3 Way Dimmer for LED Recessed Lights

[bbarroso (Brian Barroso)]

I am completing a whole house remodel. I fell in love with Adorne but I understand that it is not compatible with ST and Im not willing to modify them.

Aesthetically, I think my best option for LED 3 way dimmers in the Leviton Vizia line. Does anyone know of any better options or whether Adorne may be supported by ST in the future?

[RndmGlitch (Stephen)]

If you are looking at the Leviton Vizia switches, you should look at the GE Z-Wave dimmer (12724). You can get them on Amazon, Lowes, pretty much anywhere and they work with dimmable LEDs.

[bbarroso (Brian Barroso)]

Will Leviton models so you recommed?

[bbarroso (Brian Barroso)]

which leviton models work with ST for 3 way dimmer for LED recessed lights?

[RndmGlitch (Stephen)]

I can not speak to the Leviton switches other than they are listed as compatible products:

SmartThings.

I used the GE switches and have been happy with them. They have a nice clean design and are reasonably priced.

[Belgarion (David)]

I have several GE switches and they do work well with ST’s, but keep in mind that GE and the Vizia RF+ are not functionally synonymous. If you have any need for “instant status” updates, you may want to stick with the Vizia RF+ line.

@JDRoberts has covered this subject quite well on several occasions. Here are just a couple of links worth reading:

Leviton Visia RF + compatibility & differences

This is one of those things where the people who know assume it’s obvious to the people who don’t, even when it isn’t! Leviton made zwave switches, but added “enhanced” communication which did “instant updates” between the device and the controller. This was their Vizia RF+ line. You’ll notice all the switches in this line have LEDs which are intended to display the status of the scenes controlled by those buttons. Lutron has multiple patents regarding two way communication between a light switch and a controller. Starting around 2005 they began suing lighting device manufacturers, including Leviton and Control4 for having infringed on these patents. Ultimately everything was settled pretty much in Lutron’s favor. Leviton and Cooper agreed to pay license fees to Lutron, so their contr…

Who makes the BEST Z-Wave dimmer? (Leviton, GE, Linear, Cooper)

GE supports association for one group, the Linear master dimmer does not support association (although some of their original marketing materials said they did). The Linear auxiliary supports association for one group (used to create the virtual three way). That’s most significant if you want to create a situation where physically changing one switch causes things to happen with other devices. You can always Do that if the instruction to change the first device came through the hub, like from a routine, or even just toggling the device in the smartthings mobile app. But if you start from the actual physical switch, it will work a little faster if that first switch supports either “instant status update” ( like the Cooper and the more expensive Leviton line) or supports “association” l…

[Phobiac]

I’m using the GE Smart Dimmers with LED lights and LED Recessed Lights. They work really well and I really been worried about the delay on the three way switches. My previous dimmers were sliders, so that has been the biggest change. The GE Smart Dimmers actually have given better lighter whereas my old switches sometimes caused a bit of flicker with the LED lights, but the GE Dimmers are great even are really low levels.