Lutron Caseta Smart Lighting Kit w/ Hub, Original Dimmer Switch, & Pico Remote, for LED Bulbs, Works w/ Alexa, Apple Homekit, Google Home, 150W Single-Pole/3-Way, No Neutral Required, P-BDG-PKG1W

Great smart home lighting solution
Bottom line: great smart lighting solution and far more capable than smart bulbs and not much more expensive. Start here if you’re looking to add smart lights to your home. The rest of the review discusses smart lighting and why Lutron is a great product worth your investment.I’ve been slowly integrating smart devices into my life, and lighting was my first point of entry. Initially, the plan was to use relatively inexpensive smart bulbs with a SmartThings hub, but I found this sorely lacking in features and usability. The major problem with smart bulbs is that the light fixture must be turned on for the smart bulb to work, but guests and family members who don’t know this would turn the light off at the switch (or fixture), thereby rendering the bulb useless. Dealbreaker, particularly if you are relying on a smart bulb for security purposes (ie to turn on and off to simulate someone at home).This problem is remedied by smart switches, like the Lutron Caseta, that replace your existing switches. I first purchased GE and Leviton z-wave switches due to their integration with SmartThings but quickly learned that installing these switches–particularly in a 3-way context (ie two switches controlling one light)–is semi-challenging for someone with no electrical background and, more importantly, impossible without a neutral wire. My house has mostly 3-way switches controlling various groups of recessed ceiling lights, but very few of the existing switches have neutral wires (my house was built in 1950). Thus, the z-wave switches wouldn’t work for most of my lights. The few that did work I found worked fairly well, though glitches with smart scheduling were not uncommon. I attribute those errors to SmartThings, not the switches, but still a downside.Enter Lutron Caseta. These do not require a neutral wire AND are significantly easier to install in a 3-way context because the included Pico remote replaces your original wired secondary switch but need not actually be wired. In other words, you only have to wire one switch instead of two to complete your 3-way install. The Lutron app that you can use to control these lights is easy to use and has reliably executed lighting schedules for all of my various lights without fail. Lutron’s proprietary RF signal seems far more reliable than the z-wave switches working with SmartThings; I’ve never had an issue. Also, the integration with Amazon Echo is awesome and works more reliably with Lutron Caseta than it did with SmartThings (again, I believe this is a SmartThings issue, but still relevant to a decision between z-wave and Lutron Caseta switches). Though I’m still not completely comfortable shouting lighting commands to Alexa when I have friends or family around, I use voice control to turn off the lights every night when I go to bed and haven’t had any issues. Homekit works well, too, but there’s no reason to use it if you have an Echo nearby.I’ve found the Lutron Caseta switches work perfectly. The dimming function is good but not great; I wish the dimmers brought the light down a little more than they do, but that could be related to the bulbs I’m using rather than the dimmers (I don’t know). Visually, I like the way the switch and included face plate looks. I also bought the mounting kit for the Pico remote and found it works fine, though I had some trouble getting the remote to sit square and flush in the face plate…it’s something I notice but I doubt visitors would ever see. As others have said, the Smart Bridge must connect to your router via a wired ethernet cable rather than wi-fi. This seems dated, but perhaps it provides a more reliable, responsive experience…which is a fair trade-off for the slight inconvenience of a wired connection.Overall this is a great product that I definitely recommend for anyone interested in adding some brains to their home lighting. I was a little hesitant to add another smart home ecosystem (and another app on my phone!) to the mix, but I don’t regret doing so. Integration with Amazon Echo, Homekit, Nest, ecobee, IFTTT, Logitech and other smart home systems makes the Lutron Caseta set-up even more robust and future-proof.

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funcionó muy bien

We have about 9 Caseta switches, 1 bridge. It’s amazing how much it’s easy to program.. For instance, we setup for all lights to turn off if both my wife and I leave the house. We also setup the lights in the kids room to turn off every morning at 9:00am (Since they leave the lights on when they go to school). Being able to dim the lights using apple HomeKit is what made me go for Caseta. Love the fact that we can also control the lights with Alexa !