Zooz ZEN24 Toggle Dimmer Review

Introduction:

This is my second review on Zooz products, this time I will cover the ZEN24 Toggle Dimmer switch.

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 ZEN24 toggle dimmer switch, replaces your existing light switch and allows on/off control and brightness control of your lights manually or remotely thru a z-wave connected hub.
Important to note, as mentioned in the manual, this dimmer switch works with most high-quality DIMMABLE LED, CFL, and incandescent bulbs. In my case the LED are not dimmable and you can see some flickering at low power.
http://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/zooz/products/2-zooz-z-wave-plus-dimmer-toggle-switch-zen24-2-pack
I was successfully able to include the Zooz ZEN24 dimmer toggle switch, in my Z-Wave network running Home-Assistant.io 0.29 in a Raspberry PI with an Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5.

Appearance:

Similar to other Zooz products, the packaging is excellent. The switch is standard 1-gang box size, about two inches wide. Very well constructed with clear indications for the electric connections needed (Line, Neutral and Load).

Installation:

This is an electric device and must be installed according your local electric codes and regulations. As the instructions http://www.getzooz.com/downloads/manual-for-zooz-z-wave-plus-dimmer-toggle-switch-zen24.pdf  states, hire a qualified professional to complete the installation for you.

Configuration:

Once the dimmer switch is installed and power is restored. Toggle the dimmer switch up and down and confirm you can control your lights manually.
To include the ZEN24 dimmer in the Z-Wave network, I took my Aeotec Z-Stick closer to the dimmer switch. Tapped the Z-Stick once to begin the pairing process, then toggled the ZEN24 dimmer switch up and down quickly three times. At first, my z-stick was not able to pair properly. But repeating this process few times it was successful in recognizing the dimmer switch. I might have toggled the dimmer switch up and down more than five times quickly, instead of three as suggested in the manual.
Took the Z-Stick back into the Raspberry PI, rebooted it and waited until home-assistant showed the new device. Again, it took another reboot for the new dimmer switch to show properly in the device list.

Once the new device is recognized, you can use its unique name, to configure it in your UI and groups within home-assistant

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.

Cons:

In contrast to the previous Zooz switch reviewed, the ZEN24 dimmer switch pairing process took several tries to get it included in my z-wave network. Nonetheless, I was successfully on the third try.
Similar to the ZEN23, the faceplate cover screws did not go all the way thru. I would recommend Zooz to include a set of smaller length faceplate screws in the box.

Pros:

I give the Zooz ZEN24 toggle switch FOUR STARS. Excellent packaging, very good quality, ease to wire and install. Minus one start because of the screw length issue mentioned.
The pairing process was ok, after few steps and some trial and repeating, I had it included in my Z-Wave network.
Works properly with Home-Assistant and Open ZWave

Conclusion:

If you are looking to control your dimmable lights in your Z-Wave network, the Zooz ZEN24 Toggle Switch is a good fit.