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I’ve had the opposite experience. Just had a Caseta switch installed to control some LED recessed lighting.

* the switch itself feels very flimsy and low quality.

* dimming only sort of works.

* the control is extremely laggy. Hit the buttons and wait up to a second before something happens.

* sometimes, the lights just don’t turn on. I’ll watch the LEDs on the switch light up, and then turn off. And then try again. And fail again...

I’ve had it a week and I’m ready to throw it out a window.




Strange. Definitely haven't had any of the lag issues or random on/off issues. Bummer.

The dimming could be two things:

1) The high/low trim may need to be adjusted, which is IMO way way easier on Lutron than others.

2) If you have LED bulbs, the brand makes a huge huge difference. FWIW I found that Parmida LED retrofit kits are the best, by far. No buzzing and dims down to 1% (most are 10%).

As for the buttons, I agree actually. That's the one thing I like about some of my zwave switches. BUT, even better than both are the Lutron Maestro buttons, which you can get for ~$125 if you go with RA2 Select (vs Caseta). They are really nice.




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