Lutron Caseta Smart Lighting Original Switch for Light Bulbs and Fans, Works w/ Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home (Hub Required), 6A Single-Pole/3-Way, Neutral Required, PD-6ANS-WH, White

Great addition to our Alexa and HomeKit Smarthome.
I installed the Lurton Caseta light switches in my home a little over a year ago and they have been nothing short t of spectacular. I’m writing the review here on the 6-ANS but my system also includes PD-10NXL, PD-5WS-DV and PD-3PCL and certainly applies to them as well.First of all let me say that when up and running the system is flawless. Not once have I lost network connection with any of my switches! The switches look great on the wall and are of very high quality to the touch. A switch isn’t a glamorous device so to say that it functions as it supposed to isn’t particularly awe inspiring. Rest assured these switches do turn things on, such as lights, fans and lamps every single time. Dimming works well too. But these are smart devices so it’s the way they go about the work that is awesome. They work perfectly with Alexa or Siri for voice control inside your home, or from anywhere in the world via Apple HomeKit or Lurton Caseta app. Can’ remember if you turned off a light in your house? No problem, pull up either app and it gives you each switch’s status and of course you can operate the switch as well. There are other third party apps that integrate as well.Product selection: You need to research which product does what and which works for each specific application. This means single pole versus multi-pole (3 or 4 way switches), dimmer or non-dimmer, how much wattage the switch can handle (for multiple bulbs per switch) and fan amperage if appropriate. This was the most time consuming part for me because I have a varied mixture of situations which required different switches to do the job. I have 16 individual Caseta switches in all controlling over 50 bulbs, fans or lamps.Installation: I am in no way a trained electrician so this was a big undertaking. However the instructions were clear so I had no hesitation. If you don’t like to wire your own fixtures, switches, etc., you may want to hire an electrician as it is a little complex when dealing with three way switches. That being said, I did call customer support on a few occasions and they were excellent at helping me wire and troubleshoot my error.Setup: The Lurton bridge connects to your router or Ethernet switch and setup is a breeze using any internet connected device. Adding each device is as simple as pressing the switch and adding it via the app. It couldn’t be easier really.Cons: Price! These are very expensive devices which really adds up when you have several of them. The prices haven’t fallen over the past year either. Cheap faceplates from my local hardware store didn’t fit, requiring me to trim or buy better quality ones which of course added to the cost. I also replaced all of my toggle switches with rectangular ones so the would match. If you hire the installation then that obviously adds more.Conclusion: We love our smart home devices and these are no exception. It was well worth the time planning and researching and I enjoyed the challenge of the install. Not having to get out of bed to turn off the back yard light from letting the dog out is just one example of convenience. We will be installing them in our vacation place this spring.

3-year experiment: Lutron by a longshot
For 3 years we’ve been incrementally smartening our home. Intentionally we’ve experimented with a variety of different products to see which we want to use as we continue to smarten different areas of the home. From a smart switch perspective (which, sidebar, we strongly prefer over smart bulbs because if you want to control smart bulbs with an app or alexa, you can never turn them on or off at the wall switch…no thanks…smart homes are about convenience – if the switch is more convenient, i want to be able to use it…switches you can turn on from an app or alexa and off at the switch or vice versa), we’ve used GE, Lutron, and TP-Link (more recently) smart switches. While all ultimately get the job done, we’ve found the Lutron to be well worth the premium price (although for 3-ways if you use the remote for one location it is often actually cheaper).Setup: Lutron are by far the easiest to setup both from a electrical and electronic perspective. From an electrical perspective, it is first worth noting that you do not need a neutral wire in order to install, which, depending on when your house was built, you may not have (which means you are dead in the water with many other smart switches). Additionally, we’ve found the instructions to be much easier to follow and there to be fewer steps to get up and running. Even adding only 1 of these or so a year (easy to forget) and having no electrical background, I am able to get everything functioning within 15-30 minutes. With the others, it has seemed to be a re-learning and trial and error process (although it does get better over time). From an electronic perspective, the Lutron Hub almost immediately picks up the switches via the Clear Connect technology they use, despite some being on the other side of the house. When using the wink hub to connect others (mostly using z-wave or zigbee if i remember correctly) it was hit and miss. Some connected right away, others I was on the phone with Wink for 15-20 minutes trying all of the back-end solutions and re-setting factory defaults until they finally took.Function: Once installed, I’ve found the Lutron to be the most reliable as well. To be fair, I’ve never had the GE or TP-Link switches not respond if I put a good clean hit on the paddle switch, but it will often take me a couple of times to get a clean hit as i’m passing by. When at the switch or using Alexa to turn lights on and off, the Lutron lights are typically first to respond, although we’re talking about no more than a second delay most of the time, just another data point on the reliability of the technology they are using.

Yo le dije producto igual de la misma marca metros garantía por funcionalidad y calidad no fallan y aunque son costosos vale la pena

1000% recomendable para los que quieren tener su casa de manera inteligente

Excelente línea de utomatizacion.