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I assure you, turning lights on and off by hand in a large house full of kids is a royal pain in the ass. If you live in a half a room size appt in SF, not so

• 8ytecoder 9y ago
  Why is a connected light better than a simple motion activated one?
  • ghettoimp 9y ago
    Anecdotally, fwiw. We installed a motion activated light in our laundry room, years ago, since the switch was not in any convenient/sensible location. It worked for awhile, but eventually would turn on, if at all, for like 3 seconds (even when the switch inside was set to 10 minutes). Probably it was just a cheap, crappy fixture. But I don't think I'll ever try to use a "simple" motion activated light again. Of course, connected lights, whatever that means, are probably even buggier...
• hinkley 9y ago
  In my old house, not a single light switch is where you'd expect it to be, and a number of the rooms are byways between other rooms. So being able to turn the light on when you walked in was no guarantee you'd be able to do the same when you walked out again.