Zooz ZEN23 Z-Wave Toggle Switch

Introduction:

In my constant quest of new devices to nurture my smart home, I found the online store of The Smartest House. They offer a wide range of brands, among them Zooz. This review is for the Zooz Z-Wave plus on/off toggle switch ZEN23.

Disclaimer: I was provided with a free product in return for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own and not influenced by the developing company, and/or its affiliates in any way.

Description:

The Zooz ZEN23 toggle switch, replaces your existing light switch and allows wireless and manual control of your lights.

I was successfully able to include the Zooz ZEN23 toggle switch, in my Z-Wave network running Home-Assistant.io 0.28 in a Raspberry PI with an Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5.

Appearance:

I purchased the ZEN23 toggle switch thru a major online retailer, four days later the box was in my front door. The packaging is very well done, and it feels as inside you will find an expensive smart phone instead.

The switch is made in China, and it has standard gang box measures, about 2 in. wide.

Features:

Taken from the site: http://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zen23-toggle-switch.html

Z-Wave Plus 908.42 MHz

Power: 120 VAC, 60 Hz

Max load: 960 W Incandescent, 1800W (15A) Resistive

Min load: 20 Watts

Range: Up to 100 feet line of sight

Installation:

This is an electric device and must be installed according your local electric codes and regulations. As the PDF instructions states, hire a qualified professional to complete the installation for you.

It is important to note the switch requires four wires: load, line, neutral and ground. 

Configuration:

Once the switch is installed and power is restored. Toggle the switch up and down and confirm you can control your lights manually.

To include the ZEN23 switch in the Z-Wave network, I took my Aeotec Z-Stick closer to the switch. Tapped the Z-Stick once to begin the pairing process, then toggled the ZEN23 switch up and down quickly three times, waited few seconds and the process was completed. The Z-Stick led stop flashing, and stayed solid indicating successfully paring. Tapped the Z-Stick again to finish the process.

Took the Z-Stick back in the Raspberry PI, launched the web interface for home-assistant, navigated to Developer Tools | States and a new device show up, listed as available.

A quick edit of the configuration files to include the new device

And is now listed in the web interface.

You can now enjoy controlling the lights from your mobile device wherever you are. Using Home-Assistant you can also setup automation rules and group lights together on scenes to match special events in your day to day, like movie night, sleep, etc.

Pros:

I give the Zooz ZEN23 toggle switch FIVE STARS. Excellent packaging, very good quality, ease to install and wire.

The pairing process was a brief, with few short steps I had it included in my Z-Wave network.

Works properly with Home-Assistant and Open ZWave

Cons:

One of the face-plate cover screws did not go all the way thru. I had to cut the screw in half to put it back in.

Conclusion:

If you are looking to control lights in your Z-Wave network, the Zooz ZEN23 Toggle Switch is a good fit, I surely recommend.

Using it for about one week so far, and finding very useful to turn on my garage lights without the need to walk all the way thru, to get to the wall switch.