How reliable is enough for your Home Automation System?
Seem like a funny question to ask?
Yeah, I think so too, but the reality is when you make the decision to use the smart-switch that cost $65 instead of $200 or the door lock that cost $300 instead of $500 one; chances are pretty good you're making the decision that 75% - 85% reliability is good enough.
While price doesn't always dictate reliability and performance; speaking from many years of experience; when it comes to automation products, it's often a pretty good indicator.
I know, I know, the guy on the forum said the Insteon switches were just as good or better than the #VantageControls or #Crestron switches... but the chances that person honestly has any real comparative experience in many installations is pretty slim.
Now, after you compare the cheap to the more costly and you think about the statement above; settling for 75% to 85% reliability; those percentages probably sound pretty good considering the other switches cost often twice as much... Now, instead of thinking everything will be fine most of the time based on those odds, let's think about 15% - 25% of the time, you or your family is going to have a problem...
...I can hear your spouse calling you now, "Honey, the freaking lights in the kitchen aren't working again! Can you please tell me why the hell we had to have these stupid light switches? Why can't we just have the regular ones... they always worked?!" Or perhaps worse, "Mom, we think someone's outside the house and when we pressed the panic button the lights didn't flash."
So let's ask that question again... How reliable is reliable enough for YOUR Home Automation system?
Questions??? Contant me today.