I was really excited to turn my Leviton Load Center into a smart energy hub, but the LWHEM-2R left me feeling like I bought an early beta product. The hardware itself seems capable - those CT sensors clamp on neatly and the Wi-Fi connection stays solid. But the software experience? Oh boy.

Imagine wanting to check your home's energy usage like checking your phone's battery stats, but instead getting a daily fax report from 1995. That's what the 'one report per day' limitation feels like. When my solar panels were acting up last Tuesday, I had to wait until Wednesday to even see if the monitor caught the anomaly.

The breaker-level monitoring is particularly annoying. My old first-gen system showed everything at a glance - total consumption with a breakdown per circuit. Now I have to manually add up numbers like I'm doing my taxes. For a $2000+ system, I expected better than this spreadsheet approach.

What really stings is seeing the potential wasted here. The hardware could absolutely deliver Windows Task Manager-level detail for my electrical panel (great analogy from another reviewer!). But Leviton's software makes it feel more like a Fisher-Price 'My First Energy Monitor'. No Home Assistant integration either, which feels intentionally restrictive in 2023.

I'll give credit where it's due - support tried to help over several months. But when basic functionality like accurate monthly comparisons doesn't work reliably, no amount of troubleshooting calls can fix that.

My advice? Wait for Gen 3 or look at competitors unless you enjoy being an unpaid beta tester. This system isn't ready to be anyone's primary energy monitoring solution yet.