees to keep our dogs warmer in case we turn the thermostat right down. The third generation links to the hot water system. There are really only two benefits for this compared with the old set up, that is the ability to set it remotely from a phone or tablet, and the fact that one unit now controls all. For us no more fiddling around in a dark airing cupboard messing with the timer. By the way the Nest timing is far easier to use and see than our old 7 day programmer. I installed the heat link myself. I'm not an electrician or plumber but as someone who runs a building firm has a reasonable knowledge of heating systems and electrical systems. Our wiring centre was a mesh of wires linking to two sets of four connecting blocks. I did take the time to log things as I disconnected and was a little unsure of what supplied what on the cables which went into the wall, but after a little research found out which was the thermostat and which was the power back to the boiler. The nest wiring diagram I used was pretty good once you understood the rudiments and the only problem I had was that there was no indication of how the pump should be wired. Having found a Y plan on Google it all became clear and then relatively easy. I did have an issue with the tank stat as the wires were labelled 1, 2 and C which didn't easily correspond with the Nest wiring diagram which did cause a problem at first in that it worked but I couldn't turn it off.. But thanks to Google it too became clear and after swapping too wires all sorted. My advice, is that if you can identify the various heating parts of your system and are happy with a bit of DIY electricals (safely though) then as long as you have a wiring diagram of what you've got, most people should be able to install the heat link without the need of a "professional" so save yourself a little cash. But do your research first and don't get to a point where you can't revert to the old system. I'm really pleased and the stat is working nicely, just as the weather warms up! However, my wife has an issue. The stat is a large round lit up screen with a shiny chrome surround so in fairness, does stand out in crowd so to speak and she isn't too happy with having a modern piece of equipment on show in our stone built traditional style house with natural wood furniture and apart from the stat, not a piece of shiny chrome in sight, apart from the kitchen, which is a bad room to fit a learning thermostat. The screen times out to blank but the chrome is a bit obvious. Suggestion would be that the unit is offered with a wood effect dial which I am sure would have kept the good lady happy. That aside, I would recommend the product.
Review: Well worth the investment - the only "smart home" device you really need - A great device, one of the few who deserve the lable "smart home". You can set it up yourself if you're an above average DIYer, it took me a couple of hours with some extra cabling needed from the distribution board for the hot water + concealing the cable the thermostat itself to the Smart Hive in the wall. A word of caution: DO NOT try to set it up yourself unless you're not absolutely sure of what you're doing: there's a risk of fatal electrical hazard -or, less dangerous but still costly, of damaging the thermostat. Do not play around with electricity :( Once the cabling and mounting is complete, setting up your Nest and pairing it with the app itself is a breeze: after connecting to your wifi network, a few questions about your household, the location of the thermostat, geographical location of your home, etc..., it's ready: just set up your ideal temperature and forget about it! After a week-10 days, the "learning" process will be complete and the thermostat will adjust the temperature automatically if you have set it up yourself a couple of times (e.g. lowering temperature at night and raising it again when you wake up). The "Away" feature is also excellent: when you leave on holidays for example, the Nest will automatically sense the home is empty (+based on your mobile phone's location), and set its function to "eco" an energy-saving temperature + turn off the hot water schedule. Just brilliant! Finally, the hot water schedule is also very easy to set up, bar a minor glitch in the app (Android version, at least), in which you have to set up each day separately for the scheduling to function properly instead of setting up several days at once. I would also have liked a little more flexibility in the duration of the boiler activation (it only accepts 30mins increments), I hope Nest will fix this in a future update. But these are minor comments in the overall experience. Conclusion: this thermostat can be a little pricey but it's arguably best in class, very efficient, and a beautiful object in itself. Highly recommended!

