[bcrosby95]

Lots of people have gotten lazy about turning off lights since LED is so cheap. E.g. I think our kitchen light is on around 12 hours per day because the switch isn't very convenient. Or the garage light - if it's left on during the day, it probably won't be noticed until morning.

Also kids tend not to turn lights off.

But yeah, even if you are saving money, smart switches are pretty expensive. It will take a while to recuperate the extra $ and time invested.

I would focus on switches that control several lights at once. E.g. our garage lights use 100 watts in all. Kitchen uses 65. Hallway 50.

[thatfrenchguy]

> Also kids tend not to turn lights off.

Teach your kids ? What is this laziness of saying "kids won't do X" ?

[bcrosby95]

Its called reality. Kids are people, not machines. Parenting is more comparable to pushing on a string than writing a program.

I've seen some people spend 17 years (and counting) trying to teach their kids to turn off the lights.

Much less your average 5 year old, most of which probably lack the mental awareness to always remember to turn off the light when they leave a room. Hell, my 5 year old almost ran barefoot over shattered glass because she really wanted to throw something in the trash - she forgot the glass was there about 10 seconds after we told her not to come over here while I cleaned it up.