I’ve got to take Brendon’s side on this. Caseta is dirt cheap, as solid as Ra2, and quicker and easier to get working. The only issue is the 32 device limitation. And with Ra2 he would have the same problem with range. The difference is that for a couple hundred bucks, he could add a wired extender in the shed.
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.