Simple In wall button/switch

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Hi all,
I have a few locations in my house where a switch in the wall controls a receptacle and my house is old enough where there is no neutral in switch box. I can easily rewire to get neutral to the switch box but obviously I will lose the switch leg. So, I'd like to simply replace the switch with a smart switch and the receptacle with a smart receptacle and have the switch, thru HE, control the receptacle. My house is 95% GE/Jasco so that's the receptacle I'm going to use but the switches are a little expensive to be used as a 'dumb' switch. All I need is indication to HE and not the whole actual switching function. Are there any reliable, ZW+, line-voltage, simple in-wall switch/button that you can recommend?
Thanks and Happy NY.

EDIT: After my continuing research, it looks like a good solution is the Inovelli Black switch. It's a reasonable price even with the physical switch feature I don't really need. I couldn't find anything bad about them here on the forum so that's what I'm going with.

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Sounds like you found your solution. That said, I would consider the Inovelli Red rather than the Black as it can do so much more and is not much more expensive. (Multi-tap, additional button, notification LED).

Another option if you have a Lutron Pro hub would be to setup some Lutron Pico Remotes. I use those where I have bulbs and they work very well.

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Thanks @Sebastien, I did see those, too and will certainly keep them in mind when I replace switches in more high traffic rooms. The locations where I need them are in less used rooms that don't require any extra features so I chose black. And I have seen the Lutron hub but the HE, knock on wood, has been working splendidly with all devices I have so adding another hub wasn't something on my radar. Again, thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated.

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