Anyone using much Z-wave?

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.

I'm shortly going to move house, and thus have an ideal opportunity to
embark on a "HA done properly" exercise... :-) the last 15 years
or so
having been an extended beta test!

All that has passed the beta so far, and which will thus be included in
chez
Gordon Mk 2 is Comfort, CBUS, and Sonos... X10 is definitely out of the
game, but there are potentially some use cases that those 3 systems won't
fully cover, so I may need to bring in at least one more HA technology, and
I'm thinking that may well be Z-wave. (this is based mainly on the premise
that whatever new HA tech is chosen *MUST* integrate with Comfort, which
will be the brains of the whole thing, and there is good integration with
Z-wave via a dedicated UCM).

So it looks like there is a pretty wide range of Z-wave products available,
covering most/all types of devices.

What I think I need is feedback from the HA community that is actively
using
Z-wave devices as to its long term reliability, ease of use, robustness of
performance etc... to help me decide whether or not Z-wave should be
allowed
in to the new house...

So, I put it to you... what are your thoughts, both good or bad, about
Z-wave?

Cheers!

Paul G.




------------------------------------

<*> Join the Automated Home Forums
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/