$151.90: Lutron Caseta Deluxe Smart Dimmer Starter Kit, 2 Smart Dimmers, Hub

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If you're just getting in to Lutron, these are the older style multi-button switches. The newer Diva dimmer is a more traditional paddle style switch, with a vertical dimmer slider. Might want to review these older style switches with others in your household before committing, to make sure they're ok with them.

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These specifically don't clog your network since they use their own proprietary rf signal.

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Personal opinion: Not worth it, save yourself the headache and just use regular dimmers. All this will do is create more devices on your network doing who knows what with the connection. And eventually either it doesn't work or the app becomes unreliable. Ofc if someone is really into Home automation then yes maybe. Just seems smarter to move into the non-smart devices. Less headache.Go ahead and downvote if you like .... 67

I appreciate your opinion, but this seems like a general comment about smart switches not Lutron specifically. So for those unfamiliar, Lutron uses a hub that plugs into your router, and the switches connect to the hub. No wifi is used at all. Lutron has been around for a long time, and they are a rock solid reliable option. They also don't rely on the internet to function, and even if the hub stops working, the actual light switches go unaffected.They are also natively compatible with HomeKit, as well as Alexa and google home. So if there was ever a smart home set up t trust for wired switches, it would be these. They also avoid a major pitfall of most smart devices, they retain normal control for guests and people that don't want to use their phone since you are still able to use the switch as normal and never touch your smart home if not interested. It is also great for basic set ups, like Turing on outside lights at sunset and off at sunrise, making sure your bathroom fan turns off after 45 minutes preventing fires etc. But yes, if you use inferior wifi only switches, or Philips hue without a computing it with physical buttons and have to rely on your phone, you are definitely looking at a less than ideal situation.

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Quote from 404fullPriceNotFound

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Personal opinion: Not worth it, save yourself the headache and just use regular dimmers. All this will do is create more devices on your network doing who knows what with the connection. And eventually either it doesn't work or the app becomes unreliable. Ofc if someone is really into Home automation then yes maybe. Just seems smarter to move into the non-smart devices. Less headache.

Go ahead and downvote if you like .... 67

I work for an Electrical company and went to a meeting with Lutron reps pushing this product several years ago. The thing that sticks out most is my mind was the salesmen bragging about how much data they get about their users. They know everything! Because the app wants to track your location so it can automatically turn the lights on for you. On most android and iOS phones, this is impossible or difficult to turn off, unless you kill location services entirely. So Lutron knows everything about you, and they consider it a good thing.

I recently put some dimmers in my own home, and I went with the offline Diva dimmers.

I will say, that the proprietary rf signal these use is still regarded as the best in the industry, and there just the one hub device connected to wifi. I wonder if any of the recent zero day exploits affect them? You can't interact with it in any way to see when it was last updated.

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