The Smartest House Home Automation Sale: Zooz Z-Wave Long Range Remote Switch

candelabra

Nov 25, 2025 05:24 PM

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candelabraNov 25, 2025 05:24 PM

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Awesome OP and good prices from a great company. And great timing, some of my stuff is failing and needs selective updates. Repped!

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mysterypasta

Nov 25, 2025 05:49 PM

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Their Zwave stuff works incredibly well. All my smart wall switches are from them and never dropped off or caused issues.

Some of these wall switches are controlling Hue smart bulbs (redundant, I know), and the latency is imperceptible.

Everything is configured via ZwaveJs2MQTT running locally in Docker and connected to Home Assistant. I'm using a very old Nortek HUSBZB-1 for Zwave radio and it's still kicking just fine.

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bonkman

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Quote from nurrburt

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My house is old and dumb as hell.

And I'd like to keep it that way, thank you.

To each their own. But with this stuff, your home does amazing things without belonging to google or amazon.

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SvenUSA

Nov 25, 2025 08:20 PM

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SvenUSANov 25, 2025 08:20 PM

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Thanks! Did a bunch of reading up on the Zooz Z-Wave Water Valve Actuator and for $110, that's a great deal. Good reviews online and it doesn't require a plumber as those quotes came out to $800 - $1000, plus tearing into my drywall and the cost to fix that. This simply clamps onto the pipes and pairs with my Ring and the Ring leak sensors. Small price for extra peace of mine in case I'm traveling. Instead of getting a notification that my house is getting ruined and unable to do anything about it, the $110 should hopefully prevent that.

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ordmaster

Nov 25, 2025 08:26 PM

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I had a double relay crapped out on me and contacted them for support/warranty replacement. They had me test the relay by putting failed one to reset and install it in different switch. I had to call my electrician to do this at my own cost (Electrician visit fee) and sent the pictures/videos of the relay not working. They still wanted me to test few other things but I told them I couldn't/wouldn't do what they asked me because I had to call the electrician AGAIN which will cost visit fee again. They were very hesitant about sending the replacement out to me without fulfilling their request to test. At the end, they wanted my credit card details before sending out the replacement unit and that's when I gave up on them. It was $15 relay that took way too much for a RMA replacement.

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PriceTheory

Nov 25, 2025 08:28 PM

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PriceTheoryNov 25, 2025 08:28 PM

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Every time I see these deals, I wonder if I should have gone Zooz instead of Lutron Caseta...

The Caseta hardware feels great, but even with waiting for sales, that stuff is expensive.

I've also run into acouple weird timing bugs [home-assistant.io]combining caseta with Home Assistant. I don't think these would exist with Z-wave only.

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bonkman

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Quote from SvenUSA

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Thanks! Did a bunch of reading up on the Zooz Z-Wave Water Valve Actuator and for $110, that's a great deal. Good reviews online and it doesn't require a plumber as those quotes came out to $800 - $1000, plus tearing into my drywall and the cost to fix that. This simply clamps onto the pipes and pairs with my Ring and the Ring leak sensors. Small price for extra peace of mine in case I'm traveling. Instead of getting a notification that my house is getting ruined and unable to do anything about it, the $110 should hopefully prevent that.

The only downside is that you need to have enough room. For most people it's not an issue. For me, it sadly is. 😞

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Eugene1980

Nov 25, 2025 08:42 PM

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Quote from nurrburt

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My house is old and dumb as hell.

And I'd like to keep it that way, thank you.

i get it, i spend a lot of time automating my house, but i wouldnt have it any other way,

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tu1820

Nov 25, 2025 09:51 PM

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tu1820Nov 25, 2025 09:51 PM

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Quote from mysterypasta

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Their Zwave stuff works incredibly well. All my smart wall switches are from them and never dropped off or caused issues.

Some of these wall switches are controlling Hue smart bulbs (redundant, I know), and the latency is imperceptible.

Everything is configured via ZwaveJs2MQTT running locally in Docker and connected to Home Assistant. I'm using a very old Nortek HUSBZB-1 for Zwave radio and it's still kicking just fine.

