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Help Me Satisfy My Wife Using HA (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an early 2000s house and they went wild with a) the sheer number of wall switches and b) the number of 3-way switches. I want to replace a good number of them while accepting my wife's requirement that they look and function as dumb paddle switches when necessary.

I've looked around and these seem to be the best at fitting all of my requirements but Mama Mia, the price 😭 😭 😭 😭

https://www.amazon.com/Inovelli-2-1-Smart-Switch-Dimmer/dp/B0BG329SH3

Anyone have some suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

GE Cync had some wall switches at the recent CES for around $25. I think they're Matter over Thread, which is my preferred tech. And I've had good luck with the CYNC Matter bulbs.

I expect I'll pick up a couple of those when they're out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Help me out here. I happen to own a few cync bulbs as a carryover from my last home.. The app has gotten better. But I feel like they have been extremely finicky. I am trying them on the custom integration and they are still finicky and seems like they break protocol. How do you get them to work over matter on HA?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not all CYNC bulbs are Matter. Do they have a QR code and an 11 digit code printed on them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nope. These things are 5ish years old, Cync "direct connect". I have a few Cync wifi bulbs and even 2 Bluetooth-mesh bulbs from wayyyy back