Wow, I cannot believe it has been over 5 years since I first bought my Vera 2 and came onto this forum to 'learn' how to get my Vera 2 working as advertised. Most of the time, I thought I was more of a Beta Tester than an actual consumer with a finished product... I should have collected a paycheck... many, many, many hours spent LUA scripting, troubleshooting, designing programming logic, algorithms and plugins simply to get Vera 2 to function properly as advertised.
It was not all bad, had fun doing it, and I absolutely love the Open Source platform along with this great forum/user community. Without this much needed forum, I simply do not see how MiCasaVerde could have stayed in business. Are any of the 'old heads' still around here on this forum such as AP15e, Shady, TimALLs, BIG517, 325xi, guessed, strangely, woodsby, futzle, and/or obot?!? If so, I send my "hellos" and many, many thanks and much appreciation. You people rock!!!

My question, the reason I am poking my head around here once more... I have seen some of the newer Vera units and UI out on the market currently and I am wondering if it is the same old same old with MiCasaVerde as it was when Vera and Vera 2 were out. Are the newer Vera units similar in headaches and frustration as the Vera 2 units were/are? Or has MiCasaVerde made some much needed improvements over the years? I mean with
Google Home coming out and
Amazon Echo already out... it seems these Vera units are bit behind the power curve these days. I've thought long and hard about simply putting the money out for Crestron, toss my Vera in the trash, and be done with it. After my first experience with Vera 2, I do not trust any of MiCasaVerde's fancy advertising on their website. Any thoughts about the latest Vera units? In your own opinion, are they worth it?
What is the best Vera unit out right now? Is it the Vera Plus? Anyone with a Vera Plus on here? Does it work as advertised or do you still have to monkey around with it, somethings work and most other things do not? I'm just curious. Thank you all for any responses.