Re: Idratek - Serious Contender?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'must say, I don't understand people's reservations about the look of
Idratek ... 'looks OK to me - a lot better than Clipsal, anyway, and
most of the others , too ...

OTOH, I am also having trouble with the idea of having HA whilst
reatining all the usual switches etc ... is it belts & braces, or just
a
lack of confidence ?

Chris




Steve Edwards wrote:

> Might I suggest a controversial solution to all the CBUS woes...
>
> Idratek have released their new website, while it's not everything we
> hoped (the lack of a shop is a disappointment) the sheer number of
> modules now is very impressive.
>
> More news here:
>
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1662.html
>
> Remember, this is a company that came along to ukha2004, gave a demo,
> and listened to what we had to say, they added XPL support to their
> product as an example...
>
> They still have the big issue of the look of the switches, which
> unfortunately haven't been changed, but maybe if something a large as
> the ukha community got interested we could persuade a little bit of
> development there.
>
> Lets face it, the majority of X10 modules are not exactly pretty
either.
>
> I'm putting on my fireproof jacket now, let me know what you think.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve