Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product

Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by brendanr on Friday February 13, 2015 @08:48PM (#9048381)

Actually mine just runs on batteries. I think they have an optical sensor which can be triggered by dust. I was told by support that they used to recommend blowing the debris out, but it wasn't good for customer confidence.

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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by engi_nerd on Friday February 13, 2015 @09:31PM (#9048494)

When your troubleshooting procedures remind your customers of their (erroneous but widely practiced) methods of making NES cartridges work, you might have a problem.

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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by yellowapple on Friday February 13, 2015 @10:29PM (#9048631)

I don't know about NES, but at least with the N64, I swear by blowing into the cartridge. Works at least 75% of the time, and the other 25% by wiggling the cartridge a bit in the hopes of getting it to reseat better.

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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by engi_nerd on Friday February 13, 2015 @10:41PM (#9048663)

It works -- but what you're really doing is fixing an intermittent electrical connection by introducing moisture. Over the long term that's a recipe for corrosion.

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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by jdmichal on Saturday February 14, 2015 @01:50AM (#9048957)

We used q-tips with alcohol in my house to avoid this very issue. Cleans the contacts really good with no corrosion issues.

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