Retiring last of my X-10
OK, about time...last of our compatible bulbs burned out. Have moved back to plain switches, except for the one I could not do without: bedroom has no overhead light, and only switched outlet on wrong side of room. Bed has two sconces with three-way bulbs, one on each side of bed, switched with X 10 lamp modules. Wireless switch by door, and handheld remote on the headboard. Problem we are trying to solve: how do you turn the lights on and off from bed and from door across room. Current X 10 requires dimmable CFL or LED, and we have had mixed results with them working properly with the X 10 module. Looking for recommendations, and have narrowed it down to Zigbee or Zwave.
A little background: started playing with X 10 years ago, and the wife was humoring me with my experiments. When she walked into the dark kitchen with arms full of groceries, and the light turned on, she was convinced. But as incandescent bulbs became harder and harder to find, I’ve been taking out the switches and lamp modules and doing things the old-fashioned way.