Mike, i agree about the leviton's and intematic intouch. i had a similar discussion over here
http://www.accessha.com/forums/z-wave-tech...e-switches.html as syner.
My problem with the intermatic intouch line - 1. the 15amp switches make really loud clicking noises. they confirm this on the intermatic forums and chalk it up to that they were made more for a commercial setting than home use (wha???). it is really annoying and i can't find anyone who wants to deal with them after hearing the 15amps from leviton, homepro, etc. 2 - the dimmers really need the side toggle like the leviton's. using a built in dimmer is both clumsy and hard to get used to for the timing. for the homepro's you have to click them really fast otherwise they dim right away and for the intouch i have to hit them a couple of times instead of just holding them on the 1st click to get them to dim properly.
i agree that the intouch line has the most solid feel of all the switches i have tried so far. also, it has something of a european styling with the finger imprints though so that is hit or miss just like the rockers on the levitons.
the intouch multiple scene controllers look horrible IMO. the leviton 4 (zone) controller is the best i have seen. take another look at them and compare them to the intouch line. you may agree...
labelling the multiple scene/zone controllers has been horrible all around so far. this is the same problem with some of the handheld remotes. whoever designs these does not take in account that people might actually want to label the switches to know what they actually control. i'm sure there is more to it than that but IMO there could be a better labelling system.
in all the leviton's have had the most success for me. most people don't really like the rocker style decora switch but it is the lesser of all the evils so to speak. it has led confirmation and is 'off' lit whereas the intouch has no lcd confirmation on the switch and the lighting is for including/excluding the device from networks, not for finding the light in the dark or knowing if it is off. with the leviton i can just look to see if the led is on at the bottom to tell if the room light is off without having to go into the room. this is all by default also. i don't need to program the led out of the box to be lit when off like the homepro's. much more intuitive.
check out the acenti z-wave line too if leviton has it there. i believe they are working on getting those out also and they have a style all of their own. again they use the rocker style i believe though.
and as i metioned on an earlier post, look for the cooper wiring aspire rf line that just came out. they look nice. so far they seem pricier than the leviton's though. if you can try them out and put it in our post if you come across them that would be great.
also, it looks like pulesworx is using the hai omnitstat and the rcs tr/tz16, both of which have z-wave models of too.
did you try out an umpc at lifeware? if so, any reviews on it?
