Simple Bedside Button Advice

[rlithgow1]

@lairdknox

I do not like the look of the five button Picos

I'm one of the weird ones. I actually like the look of the multibutton switches and picos over the plain style of decora switches...

[lairdknox]

They are OKish. If I didn't already have some Decora style switches I might have gone with them and Lutron switches instead. I also like the simple paddles so that guests don't have to guess how it works.

[danabw]

@rlithgow1

I'm one of the weird ones.

True, but also already obvious to all of us.

[kahn-hubitat]

Wish i could get more of these. I have like 6 between multiple locations.

Kichler 16080BK Remote Control for Kichler DC Landscape | Build.com

[spartysh32]

[quote="dougcolt, post:38, topic:143701, full:true"]
Philips Hue 4-button. You can customize each button to do whatever you want in Hubitat, including multiple functions per button like tap, hold, long hold, release, etc.

They look very professional and they magnetically mount to the wall panel so you can just pop it off and take it to bed, use it like a TV remote [/quote]

I take it you need the hue bridge?

[spartysh32]

@SmartHomePrimer

Have to concur that there has been no more useful addition to my HE hub and overall home automation than to commit to the Lutron Smart Bridge Pro and Pico remotes. Once you have the bridge, the flood gates of consistent, completely reliable and (in my opinion) good looking lighting control will open wide. I've outfitted two houses with Pico. The one that we sold had Caséta dimmers and Picos throughout, and our current has Insteon dimmers and Picos througout.

The first Lutron Smart Bridge Pro I bought was just $50 CAD on eBay and the second was $90 CAD on eBay. I now only use Zigbee buttons in a few places, where the looks don't matter to me. Picos live next to both sides of our bed, with the wall mount adapters and Claro plates. Looks like there are in-wall switches on either side of the headboard, but they are just wireless remotes, like the majority of our house has. We can control a lot of actions from either side of the bed and NEVER have to worry about them not working properly.

@ogiewon

Once you spread the cost of the Caseta Pro hub across all of the Pico remotes, and factor in much lower costs for batteries (Pico's are rated for a 10 year battery life), then the numbers do not look quite so bad.

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I see a hub on some of the starter kits. Is it the hub, hub pro, or repeater needed? For a three story home?

[Ranchitat]

@spartysh32

I take it you need the hue bridge?

It will work with directly with Hubitat.

Another less expensive option for this type of button is the IKEA Symphonisk gen2 controller using a custom driver.
Lots of buttons, multiple mounting options, good build quality.
White only....

[SmartHomePrimer]

Smart Bridge Pro is required for Hubitat to communicate with it. Does not come in the kits.

Lutron Caseta L-BDGPRO2-WH - SmartBridge Pro

Less expensive than a repeater (if it turns out you need one), a Lutron Caséta plug-in dimmer will repeat. I have one for a corner room that was working inconsistently. Only one repeater is allowed.

[dougcolt]

I take it you need the hue bridge?

Actually, no! I just double-checked and reset one of my Hue remotes to make sure. It pairs up just fine as a Zigbee device directly on the Hubitat.

[spartysh32]

@dougcolt

Philips Hue 4-button. You can customize each button to do whatever you want in Hubitat, including multiple functions per button like tap, hold, long hold, release, etc.

They look very professional and they magnetically mount to the wall panel so you can just pop it off and take it to bed, use it like a TV remote, etc.

PHILIPS HUE 4 BUTTON

I ended up going with this Hue Remote/4 Button, thanks for the suggestion. Setup was pretty easy with the built in drivers, and using the button controllers.

This thread made me think about the Lutrons more, but held off for now.