[coreyp_1]

Everybody here keeps talking about how reliable Z-Wave is, and I absolutely HATE mine, and was telling someone last week that I would never recommend them to anyone. Have I just had a bad experience? I have 3 Z-wave switches, and once a month at least one of them needs to be reset. They just stop responding until the air gap switch is pulled. I hate them and I can't rely on them at all.

Conversely, I have 30+ Zigbee switches, and they are quite reliable.

The only reason that I have the 3 Z-wave switches is that I needed paddle switch fan controllers with an almond color, and I could only find them in Z-wave by Enbrighten. (Side note: why are almost ALL the smart switches only available in white?)

Of course, as I type this, my RPi with HomeAssistant got bricked with the latest update, so now my SmartHouse is not merely dumb, it's stubborn!

[ugh123]

I had a regular resetting problem with a switch once. Bugged me for months. Turned out the button switch would occasionally get stuck in the pressed position and cause the reset. Bad design, but wasn't the protocol/firmware's fault.