## Features

- Saving energy starts with your thermostat. Your thermostat controls 60% of your energy bill. So shouldn’t it help you save energy? The Nest Learning Thermostat does. Since 2011, it’s saved over 4 billion kWh of energy in millions of homes worldwide*. Because it learns from you. It gets to know the temperature that you like while you’re at home. And turns itself down when you’re away. It even learns how your home warms up or how draughty it is, so it only uses the energy that it needs
- Auto-Schedule. Just turn it up and down. It learns the temperatures that you like and creates a schedule for you
- Home/Away Assist. It automatically adjusts the temperature after you’ve left. It can even turn off your hot water if you’re away for a few days
- Hot water. Now you can control your hot water tank. And give your hot water a boost when you need it
- OpenTherm technology. Nest now uses OpenTherm technology to modulate your high-efficiency condensing boiler
- Remote control. Change the temperature and control your hot water tank from anywhere using your mobile, tablet or laptop
- Farsight. When the Nest Thermostat spots you across the room, it lights up beautifully to show you the time, temperature or weather
- Pro install. The Nest Thermostat should be installed by a Nest Pro who will make sure that it’s in the right location, connect the Heat Link and set it up for you. Find a local pro at nest.com/eu/install
- Better together. The Nest Thermostat works with Nest Protect. If Nest Protect detects dangerous carbon monoxide gas, it can tell the Nest Thermostat to turn off the boiler - a common source of CO leaks

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B016PW3JSG |
| Backlight | Yes |
| Best Sellers Rank | 45,066 in DIY & Tools ( See Top 100 in DIY & Tools ) 41 in Home Programmable Thermostats |
| Brand | Google |
| Brand Name | Google |
| Colour | Stainless Steel |
| Connectivity Protocol | Wi-Fi |
| Connectivity Technology | Wi-Fi |
| Control Method | App |
| Control Type | Remote Control |
| Controller Type | Google Assistant |
| Controller type | Google Assistant |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 7,385 Reviews |
| Display Type | LCD or LED |
| Finish Type | Shiny |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00813917021170 |
| Included Components | Nest Thermostat |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 3.2D x 8.4W x 8.4H centimetres |
| Item Shape | Round |
| Item Type Name | Google Nest Learning Thermostat |
| Item Weight | 0.22 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | Google |
| Manufacturer Warranty Description | 2 year manufacturer. |
| Material Type | Stainless Steel |
| Model Name | Google Nest |
| Model Number | T3028GB |
| Model name | Google Nest |
| Mounting Type | Wall Mount |
| Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| Product Style | Thermostat |
| Product dimensions | 3.2D x 8.4W x 8.4H centimetres |
| Special Features | Auto-Away Mode |
| Special feature | Auto-Away Mode |
| Specific Uses For Product | Boiler |
| Specification Met | certified frustration-free |
| Temperature Control Type | Smart/Remote |
| UPC | 813917021170 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Voltage | 24 Volts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Google
- **Model name:** Google Nest
- **Product dimensions:** 3.2D x 8.4W x 8.4H centimetres
- **Controller type:** Google Assistant
- **Special feature:** Auto-Away Mode
- **Colour:** Stainless Steel
- **Specific uses for product:** Boiler
- **Temperature Control Type:** Smart/Remote
- **Connectivity technology:** Wi-Fi
- **Included components:** Nest Thermostat

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Color** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: I have zoned underfloor heating. 4 zones in total. Would it be worth replacing just the thermostat in my lounge with a nest?**
A: We have a similar set-up - zoned underfloor heating downstairs & radiators upstairs. We looked at Nest & Hive but neither system could cope with this many zones. We have just had a Honeywell Evohome system installed. This can handle up to 12 zones, and are very happy with it so far. It even has wireless controlled TRVs available if we find we need them.

**Q: My heating runs off a time clock and I have thermostats on every radiator. Is this device of use to me?**
A: Hi, I have a similar set up to you and have just installed Nest. It was a fairly straightforward process (you do need to be competent in DIY, and have an understanding of electrical wiring), and works perfectly for us. The Nest thermostat is located in the hall and switches the central heating on when the temperature falls below that set on the Nest unit - you can control the temperature in individual rooms using the radiator thermostats as previously.  This is a UK installation and allows control of the hot water heating too.  Hope that helps.

