Lutron Caseta Deluxe Smart Dimmer Switch (2 Count) Kit | Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and the Google Assistant | P-BDG-PKG2W-A | White
You should consider Lutron if you want to automate or control your light switches remotely. Either way, it’s a long way off.
Simply said, these are the greatest smart switches available today. In our CNET Smart Home tests, they’ve proven reliable, well-designed, user-friendly, and full of useful features. They also work with Alexa, IFTTT, Nest, Wink, and Apple HomeKit.
That’s not cheap, especially when you consider that Belkin WeMo Light Switches are around $50 apiece and don’t require a bridge at all, but the Lutron beginning package with two switches costs $190. My research has convinced me that Lutron is the best option, and well worth the extra money. For the connected home, this is Editors’ Choice smart lighting.
Design and Installation
Lutron looks great and is a great smart switch option. Each switch is available in a number of colors and tones to match most décor.
This balance also applies to the switches. The top button brightens the lights, while the bottom button dims them. The middle buttons enable subtle adjustments. The smooth, soft fades between settings make each light appear high-tech and luxurious, but the controls are familiar to anybody who has used a dimmer switch before.
Installing the switches is simple if you can turn off the electricity at the breaker. A screwdriver and a few minutes are all you need. You just need to connect the three wires—line, load, and ground—screw the switch in, snap the base plate on top, and reset the breaker.
Then, using the Lutron app on your Android or iOS device, connect to the Lutron Bridge via Ethernet connection. When the app tells you to, press a button down to couple each switch with the Bridge (each Bridge can manage up to fifty devices). Getting the two-switch starting kit up and going should take around 30 minutes, if not less.
The Caseta switches use Lutron’s proprietary “Clear Connect” wireless protocol, which uses a low-interference radio frequency. The Bridge acts as a translator between switches and your home network. Apple HomeKit compatibility is lost when using the Wink Hub to control Caseta hardware.
But the nearly sixty-year-old corporation has a strong track record of keeping Clear Connect communications and consumer data safe. According to a spokeswoman, “Lutron’s first premise is client service. Lutron meets or exceeds industry standards for product security and customer protection. “
Description
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Lutron Caseta Deluxe Smart Dimmer Switch allows you to control your lights, shades, and temperature in a simple and customizable way. Use the included Pico remote controllers to control your lights from anywhere in your home. Or use the free Lutron app to control them from anywhere on the globe. Set lights to adjust automatically with the seasons. Build personalized schedules to turn lights on, off, or dim at specific times to meet your daily habits. Or control lights with your voice using Alexa and Siri.
Other well-known businesses that the smart bridge links with include Ring, Honeywell, Sonos, Serena shades, and more. The included in-wall dimmers are simple to install and require no neutral wire. Lutron Caseta provides the finest dimming performance for over 500 different dimmable LED bulbs. Lutron Caseta can also be controlled from anywhere in the house using the Pico remotes.
Replace the existing switch with a Pico remote control and a wall plate adapter. To use dimmers in a multi-location application (PICO-WBX-ADAPT, sold separately). The Pico remote control requires one CR2032 battery, which included in the package.
Product Details
Set lights to automatically adapt with the seasons. So your family always returns to a well-lit home. You can also use the Smart Away feature to turn your lights on and off at random. To make it appear as if you’re home even when you’re not.
Caseta interacts with more leading smart home devices than any other smart lighting control provider. Including Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant, Serena Shades, and Sonos.
MANAGE YOUR LIGHTS YOUR WAY: Caseta incorporates smarts into the switch, allowing you to manage your lights your way. You can manage your lights in a variety of ways. Including using the free Lutron app, your voice, or the wall. You may program lights to turn on, off, or dim at specific times to meet your daily habits. Or you can activate preferred lighting sequences with the push of a button.
Because the smart bridge does not require Wi-Fi. You get super-fast, ultra-reliable smart lighting. That also operates without slowing down your Wi-Fi with additional devices.
Set it and forget it: Ensure that your smart light is always turned on. Even if your Wi-Fi goes out, there’s no need to reset your schedules. And scenes or reconnect anything once it’s back up.
Other Features
Get more for less money: Make many lights smart, including your existing bulbs, to get more for less money. With a Caseta smart switch that can manage many varieties of dimmable LED. Incandescent, and halogen lamps at once.
Make many of your lights smart, including your existing bulbs. With a Caseta smart switch that can manage many varieties of dimmable LED. Incandescent, and halogen lamps at once.
It works with pre-existing hardware. Caseta, unlike other smart dimmer switches. It does not require a neutral wire and may used in any home, regardless of age.
Create a 3-way by simply mounting the Pico on practically any wall surface. Without cutting holes or pulling wire with the accompanying Pico remote control. Attaching the Pico over the back box can also be used to replace existing 3-way switches. A wall plate bracket, PICO-WBX-ADAPT, is required for mounting the Pico and is offered separately.
Two Caseta smart dimmer switches and two Pico wireless remotes. Two wallplates and one Lutron smart bridge also included.
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