I am happy with most of my Zooz zwave devices, but the dimmers have given me nothing but trouble. I can't seem to be able to find bulbs that actually dim well. I don't know what the deal is, I reached out to them and they just sent me a "bypass" device that I have yet to install. Maybe that does the trick? I don't know, not finding much information what that device actually does. Anyway, everywhere where I tried replacing an older Leviton zwave dimmer (that doesn't support S2 unfortunately) that dimmed flawlessly, I have zero luck with the Zooz. Even tried various different brands of dimmable LED bulbs that I could find locally. No dice.

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ob2kenobi

Nov 25, 2025 10:45 PM

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Quote from ordmaster

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I had a double relay crapped out on me and contacted them for support/warranty replacement. They had me test the relay by putting failed one to reset and install it in different switch. I had to call my electrician to do this at my own cost (Electrician visit fee) and sent the pictures/videos of the relay not working. They still wanted me to test few other things but I told them I couldn't/wouldn't do what they asked me because I had to call the electrician AGAIN which will cost visit fee again. They were very hesitant about sending the replacement out to me without fulfilling their request to test. At the end, they wanted my credit card details before sending out the replacement unit and that's when I gave up on them. It was $15 relay that took way too much for a RMA replacement.

So you paid for a whole ass electrician visit to test a $15 relay, instead of just buying a new one. Then after the company agreed to replace it, they asked for a credit card number for verification. A company that you already bought from and already had your CC number. And that step was too much? That's what you're going to go with?

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bonkman

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Quote from tu1820

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I am happy with most of my Zooz zwave devices, but the dimmers have given me nothing but trouble. I can't seem to be able to find bulbs that actually dim well. I don't know what the deal is, I reached out to them and they just sent me a "bypass" device that I have yet to install. Maybe that does the trick? I don't know, not finding much information what that device actually does. Anyway, everywhere where I tried replacing an older Leviton zwave dimmer (that doesn't support S2 unfortunately) that dimmed flawlessly, I have zero luck with the Zooz. Even tried various different brands of dimmable LED bulbs that I could find locally. No dice.

My experience is completely different from yours. Sorry to hear it.

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patrickbateman1

Nov 26, 2025 01:07 AM

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patrickbateman1Nov 26, 2025 01:07 AM

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Great $28 deal on the ZEN17 Multirelay. I used one of those to stop my steam humidifier (Aprilaire 800) from firing between 3pm and 7pm on my Ecobee system (I'm waiting for Perestroika/behind the iron curtain in NY where power is triple during that time).

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Black107

Nov 26, 2025 04:06 AM

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Black107Nov 26, 2025 04:06 AM

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Just to add some context, I ordered a bunch of stuff from their black friday sale last year and a lot of the exact same items are actually cheaper than last year. So that's pretty incredible considering inflation and tariffs.

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icantreed

Nov 27, 2025 12:49 AM

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icantreedNov 27, 2025 12:49 AM

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Quote from ordmaster

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I had a double relay crapped out on me and contacted them for support/warranty replacement. They had me test the relay by putting failed one to reset and install it in different switch. I had to call my electrician to do this at my own cost (Electrician visit fee) and sent the pictures/videos of the relay not working. They still wanted me to test few other things but I told them I couldn't/wouldn't do what they asked me because I had to call the electrician AGAIN which will cost visit fee again. They were very hesitant about sending the replacement out to me without fulfilling their request to test. At the end, they wanted my credit card details before sending out the replacement unit and that's when I gave up on them. It was $15 relay that took way too much for a RMA replacement.

Had a similar experience... Annoying basically gatekeeping returns.

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basicthe

Nov 27, 2025 05:03 AM

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Quote from tu1820

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I am happy with most of my Zooz zwave devices, but the dimmers have given me nothing but trouble. I can't seem to be able to find bulbs that actually dim well. I don't know what the deal is, I reached out to them and they just sent me a "bypass" device that I have yet to install. Maybe that does the trick? I don't know, not finding much information what that device actually does. Anyway, everywhere where I tried replacing an older Leviton zwave dimmer (that doesn't support S2 unfortunately) that dimmed flawlessly, I have zero luck with the Zooz. Even tried various different brands of dimmable LED bulbs that I could find locally. No dice.

I feel your pain. I did my whole house with Zooz dimmers. It took a little trial and error, but I feel I'm 99% there they're different dimmers have different controllers that work better on different bulbs so I did a lot of testing between zen 77 and zen 72. Here is a guide they have on picking a dimmer. I will say I've tried different brands and I think this is just a challenge with dimmers and different LED bulbs https://www.support.getzooz.com/k...ifference/

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