No one method is best for all. I use the individual motion detector switches because I have multiple areas spread out around the basement with absolute view blocks. Each circuit is in a particular area with an array of 2X4 fixtures. Working 100% by myself there is no need to illuminate 72 tubes when just a handful will do.
I had thought of placing five switches at the head of the stairs but did not want to climb the staircase to flip switches when I moved about the work spaces, or I did not want to run additional 4-way lighting circuits for control which would include the direct outside entrance.
All is good.
