Leviton DZPA1-2BW Decora Smart Plug-in Outlet with Z-Wave Technology, White, Repeater/Range Extender

While this switch looks ok it is far outclassed bay the marginally more expensive lutron caseta switches. The Lutron switches only work on their proprietary hub or with wink (which is what I have), but boy are they better. Installing these I noticed performance issues with the reception particularly. Sometimes it would be reachable, others no. I even extended the network with a plug in z wave device. While that improved it, I still noticed a 5% failure rate. Some of that may be attributable to the hub, but some of it I suspect is the switch. As others have noted, when removed and re-added to the network, it begins acting up. I would avoid and go with the caseta system.

So I have worked with numerous smart switches, some even that need to be installed, and this is the easiest to deal with. Dimming is smooth and doesn’t jitter, and setup was easy. I use smart things and that integrates with Alexa. Since it’s also dimmable, you can tell Alexa to turn on to a percentage. Anyways if you’re looking for an easy way to turn on and off lights and integrate some plug in lights to your smart home, this will make it easy! I got 3, I put one in my bedroom, one in my dog room, and one in my living room! Now my dog knows when I get home and has a light that turns on automatically when I’m gone.

Local dimming does not work. Tried 2 devices and both not working for local dimming. Hub dimming works.

Reading through the reviews on this and its companion remote I wasnt clearly able to pick up a couple of key points So here goes: First the good: For a 3 way , or greater(up to 4 remotes) switch if you buy the pair and set them up correctly you will have a commercial grade well sorted system capable of independent switching and dimming from both locations including with some neat customizable features and full Zwave integration ( Samsung smarthings controller). So 5 stars Now the rest: If you just buy the primary and wire it with a conventional 3 way at the other end you will have working lights and some z-wave control BUT the lights must switched back on from the switch last used to turn them off which will often defeat the purpose of having 3 way. Second dont make the mistake of assuming the color coding of the terminals matches that of a conventional 3 -way . If you wire it this way it wont function. Instead think of the remote switch as a satellite of the primary with its own hot and neutral connections and a single control wire (terminal YL/RD) going to the primary. Follow the wiring instructions carefully. So overall an excellent if pricey system.

Integrates well with My Ring Alarm Z-wave controller, and Alexa routines. Does not work on 3-way lighting circuits. Make sure you program this for the correct type of light....LED in my case.

The install is simple if youve installed any type of switch before, but the instructions could be a little more straightforward for those less experienced. You need a neutral wire for the switch to work. Install can also be a real challenge if you dont have deep gang boxes and things can get pretty tight sometimes which isnt real good. This however is typical of any dimmer and not just this one in particular. Pros: Fade On and Fade Off which is adjustable from anywhere from Instant On/Off to just over 2 hours. Why youd want the light to fade over a period of 2 hours is beyond me, but the feature is there. Dim Level Memory. The switch remembers what level the lights were dimmed to and turns on to same level. You can even set dim level while the switch is off. LED locator and dim level lights can be turned off as well. Minimum and Maximum light levels can be set Load type is changeable for either Incandescent, CFL, or LED. Cons: These do not play nice with VeraPlus (latest firmware as of review). Including the switch into Vera is works just fine, and the ability to remote control via the app/web works, but you lose features. When switched on/off via Vera there is no fade-on/off (instant) and there is no dim memory so always turns to 100%. The other huge issue is that the status is not updated in Vera when the switch is physically used in any way no matter how much time passes. I cannot manually poll the switch as it always times out. This is just strange to me as remote functionality works and status is updated, but when physically used nothing changes on the controller. My Troubleshooting Steps: At first I thought I had a defective switch, but then I bought another one and it acts exactly the same, with the same problems. So I have one installed at proper location and one installed in test bed 5 ft from Vera. Both act the exact same. Ive Included/Excluded, factory reset switch numerous times with no results. Ive reached out of Veras forum and theres really not a whole lot of steps I can take to try for fix. I also have a DZ15S installed and this has worked perfectly without issue. It just boils down to a Comm issue. I have also reached out to Leviton and they had no immediate answers or suggestions, but Im waiting to hear back. I will update as I receive any more info In Conclusion, 2 stars for being a great dimmer with great features, but the smart features dont work as intended...with Vera anyway. That being said Im better off just buying a Lutron Maestro for half the price without smart features.

Ive converted all 5 circuits of our outdoor lighting (LED BR30 + LED Edison Bulbs) to these dimmers. They integrate perfectly with Ring and/or Alexa. They manually dim simply and remember previous dim settings with ON/OFF simplicity. Ring/Alexa allowed me to set routines with dimming +/- 1% with time schedules and rate of dim schedules. Simply brilliant. The Z-Wave integration with the Ring base station gives excellent connection reliability and much less power usage vs WiFi. Worth the extra money over WiFi dimmers. You will of course likely need new wall switch plates. Just be sure your wiring has a neutral connection (modern electrical code since at least the 1990s). Look for a bundle of white wires connected together to a single wire nut in your switch box. Be prepared to make a 6 white 14 AWG pigtail to connect to this bundle when installing for each switch.

Bought 2 of these. One is working fine but the other failed and started melting/burning. Thankfully I was home when it happened. Made the bathroom smell like burnt plastic.

Ive installed many Leviton Decora switches in my house, but this one was not as good of an installation experience as the others. Heres why: 1. The others have two ways of connecting the wire: pushing the wire in a little hole that would engage a pin to hold it in there (easy) and the conventional way of screwing it on. With the screws you could bend the wire and them and still get a secure connection fairly easily. This one only has the screws and youre kind of forced to push the wire straight in the slot, no bending. The wire actually came loose on my first try after I pushed the switch in the box making me worried about a potential for hazard. 2. There are no lights on this one and the pairing instructions clearly mention lights, so I honestly dont know how I managed to pair it in the end and probably wouldnt be able to pair a second switch except by chance again

I almost returned it as I thought it was faulty. Connection with Smartthings was not intuitive. You have to hold the button for 7 seconds until it blinks orange. Then press the button one more time. Then it is discoverable. If you don’t thoroughly read the directions you’ll miss this. It works fine now.