I'm using them, the only draw back is that you have to manually switch the driver in HE. The GE switch automatically picks the correct driver.
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Not only that, but went ahead and changed the box to say Enbrighten.
the big plus for me is the quick connect for the ground. the old ground connections on the gen 1 switch were a royal pain in the ■■■ to get connected. Especially when you cannot figure out which circuit to turn off and have to do it live 
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interesting, i'll keep that in mind. i got on/off switches, so no dimmers. if worse comes to worse, i can always swap a Gen1 from another location into the new places and put the Gen2 elsewhere
are you using the GE driver? all of my Gen1 are in as Generic
If I remember right, I think I'm using a built-in driver for my Gen2s, and I'm using the driver from @JasonJoel for my Gen1s.
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are you using the GE driver? all of my Gen1 are in as Generic
Yeah, the Honeywell switches defaulted to Generic, but the GE driver works.
i'll have to give them a shot. i have all GE Gen1 right now
Very interesting! In my kitchen I have a Gen2 GE dimmer connected to a string of can lights and then a couple pendants above the island with built-in LED light fixture. The Ecolink LED bulbs in the cans dim perfectly, however the LED pendant fixtures flicker. Maybe this is the solution, and I need to try and locate a Gen1 dimmer to swap it out.
Don’t go with Gen1 load isn’t enough and causing issues. Just buy the Lutron or Aeotec bypass and connect it to your dimmer and problem solved.
https://www.amazon.com/Aeotec-Bypass-Resistor-switches-flickering/dp/B0716BDNFB
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Well the price is good. A few bucks cheaper then the GE ones. Looks like the Gen 2 GE model as well without the metal fins on the side. Might have to try some out and see how they do
Can confirm this helps with low wattage devices (like LED lights). Last spring I setup deck lighting with all LED bulbs and they only pulled 20W at full brightness. I couldn't get the bulbs to turn off all the way until I added the Aeotec Bypass. When the switch was off they were illuminated really dim, but still noticeable outside at night. I was using an Aeotec Nano Dimmer, but it worked as intended after adding the bypass.
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from looking at the driver, it's meant for the 4XXXX switches, not the 12/14XXXX switches. just to confirm, you have a 12/14XXXX switch and are using [RELEASE] GE 4xxxx / ZW4008 Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Switch Driver
He has separate drivers for the gen1 and the gen2.
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You can try that if you want. Will kind of work, but not fully... You shouldn't be using the "Enbrighten" driver on anything except the newer S2 Capable/SmartStart/Smart Fit devices.
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do you have a link? i'm only finding the GE 4xxxx driver, dimmer stuff, and the depricated fan driver. i'm using on/off switches
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this is for a dimmer though, i just have on/off switches. GE 14291 switches
not sure if i actually received the correct switches though as in the hub it shows
12342 != 14291
just found this one on the github, testing it out now
Yes, that is the correct driver for 14xxx switches.
Sorry, I didn't read that you needed the switch driver, so posted the link to the dimmer one. There is another thread with basically the same title, but "switch" instead of dimmer though. Isn't hard to find.
Anyway, glad you found the driver you were looking for. It doesn't do much extra that the in-box driver already doesn't do, but I needed a few of the other features thus I made the driver.
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