Morning,
I've just picked up my HC3 as an old HC2 user here in Au.
It's got some way to go, but if you are going to be sticking with Fibaro, and the controller you are looking at upgrading isn't mission critical, then I would suggest getting one whenever you can afford it, Oh and make sure you will have some time to get to know it.
I have replaced the HC2 in my home as it was getting unpredictable, it's local, and it isn't mission critical to me. The old unit was unreliable enough that even if it isn't fully functional it will be less stress. My Home HC2 was very old though.
The one at the farm I will wait until things are improved, and more is implemented and stable before upgrading as it controls some high end kit, I'm very comfortable with it, I have some complex scenes that I will need to rewrite, and I use it remote.
The hardest part for me is recreating my old, and developing new scenes, block and LUA have both changed, and learning how not to do what you are used to, in conjunction with not knowing if something is fully implemented yet, is super painful at times.
Downsides for me ;
Having no Google integration is painful, I became very used to asking little miss to turn my lights on and off or run a scene. It's not working and is supposed to be.Got it working
It is still riddled with annoying things. A lot of the functionality isn't all there yet.
It is basically the old roller coaster that some of us are used to, the dizzying highs and the terrifying lows, of expectation v reality.
Upsides;
Transfer of most devices was pretty painless for me. I had to tweak a few and remove/add a couple of weird bits I have.
Each new release and update is exciting again. ( what will be fixed what will be broken )
Speed & range are vastly improved. The HC3 is, comparative to my old unit, super responsive and the additional range of the upgraded chipset is welcomed.
The new interface is .. painful, but only took a short while for me to get comfortable with and I think of that as an improvement now.
The future of the unit is pretty solid, once we all start to get onboard with it and start pushing it, it will be a killer unit.
As with the old one, Fibaro aren't going to win a lot of fanboi's until the community starts to make it into something special.
That's my 2¢
Cheers,
al.