Trying Out The Second-Generation Nest Protect

For the wired Nests, hopefully you were able to mount it to your junction box rather than screws into the ceiling or wall... For the battery powered Nest, no such luck.

Finally I've got around to replacing all of the units -- with being forced to, due to having to return the old units within 30 days of receiving the new Protects.

They're all AC-powered except for one battery powered unit in the server room. Sadly, not even the screw holes align between the first and second generation units.

So it's not a quick process in changing out the Nest Protects for this second generation unit, but hopefully no more false alarms... If there are, you'll hear about it on Phoronix.

Thanks to Nest for their prompt communications and preemptively replacing all of my devices to hopefully have no frustrating experiences out of their smoke detectors again. At least I remain very happy with the Nest Thermostat. On a related note, Dustin Kirkland of Ubuntu has run into related Nest Protect problems and ended up returning all of his units for a refund.

Should you be interested in the second-generation Nest Protect, you can find them at Amazon.com.

Farewell, broken Nest!