RandyKnight
Active Member
Some of you may have been following my UPB vs. Insteon thread(s). The 15% discount pushed me over the edge and I sprung for Insteon for everything I need for mu current home. This amounts to an additional 21 dimmers and 9 relays. Installed most of them yesterday so I'm up to 21 Insteon devices.
For the UPB proponents out there, my decision factors were as follows (not in any particular order)
1. HomeSeer integration stronger with Insteon. I didn't like having to program devices with UPStart, export the file, and import into HomeSeer. The Insteon plugin is beta but so far it has been pretty good. The only issue I've had is some spotty result with switches notifying HomeSeer when their status is changed manually.
2. Aesthetics. We (wife and I) both like the looks of the Icons better than anything UPB or even the SwitchLincs. She thinks they look more normal / less geeky than the others.
3. Price, although if all of the above had gone the UPB way I would've spent the extra $.
BTW, the issues I had previously with Insteon performance are GONE. So I suspect I reached the critical mass of devices necessary. Pretty cool technology where every device is a repeater.
11 more devices to install today and I'll be done with all switches. Then it's on to an Elk or cameras or motion or ? Stay tuned.
For the UPB proponents out there, my decision factors were as follows (not in any particular order)
1. HomeSeer integration stronger with Insteon. I didn't like having to program devices with UPStart, export the file, and import into HomeSeer. The Insteon plugin is beta but so far it has been pretty good. The only issue I've had is some spotty result with switches notifying HomeSeer when their status is changed manually.
2. Aesthetics. We (wife and I) both like the looks of the Icons better than anything UPB or even the SwitchLincs. She thinks they look more normal / less geeky than the others.
3. Price, although if all of the above had gone the UPB way I would've spent the extra $.
BTW, the issues I had previously with Insteon performance are GONE. So I suspect I reached the critical mass of devices necessary. Pretty cool technology where every device is a repeater.
11 more devices to install today and I'll be done with all switches. Then it's on to an Elk or cameras or motion or ? Stay tuned.