FWIW, I have a 5 year old Schlage BE469 (regular z-wave) lock. It was flawless with Wink; I'd have to change batteries every 5-6 months. I switched to HE in April; its been working really well ever since @mike.maxwell created specific drivers for the BE468/BE469.
Initially, it was flaky as hell, until I added a few zwave+ range extenders. After that, everything worked, except for controlling codes using Lock Code Manager. With the new drivers, even LCM works perfectly.
My first set of batteries, after switching to HE, lasted less than a month. The second set, which I put in after installing the range extenders, are on their second month and still read 95%.
