I have both Caseta and Zwave. The Caseta are dead reliable, and I don't mind the style. And 3way and 4 way are a breeze with Picos. And you can use the Pico for other devices simultaneously. My dining room Pico runs the basement light too, for example.
On the other hand Zooz and Inovelli are inexpensive, have double tap capability, and have bonus features like indicators or night light mode, and so on. And 3 ways are not as bad as they were in the past, quite often a normal dumb switch can be used if cost is a concern.
I think there are places for both. I did try to keep Caseta and Zwave divided by room so there aren't mix and match of styles next to each other.
If your Smartbridge Pro goes down you'd lose automation of your Luton Caseta switches. If the Zwave hub goes down you'd lose your automation. In neither case do you lose the basic functionality of the switches.
To be fair and give credit where credit is due, the Lutron bridge is probably measurably less likely to fail than a Hubitat, but its simpler, and more costly too.
I probably wouldn’t have made a comment at all but having lived it this week it was still nice to open my app and turn off all my lights than having to wander around the house.
I suppose taken to its extreme having all zigbee or all z wave devices presents the same issue.
Agree with everyone’s thoughts as I have a mix between mostly GE and Lutron with a few Inovelli and Zooz. Having multiple brands I wanted to throw this one thing out there, be mindful that each manufacturer has its own shade of white. So if you have a multi-gang box stay with the same brand otherwise you will notice the difference in the shades of white between brands.
Edit here is a link of a picture I posted a while back:
some of said fans can ruin a smart switch quickly because of the draw when it turns on. I would do some research before putting a smart switch on an exhaust fan without it being made specifically for this type of motor.
I dunno if it makes a difference but the "toggle" model I have on one of the pictures shows a "fan" icon indicating support. Don't know if the paddle version is different.
The Amazon verbiage looks identical, but there's no mention of Fans in the text, only in the picture on the Toggle one. I'm pretty sure they're likely no different electronically, just in the toggle vs paddle.
It be interesting to talk to GE and ask...oh maybe on Amazon, the Jasco rep seems to answer questions...
