Jim
UPDATED-Very easy to upgrade just takes time to do it right
UPDATE:I pride myself on being unbiased and being honest with my reviews. My original review stands, these are still great switches and if I had to do it again, I’d still install these. However out of (now 32) switches in my house, one had issues. The small reed switch(?) used to toggle on and off the relay inside, or the relay itself failed. No problem I said to myself, I registered these for the 2 years warranty at the company, and one of these which operates a vanity light, wouldn’t engage. The click it makes is weaker than its neighbors. I reached out to support for an RMA & it took a week and a half going back and forth with support over email, wanting me to take the wall plate off, expose the wires, to take a picture and video to prove I wired this correctly, video it not working properly, and who knows what else they come up with. It had been installed for almost a year without any issues. I’m experienced with residential AC wiring & given the fact these were working for a year closed up in a 4 gang box with 31 other switches also working fine, they kept insisting. I am busy and don’t have time for the back and forth, and considering these are modestly inexpensive, I just bought a replacement instead of this extra run around. Be aware if you need support, it’s going to be a hassle. They did honor support for me in the past with bad light bulbs but I didn’t have time for the hassle for waiting for a reply after a couple of days in the middle of the night. I’m reducing my previous 5 stars to 4 for now because of the tech support grief.Original Review:I recently completed my project of automating the house’s lights. I used a mix of all Kasa switches, single poles, 3 ways, dimmers and even a 3 way dimmer. It was an investment even though these are somewhat cheap in a 3 pack, I needed up automating 31 light switches in my house (no joke). I bought a few at a time and took 5-6 months of the project a little at a time. Now I can control all the lights with Kasa and Alexa. I grouped them and created routines activated by voice, time (sunset/sunrise) and even event-based (turn on a light in the bathroom-it turns off automatically 10 mins later). The features of automating the home is essential now that I have the right devices!These Kasa switches are reliable and good quality. If you are confident to do your own work but not sure how to wire these (like the 3 way switches), the Kasa app shows you step-by-step how to do it. Very Nice!! I noticed right away the wires were tinned to give them a solid connection when wire nutting the switches. The setup was easy in the app being these are wifi, and they are very easy to operate. They come with a single gang cover plate, but in most cases I had 2-3 switches in a box so I bought other covers to have the same look and feel. I also got a cover to cover switches that should not be turned off like my yard floodlights or driveway camera. But I can still oowercycke them easy with the Kasa app or Alexa.Take your time to do the project. If there is any doubt on electrical-seek a professional. I’m a capable DIYer so I did mine on my own. The biggest problem with these was pulling out the neutral and ground wires which were never used for the old switches.The other biggest issue I had was how the builder’s electrician for the house building, was lazy about how things were chained together.If you tackle this project, invest an extra $20 ina voltage detector and a line tracer (the orange thing in my pics) this helps you trace which switch is powere by what breaker so you can shut them off. In some cases, I had 2 feeds into a box which powered one light or another, so it helps to spend the extra few $ to have a simple tool to be safe. Wire nutting is also important. Be sure your connections are secure!Ver másVer menos
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