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About half the time, adjusting my Nest goes like this:

1. Wonder what the thermostat is currently set to.

2. Approach thermostat hoping to trigger the proximity detection.

3. Stand in front of thermostat like idiot for 2.4 seconds to see if proximity sensor activates.

4. Decide proximity sensor won't activate.

5. Turn bezel by smallest possible amount to wake thermostat without changing setting.

6. Overshoot and change setting anyway.

7. Realize original setting was acceptable. Put it back.

Being always on would be nice. You can work around not having it be so (I'm sure the Nest's implementation can be improved) but the ideal would just be to have it always be visible.

Of course, half the time I'm doing this, it's dark enough that I couldn't read an e-ink display....




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