Z-wave plus vs zigbee

Yeah Iris was the one I was considering for zigbee too. I haven’t found a better alternative but would be willing to pay a bit extra if there is a “premium” alternative available. How has the battery life been for you? The support page says up to 2 years, and it uses the larger CR-2 battery so I assume that is somewhat accurate:

https://support.irisbylowes.com/link/portal/30143/30206/Article/537/Next-Gen-Iris-Contact-Sensor-with-Next-Gen

This thread mentions a very low profile one by NYCE:

https://www.amazon.com/NYCE-NCZ-3011-HA-ZigBee-Window-Sensor/dp/B00WTE61FI/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1517347038&sr=1-1&keywords=NYCE+window+sensor

It doesn’t have many reviews though so hard to say how good it is. They rate their battery at 5 years but that seems like an overestimate based on the fact that it uses a tiny battery, or maybe it just has a very slow response time.