SSchmidt Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I have seen general references to Z-wave scenes not being as good as Insteon scenes. What are the differences and is there anything that Z-wave can do that Insteon cannot? (other than stay in business). I have about 14 years of experience with ISY/Insteon in my last house and have zero experience with Z-wave which is what I am planning to use in my new house. Thank you Link to comment
Geddy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 @SSchmidt So I guess you didn't get this answered in part of your original post about this? Link to comment
SSchmidt Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 I did not ask this question in that post. The closest answer was even more general than the general reference in my question. Link to comment
lilyoyo1 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 10 hours ago, SSchmidt said: I have seen general references to Z-wave scenes not being as good as Insteon scenes. What are the differences and is there anything that Z-wave can do that Insteon cannot? (other than stay in business). I have about 14 years of experience with ISY/Insteon in my last house and have zero experience with Z-wave which is what I am planning to use in my new house. Thank you I'm not going to rehash the differences since there are at least 2 dozen posts chronicling the differences over the past year. I've linked the most recent one from last week to help you out. 1 Link to comment
Geddy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 @SSchmidt True, you didn't ask that, but you basically got your answer then, and as @lilyoyo1 says there's several posts (certainly more over the last 9 months - so it seems). There's also Google (or other preferred search option) https://www.allhomerobotics.com/comparing-insteon-vs-z-wave-protocol-best/ https://zwaveguide.com/z-wave-vs-insteon/ (I find this one quite "funny" as it certainly has the z-wave lean as to which would be better and why). I think here you'll find a large majority prefer the reliability and function of Insteon. Those that like/love z-wave like it for different reasons and it works for them. Sadly, what works for others might not work for you or might not be what you want/need best for your situation. So you have to make that judgement yourself of what you want to achieve. Good luck! Enjoy the new house. 1 Link to comment
asbril Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 24 minutes ago, Geddy said: @SSchmidt True, you didn't ask that, but you basically got your answer then, and as @lilyoyo1 says there's several posts (certainly more over the last 9 months - so it seems). There's also Google (or other preferred search option) https://www.allhomerobotics.com/comparing-insteon-vs-z-wave-protocol-best/ https://zwaveguide.com/z-wave-vs-insteon/ (I find this one quite "funny" as it certainly has the z-wave lean as to which would be better and why). I think here you'll find a large majority prefer the reliability and function of Insteon. Those that like/love z-wave like it for different reasons and it works for them. Sadly, what works for others might not work for you or might not be what you want/need best for your situation. So you have to make that judgement yourself of what you want to achieve. Good luck! Enjoy the new house. Betamax was better than VHS....... VHS survived Betamax. Then VHS was replaced by digital. Insteon was better than Zwave...... Zwave survived Insteon. Zwave will be replaced as well. 4 Link to comment
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