M Allen
Amazing flexibility and control at a great price
I've been part of the Alexa ecosystem since it was premiered, and current use it to provide voice home control over my entire house. However, there are situations where a wall switch just makes sense. This switch is extremely easy to program using only the Alexa app on your phone, and its 4 buttons allow you 8 discrete controls operating an unlimited number of devices or groups though a separate short and long press option on each button. The buttons are removable from the wall mount by simply pulling them out of the switch (they are held in place by magnets). This gives you a small, handheld remote you can use anywhere in your home with access to your network.In my case, I have 3 major shared and personal areas I need easy control of - my living room, office and master bedroom. So I set up one button for each of these, with a short press turning them all on and a long press turning them all off. (I could have set up just one click to toggle the llghts on and off - but this wouldn't have easily addressed situations where lights were already turned on individually by voice.). The result, three buttons let me control a total of 31 lights. This allowed me to use the forth button to run a good night (single press) that handles my end of day functions - turning off lights, engaging security, setting thermostat temp, turning on external lights and enabling motion sensor lights - as well as a good morning function to reverse these settings, turn on my master bath towel warmer and warm up the floor. And setting all of this up (using existing routines) took under 20 minutes.Setup is simple, just unbox, update and open the Alexa app on your phone, then pull the clear plastic tab that engages the battery - then follow the directions on your phone. Mine connected to my home network without any need to enter passwords, bluetooth selections, or download skills. About as close to true plug and play as you are likely to see in home automation.Wiring switches into your light switches can be a time consuming and frustrating affair, and a lot of existing remotes are not easy to program and liable to fail with supporting skills cause issues. This remote makes it simple to program and just stick on your wall with adhesive strips in a matter of minutes. If you can set up a routine on your Alexa app, you can program this remote switch.i see tons of potential uses for this remote and have already ordered 4 more. At this price point, it offers an outstanding functionality with a very low bar to entry in stepping up your home automation options. I also quickly found I could easily label each button using my label maker for ease of use and zero-training for users.One of the best deals in programmable switches I have seen for the Alexa ecosystem, I highly recommend this device.Ver másVer menos
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