17 bucks for a ZEN04, LR.
Free shipping over $59.
I got 6.
Does this mean that you are moving from Zigbee to Zwave?
By the way, switching is something that I've given a lot of thought to.
In the past, I've done an entire client home (literally 150+ devices) with Zigbee, and they have never had so much as a glitch. It's been rock solid.
I've also done another client exclusively with Zwave - also no issues.
However, because I use my home as a laboratory, I have around 50% Zigbee and 50% Zwave. I occasionally have Zigbee issues. Whenever I change the power on the Zigbee Hub, or the channel, or if a key repeater fails, I get scores of devices that just "fall off".
It used to be that the best battery powered devices were all Zigbee. With Zooz leading the charge, I think that zwave is catching up.
No, but I do prefer battery powered, unmeshed, Zigbee sensors. I plan on using these Z-wave LR plugs in at least several places that get unplugged/unpowered so it won't mess up the mesh. I wish I could replace everything with LR.
Although I have to say I just ordered a Zigbee ultrasonic tank sensor, which appears to be a repeater. 
Oh, sure, you "made me" click the graph link, and now I find an "unknown". Thanks a bunch.
edit: Hitting "Rebuild Network" seems to have gotten rid of it.
I had a C7 hub in my house that I kept because I still had a few V1 Iris devices. This hub had the V1 devices and a number of other zigbee devices that were used for repeaters for the V1 stuff. I finally got replacements for the V1 stuff and moved everything over to my C8 hub. I have to say the process of moving a Zigbee device from one hub to another another is so much simpler than Z-wave. I had about 15 devices to switch and I just sat on the couch with my phone and removed it from one hub and then it connected to the other. Did not have to touch one Zigbee device to get it re-paired. Moving Z-wave devices is a real pain.
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I have always been heavy into Z-wave, but i had a reasonable amount of Zigbee, even though I have found it to be flaky as hell. I have 2 motion sensors, and 3 light bulbs left to replace and I'll be ZigBee free. While I do want to get rid of it all, my big focus currently is on Gettinger rid of my ast two hue sensors, both destined to be replace with ZSE18 or ZSE70 motion sensors. Once those are gone, I'll have 3 innr bulbs left to get rid of. They work fine at the moment, so not itching to get rid of them (like the hue sensors), but I would eventually like to replace them with Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs now that those have stabilized.
LR? If I had unlimited budget, I'd replace everything with LR.
Although, I have to say, one probably also has to consider the long term ruggedness of the device itself, not considering LR.
The GE/Jasco toggle switches have been great in this regard.
I'm kinda out of the loop, on bulbs especially.
Are these Matter?
As you can see, I'm pretty heavily invested in Hue motions, lol.
In my own personal opinion, I think that zwave battery operated devices have come a long way.
Again, in my opinion, once you have achieved "steady state operation", zwave seems to be very stable. Achieving that "steady state operation" can sometimes be a hassle with zwave: ghost devices, spammy devices, etc., but once you've got it, I find that it is more impervious to external influences (neighbourly devices, wifi interference, etc.) than is zigbee.
I have also found (and your mileage may vary), that some Zigbee battery devices just don't respond well to power outages. Zwave battery devices respond better, and just pick up where they left off.
My "go to" for battery devices used to be just Zigbee - they were cheap, responded quickly, and were easy to onboard. The new Zwave devices are changing that calculus.
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Yep. I only have two motion sensors left to replace. Imhave one LR switch, but its paired mesh (i couldn't get smart start to work at the time, old app). Ive debated redoing it as LR, but i really don't need to.. after those two motion sensor, i wont be replacing any thing else, but anything i add, ill opt for LR fist if its an option.
Yes, either over wifi or thread I hve them on thread. They were a bit wonky at first, but they have done some firmware update and been pretty stable for a while now. I really like the richness of the colors and their ability to hit much warmer temperatures than most bulbs. I think Iām using mine at around 2200k.
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I hate the white lights myself.
These are RGB. But we tend to use the extremely warm soft white, i think they call it sun rise (Around 2170K). Even then, we typically only use it at like 30% brightness. I can't stand all daylight, and bright daylight bulbs. Soft white is about as bright as I get, except in the garage. WE tend to be cave dwellers, so if a light is over 40% brightness in our house, it's way to bright.
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