Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Modern z-wave light switches and scene controllers? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by I_love_seinfeld@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I am building a fairly large home. I haven't settled on lighting control, but would like to go with Home Assistant or HomeSeer, etc. The default in my neighborhood is Lutron and their switches seem to look the best. Im looking for z-wave options. What are the best quality / most modern z-wave switches and scene controllers that I should consider for a modern house?

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[–] Z-Waver@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Homeseer is good. Great features.
Zooz is pushing into the market hard. They seem good, but my experience is limited(short).
Leviton are good.
GE/Enbrighten are decent.
Nortek/Linear/GoControl are good, but paddles are flimsy.

[–] BeachBarsBooze@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve got about 100 Lutron RadioRa2 devices and fifty or so Inovelli dimmers, plus another twenty random z wave and zigbee devices. Once a month when an Inovelli misbehaves in some way that requires me intervening for my wife or nine year old, I wish I’d just spent the money to go all Lutron, which has been rock solid for eight years.