**Q: Can it be controlled from 2 or more phones? I don’t want something that eg turns off because my husband has left the house, but I’m still at home.**
A: Yes it can be controlled by both your phones, it won't turn off when your husband leaves the house if it still senses movement in house. It learns when people are regularly in or out.

**Q: Where should I put my thermostat**
A: You should put the thermostat in a room that is not excessively affected by heat gains from other sources e.g hot appliances or the sun shining through windows.  Traditionally is would go in a hallway as that gets cooler with opening of doors etc.  Additionally, the room where the thermostat is located should not have a TRV fitted else it should be set to maximum ( and locking covers are available to stop people tampering) in order to prevent instability in control.   TRV’s are there to prevent overheating in rooms where solar gain is present e.g. south facing rooms or where other heat gains may be present.   I’m not a supporter of electronic TRV’s like the TADO as they can only control rooms independently if the interconnecting doors are closed and draught proofed, quite unlikely.  Otherwise you will have draught sand feel colder.  Better to have a properly located main thermostat controlling the boiler and TRV’s on rooms that may overheat.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great but a little in your face chrome surround.
*by M***O on 4 May 2016*

Product received next day in good packaging giving a good feel of quality at the start. we had an old Honeywell Y plan gravity fed system with a twenty year old Worcester boiler. The boiler is going well and works at about 90% according to the service engineer. I know modern boilers are better, but allowing for the claims on the thermostat, which essentially helps you to not heat an empty house, I can easily see how the money will be clawed back in a year. The thermostat is easy to use and understand and features a fail safe minimum temperature to avoid freezing when off, as well as a minimum temperature setting, which we set at 9 degrees to keep our dogs warmer in case we turn the thermostat right down. The third generation links to the hot water system. There are really only two benefits for this compared with the old set up, that is the ability to set it remotely from a phone or tablet, and the fact that one unit now controls all. For us no more fiddling around in a dark airing cupboard messing with the timer. By the way the Nest timing is far easier to use and see than our old 7 day programmer. I installed the heat link myself. I'm not an electrician or plumber but as someone who runs a building firm has a reasonable knowledge of heating systems and electrical systems. Our wiring centre was a mesh of wires linking to two sets of four connecting blocks. I did take the time to log things as I disconnected and was a little unsure of what supplied what on the cables which went into the wall, but after a little research found out which was the thermostat and which was the power back to the boiler. The nest wiring diagram I used was pretty good once you understood the rudiments and the only problem I had was that there was no indication of how the pump should be wired. Having found a Y plan on Google it all became clear and then relatively easy. I did have an issue with the tank stat as the wires were labelled 1, 2 and C which didn't easily correspond with the Nest wiring diagram which did cause a problem at first in that it worked but I couldn't turn it off.. But thanks to Google it too became clear and after swapping too wires all sorted. My advice, is that if you can identify the various heating parts of your system and are happy with a bit of DIY electricals (safely though) then as long as you have a wiring diagram of what you've got, most people should be able to install the heat link without the need of a "professional" so save yourself a little cash. But do your research first and don't get to a point where you can't revert to the old system. I'm really pleased and the stat is working nicely, just as the weather warms up! However, my wife has an issue. The stat is a large round lit up screen with a shiny chrome surround so in fairness, does stand out in crowd so to speak and she isn't too happy with having a modern piece of equipment on show in our stone built traditional style house with natural wood furniture and apart from the stat, not a piece of shiny chrome in sight, apart from the kitchen, which is a bad room to fit a learning thermostat. The screen times out to blank but the chrome is a bit obvious. Suggestion would be that the unit is offered with a wood effect dial which I am sure would have kept the good lady happy. That aside, I would recommend the product.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth the investment - the only "smart home" device you really need
*by D***Z on 2 January 2018*

