re: GE Z-Wave products dying one by one.

I just replaced two of my Gen1 GE smart switches. Design is different, hopefully improved. The first switch died about 4 months ago. The second switch went out after a power outage 3 weeks ago. The lights ended up blinking in an unusual pattern which led me to look into the switch failure. Appears this is a common failure after power surges. Again, hoping the design has improved to prevent these failures.