InsteON is a great solution (Score 1)

I have been a user of X10 and all I can say is that Insteon works as advertised. At the end of the day it is backwards compatible so it is easier on my pocketbook to upgrade. I bought the starter kit with switches and the table top controller (the controller is not that pretty, the Insteon people need to do a much better job at design if they want this everywhere). It was easy to install and it was easy to setup. I was able to use it in Insteon only mode and it performed very well, gave it an X10 address and it worked fine with my x10 stuff (although my X10 stuff works maybe 7 or 8 out of 10 times). I am going to probably do my whole home with Insteon because of what I have seen so far (with their Icon line, the switches are only $20). I hope that they come out with more products soon. Some software would be nice as well. Overall very pleased and recommend Insteon. I had one question on linking and the tech team at Smarthome did a great job at answering my question. Good luck with your install.