A great device, one of the few who deserve the lable "smart home". You can set it up yourself if you're an above average DIYer, it took me a couple of hours with some extra cabling needed from the distribution board for the hot water + concealing the cable the thermostat itself to the Smart Hive in the wall. A word of caution: DO NOT try to set it up yourself unless you're not absolutely sure of what you're doing: there's a risk of fatal electrical hazard -or, less dangerous but still costly, of damaging the thermostat. Do not play around with electricity :( Once the cabling and mounting is complete, setting up your Nest and pairing it with the app itself is a breeze: after connecting to your wifi network, a few questions about your household, the location of the thermostat, geographical location of your home, etc..., it's ready: just set up your ideal temperature and forget about it! After a week-10 days, the "learning" process will be complete and the thermostat will adjust the temperature automatically if you have set it up yourself a couple of times (e.g. lowering temperature at night and raising it again when you wake up). The "Away" feature is also excellent: when you leave on holidays for example, the Nest will automatically sense the home is empty (+based on your mobile phone's location), and set its function to "eco" an energy-saving temperature + turn off the hot water schedule. Just brilliant! Finally, the hot water schedule is also very easy to set up, bar a minor glitch in the app (Android version, at least), in which you have to set up each day separately for the scheduling to function properly instead of setting up several days at once. I would also have liked a little more flexibility in the duration of the boiler activation (it only accepts 30mins increments), I hope Nest will fix this in a future update. But these are minor comments in the overall experience. Conclusion: this thermostat can be a little pricey but it's arguably best in class, very efficient, and a beautiful object in itself. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Danfoss UK Flats / Apartments Heating Controller to Nest - INVEST WHILE PRICES ARE LOW !!
*by O***0 on 26 April 2024*

The Built-in Battery is pretty useless, the 4th generation might want to address that, it only keeps power for time/date/wifi settings and thats it, it wont allow you to use the display controller at all until you plug it into a 5v wall adapter OR a USB Cable with the equally useless Micro-B worst connector in the history of USB ! Come on, this is "GOOGLE" made ! All in all, im damn glad i did it, wiring is exactly the same as my pre-installed heating controller by Danfoss, being in the UK and in a block of flats, so the flat already had a standard non-wifi controller that meant one has to get out of bed, crawl on the floor to the livingroom to switch on the heating then crawl back to bed. (cannot walk, flat is not big enough to wheel a wheelchair inside...) Now i can properly take full advantage of a 7-day schedule in the nest setup menu's that cater for the whole flats heating, only 5 wires, but please, TURN OFF THE MAINS AT THE BREAKER BOX BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS YOURSELVES ! RTFM ! The usual suspects: Live, Neutral & Earth (3) COMMON & NO (Normally Open) (2) So its just checking which cables that you already have existing to wire to the nest link that goes on the wall replacing the standard crapola, after 3 years of begging HomeGroup to install a wifi version fell on deaf ears as usual, so if you are severely disabled too, this would be a very welcome purchase basically giving you full control over wifi whether you are indoors or outdoors !!! Apart from the internal battery of this nest display (the big round glass-screen display unit) being completely useless to the user, the device works after giving it a decent power source, 5v @1.5A was all i had and it did NOT come with a USB cable to provide power to it via a USB port - as the display is meant to be, well, placed anywhere in your home, so again, pretty useless having to buy another separate 5v phone power supply or just hunt your old micro-b cables from the past now that type-C has taken over (finally lol) Except a big and Heavy block of round glass that makes the display feel very heavy, also makes it fragile, a drop on solid flooring is risky. So ive placed mine on a table for now, as im mostly ever going to be using the app, but its nice to look at, lol Satisfying that there is finally a well known brand making these things for the home and with really simple instructions, well done, but the Google Nest has a lot of room for improvement. Maybe a battery base will be made too, but this is the 3rd gen, so maybe not. Something we can DIY with an old micro-b USB cable, spare lithium cells & some nice Aliexpress modules lol was a direct swap from old to new, have fun :))

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