GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years

Re:GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years by ihuman on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:45PM (#23327922)

Does anyone here use their zigbee or z-wave switches? I was considering getting them, but if they're leaving the lighting business then I might not.

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Re:GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years by dnr on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:42PM (#23328860)

If you look at reviews of Z-Wave dimmers and switches, as I did recently, GE seems to be not very well regarded, and on the expensive side. Some of the newer brands like Zooz and Inovelli have a lot more features and are cheaper too. I narrowed it down to those two and then recently replaced a bunch of switches with Zooz products. Happy so far. (Can't speak for zigbee.)

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Re:GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years by tonyb on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:35PM (#23332801)

The GE switches are made by Jasco. I have a few different brands of zwave switches and the GE/jesco ones are my favorite. The newest version is much more compact and they auto sense line and load so they are much easier to fit in the existing boxes.

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Re:GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years by jmb12686 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:17PM (#23332253)

I have over a dozen in wall GE z-wave switches and dimmers in my home. They have been working great for years.

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Re:GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years by vulcan01 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:30PM (#23330288)

My parents bought them for our whole house. 4 years and they still work well :)

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