GE Z-Wave Wireless Lighting Control Lamp Module with Dimmer Control, Works with Alexa

I have an ADT Pulse security system. I had two older versions of these light modules in my house. They work great, they're easy to add to the system and a wonderful feature when traveling out of town. I ordered one of these newer lamp modules when the dimmer feature was added. After testing it, I immediately ordered two more or them. I love having the ability to set the dimmer level. I can change the light intensity using my cell phone, the touch screen or remotely on the computer. When programming the dimmer in the ADT Pulse website, you can select what percentage you want the lights to turn on at or set them to light up at the last setting. I'm military and have to be up by 0430 every morning. I have two of these modules set up to light up my living room at wake up and then turn off automatically 15 minutes later after I walk out the door. I also have them set to turn on at 50% near sun down and turn up to 70% after sun set. I use the older ones to turn on/off the lights to my aquariums now. I love these lamp modules, I own a total of 5 now. The three with the dimmer option are just great.

I think I waited three weeks to get the shipment. Otherwise the product works great with my home security system.

Day-to-day I have two of these hooked up in my house. One is in the bedroom connected to a table lamp, the other in the living room connected to a standing lamp. Obviously you need a z-wave controller to make use of these, but I'll save that review for the controller. I have many z-wave switches ranging from on-off outdoor switches, on-off in-wall switches, dimmable in-wall switches, and these two of these dimmable plug-in modules. The plug-in modules are by far the most versatile, so much so that I'll probably buy another one or two of these to hook up to more lamps. These become all the more handy at Christmas as I use them to control the lights on the tree as well as some illuminated garland around my windows. Having programmable switches is great for safely turning off the lights at night, and ensuring they're back on again in the morning. Having dimmable switches is even better so you can modify the light output to go along with any other dimmable lights, for example: "movie mode". When I'm watching a movie at night I turn all living room lights off apart from the tree and garland and then dim both down to around 20%. This leaves a festive but non-intrusive amount of light in the room to allow movies to be enjoyed without distraction.

It worked just fine out of the package. That may seem like a trivial thing but I have had some bad experiences with the Intermatic/Wayne-Dalton units being defective from the very start. GE costs a bit more than the equivalent from Intermatic or Wayne-Dalton (both are really from Intermatic) but if GE actually works out of the package, that's a plus. In 5 years, I have seen a lot of module failures with Intermatic (either by infant mortality or fail in less than 2 years, mostly with Z-Wave RF transceiver failures) so I am hoping that the GE versions will work and continue to work. I like the form factor and pass through outlet. The only thing I don't like about it is the lack of a power indicator LED but that's minor compared to if it works or not. Update: I liked them enough that I decided to order more of them. IMPORTANT: you have to "DELETE" all of the modules from the network of the old controller (remove the pairing) before attempting to pair it with a new controller. If you don't, you will find that the module will not respond. I have never seen anyone mention this critical requirement.

I couldn't get them to work properly. they paired just fine but they were unreliable somtimes they worked somtimes not so I returned them

I have this plugged into a lamp. I cannot turn the lamp on and off and still have the lamp communicate with the module. Supposedly you can buy a remote control for $65 that would allow you to change the settings and would allow the lamp to turn on an off and the module would be able to recognize that. I like the module and I would give it 4 or even 5 stars, but the lack of control is a joke and the fact that I have to buy a remote that is twice as much as the module itself to change settings is a bigger joke.

z-wave is an underrated technology and this helps if you don't want to install wall switches which are not complicated to do either. But, this is also great because you can have this as an addition to other devices such as lamps that are not fixed. The setup was a breeze with my Vera 2 and the dimming capabilities are a plus! Also, if you're looking into getting a z wave door lock, this WILL relay the encrypted code as the Leviton switches will NOT. Leviton switches are fantastic and very reliable but lack this feature. Great addition or starter for z wave.

Works good but the lights brightness goes up and down, that's annoying.

Quick response! Good quality