Re: Insteon now or wait?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

If that's accurate it means they finally woke up, realized they had a
potential product killer of a flaw and have taken the proper steps to deal
with it. I commend them. Given the costs, they're placing a pretty big bet
on the future of Insteon. They'll have to sell a lot of $30 switches to
recover these added costs.

Hopefully buyers will be able to easily identify fixed vs. non-fixed
switches (aside from waiting for them to flicker). I was "fixed" about 40
years ago but didn't get any kind of sticker or certificate to indicate the
fact.

I'd still be concerned about the X-10 address issue and the noise
sensitivity but those are much lesser PITA type problems rather than being
deal-breakers like the flickering.

Wayne <wayne@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>FYI, it looks the flicker issue could be resolved within a week.
>http://forums.accessha.com/showthread.php?t=1137&page=4
>
>On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:21:05 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>wrote:
>
>>Some of the current problems being reported by Insteon users sound
>>hauntingly familiar. Many (e.g. losing an X-10 address stored in EEPROM
>>during brownouts, sensitivity to out-of-band noise) are obviously design
>>flaws that should have been fixed long, long ago. Given this history and
>>given the costs (and hassle) associated with replacing Insteon switches, my
>>current recommendation is to wait until the flicker issue is resolved.
>