Hi All, I appreciate this group is likely to be pro Loxone but I would like your thoughts.
I have been a home automation dabbler for many years starting with X10 20 years ago. I have a Comfort gen1 system which is really just the house alarm now as the X10 solution became unreliable. For automation today I have Fibaro HC3 controlling all lighting and some radiator valves, heating is Nest. We use Sonos for Audio.
I am moving to a new house which will be completely rewired. budget allowing I hope to include under floor heating, Air source heat pump and perhaps solar. Now I have the opportunity to do everything from scratch I would like to do thing right. SWMBO likes this idea of Loxone as it is more likely to be reliable and "invisible" unlike some of my more enthusiastic projects. The new house will be quite small, just 3 bedrooms and a large open plan living space.
It is a little frustrating that Loxone will now only sell through a partner but I can understand why they would want to do that to ensure a good quality experience and an enthusiastic partner network. I have spoken to a couple of partners who seem open to me having full access to the system if I want and to allow me to do some of the work to first fix as long as it is to their specs and they can inspect all of the cable routes and fixings if i decide to go that route.
Looking at the programming it looks quite similar to Cytech Comfort, not too difficult to create scenes etc.
My Fibaro setup has been reliable but the software and in particular the integrations are very lacking. It comes in nice "Apple" style packing but the software sucks in my opinion.
I will visit my local partner soon to get an idea of all of the set up options, I am not sure what to do about music for a start as the services supported by Loxon are not as good a Sonos. Its a shame I can't see list prices for all of the modules as that would really help me get a rough idea of the budget options, in particular for lighting. I really like the idea of Loxon lights and the individual control that allows for a scene but how does that compare with a dimmer module working with my own choice of lighting? I appreciate that is not as simple to work out as the Loxone tree installation could make all of the cabling much simpler but I assume that is at the cost of locking me into a Loxone fitting in that location unless I rewire.
Cheers for any thoughts
I have been a home automation dabbler for many years starting with X10 20 years ago. I have a Comfort gen1 system which is really just the house alarm now as the X10 solution became unreliable. For automation today I have Fibaro HC3 controlling all lighting and some radiator valves, heating is Nest. We use Sonos for Audio.
I am moving to a new house which will be completely rewired. budget allowing I hope to include under floor heating, Air source heat pump and perhaps solar. Now I have the opportunity to do everything from scratch I would like to do thing right. SWMBO likes this idea of Loxone as it is more likely to be reliable and "invisible" unlike some of my more enthusiastic projects. The new house will be quite small, just 3 bedrooms and a large open plan living space.
It is a little frustrating that Loxone will now only sell through a partner but I can understand why they would want to do that to ensure a good quality experience and an enthusiastic partner network. I have spoken to a couple of partners who seem open to me having full access to the system if I want and to allow me to do some of the work to first fix as long as it is to their specs and they can inspect all of the cable routes and fixings if i decide to go that route.
Looking at the programming it looks quite similar to Cytech Comfort, not too difficult to create scenes etc.
My Fibaro setup has been reliable but the software and in particular the integrations are very lacking. It comes in nice "Apple" style packing but the software sucks in my opinion.
I will visit my local partner soon to get an idea of all of the set up options, I am not sure what to do about music for a start as the services supported by Loxon are not as good a Sonos. Its a shame I can't see list prices for all of the modules as that would really help me get a rough idea of the budget options, in particular for lighting. I really like the idea of Loxon lights and the individual control that allows for a scene but how does that compare with a dimmer module working with my own choice of lighting? I appreciate that is not as simple to work out as the Loxone tree installation could make all of the cabling much simpler but I assume that is at the cost of locking me into a Loxone fitting in that location unless I rewire.
Cheers for any thoughts
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