Consensus on the best appliance control. Lightwave, ZWave, etc

[palmlodge]

Christmas has come around again and I find myself stuck controlling lights and trees, as my modified RFXCom unit failed during the year and it was going to be far too costly to repair. Not only that it was a nightmare to implement because of the heavy customisation to get it working with the UCM Ethernet. So I find myself looking for a new method to remotely control appliances.
I require Comfort to control plug in 240v appliances, not lighting as I have CBUS.
What\'s the consensus here on the best system today? I have a spare UCM/Ethernet now, but I\'m not against a 12v Comfort switched system over CAT5 to locally control a 240v unit but I didn\'t find anything (shame).
LightwaveRF?ZWave? (I\'d need to buy the UCM tho, I\'d rather not)X10 very unreliable in my house, so discountedAnything else?
Looking to all your experts out there!
Thanks

[palmlodge]

Any success with using Samsung SmartThings Hub (therefore allowing Alexa control) or similar? The SmartThings hub can then control a variety of devices and would seem to be a potential option - if Comfort can fire off commands from the UCM Ethernet?

I see this thread on Smartthings, but that\'s to expose uPnP devices to Comfort - I only want Comfort to send out commands, not receive http://comfortforums.com/view_topic.php?id=4534&forum_id=27&highlight=smartthings

[palmlodge]

A CE approved 240v of this would be a good way to control over CAT5 direct from Comfort http://www.powerswitchtail.com/Pages/default.aspx

[slychiu]

You can use this device with a Comfort output and relay, right?

I think UCM/zwave is suitable for simple switching

[palmlodge]

First options would be via the Ethernet UCM I have otherwise it\'s wasted.

[palmlodge]

Has anyone attempted to send commands to a Samsung SmartThings hub? That system can talk to many many devices so opens up a huge ecosystem to Comfort, including ZWave, Amazon Echo, etc.

Is this possible?

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Insteon

[palmlodge]

Insteon is far too costly

[strickers]

Velbus?

[palmlodge]

I have CBUS already. Need is for plugin modules to be able to be moved anywhere (ie wireless control)