AIBU to hesitate about getting a smart meter?

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When we were switching energy tariff in October there were some discounted deals which depended on installing a smart meter. I researched it and selected a First Utility tariff, mostly because they were saying they expected to start installing 2nd Generation Meters early in 2018. I don't particularly want a 1st Generation meter, because if we switch supplier again my understanding (which might be wrong) is that it will revert to being a dumb meter.

The T&Cs on our current tariff say we have 6 months to arrange the smart meter installation or we lose the discount. We're now coming up to the 6 month deadline, but we haven't done it yet because they still only have 1G meters, and now aren't expecting to install any 2G meters until the end of the year.

So, if we don't want to lose the discount, we need to install the 1G meter. It's a free installation, so perhaps we have nothing to lose - but if we install it that might stop us getting a free 2G installation later (our current T&Cs say the free installation only applies if you haven't had one before).

Has anyone else been round this loop? Am I being unnecessarily hesitant?

I should add that the blanket use of the term radiation is misleading. Smart meters connect to a wireless network, as do mobile phones, home broadband routers, networked laptops/phones/tablets/printers etc.. This is electromagnetic radiation, as is light, microwave radiation (in ovens) and infrared (old-fashioned TV controllers), and the jury is still out on the risk to health of these. The danger element in radon is its emission of high-energy alpha-particles, a.k.a. hydrogen ions, which is something completely different to e.m. radiation, and its risk to health is well understood and documented..

I’m not intending to get one until forced, but then I live alone so am solely responsible for the amount of energy I use, and only use what I need. And I’m quite capable of reading my own meter.
If anyone can think of how one would benefit me given my circumstances, I’m happy to reconsider.

We have air vents 2 on each side on all four sides with crawl space underneath the floor. It's very draughty when it's windy. Our house was built in 1865.

If you change supplier it might not send them the readings. We had put in when we believed we had to a few years back when we had a contract with SSE. Two months later we swapped to npower and they can't receive the readings and so we still have to read the meter/have it read. We don't use the handset. Wouldn't do it again.

If you change supplier it might not send them the readings.
Ours didn't send readings to the supplier who installed it until we complained about getting meter-reading reminders for the first couple of months!