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Review on Lutron Caseta PDW-5ANS-WH-A 5A Smart Home Switch With Wallplate, Compatible With Alexa, Apple HomeKit And Google Assistant For Ceiling Fans, LED Bulbs, Incandescent & Halogen - White by Mike Gruwell

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Lutron Caseta is *the best* smart lighting system

I've tried a lot of "smart" home automation products and honestly Lutron's Caseta light of lighting controllers is maybe the only one that I actually like using and installing.It *just works*, everything is high quality, the controllers can be installed on the wall or on nice pedestals, the dimming is smooth, the whole thing just feels like luxury instead of like some fiddly broken techno gadget. It's instantaneous and the range is impressive (they SAY 30 feet but it works flawlessly over hundreds of feet for me).This particular kit includes an in-wall dimmer (no neutral wire required!) and a remote. I highly recommend their bridge (if you don't already have one), hook it up to your router and you can use app control (or integrate with Alexa, Google Assistant, etc). I also highly recommend a pedestal for the remote, if you're not wall mounting it -- it makes it easy to keep track of and use in place.

Pros
  • Dimmer Switches
Cons
  • May require frequent resets, which may be time-consuming