230V Wireless Lights Switch for Light - No Wiring RF Electrical Wall Light Sw...

Written in 2024...installed 2022 These have been superb and 100% reliable. In a renovation of a 1960 building which had been rewired by the previous owner in 2005. The electrician had laid trunking down to light switches. These simply enabled me to shorten the runs to permanent connection and the at the light rose fit the receiver. Trunking gone and light switch relocated to wherever I please. I have over 10 of these units in my home for two years. Never a issue easy to install . I totally recommend.

The video on Amazon that accompanies this purchase gives a near perfect example of how to install and pair this product easily and safely. I read other reviews that mentioned battery life and making sure your wiring was in the correct way and it worked first time. As a side note if you are competent enough I would advise any armature DIY enthusiasts to install this product for thr following reasons. Several years ago I paid 2 electricians (cowboys) to install a similar product in my loft for my landing light. They charged me a very high rate for a very simple wiring job. Now I’m converting the loft area I’ve seen the multitude of sins they have left behind as the cut through old wiring and left it up there and also left a live feed for this light switch bare and unprotected. Inevitably as we inched our way around the loft area cutting away the dead wires we came across this little beauty a shrine to their incompetence, which literally blue up as soon as I touched it because it was badly installed, because lofts especially ones that are not converted can hide a multitude of sins from unscrupulous tradesmen. Now I’ve ordered and installed and fitted this item it in a timely manner myself, I don’t have to worry about short circuits or risk of a fire occurring. The battery issue I’ve heard is a concern because as far as I’m aware the only way you can remove the front panel easily is from the rear of the unit. However once it is installed via screwing it to a back plate, this could be troublesome to do in the future, so I’m hoping I haven’t got one of the dud batteries in the switch unit others have complained about. Also great push and clip fittings for the wireless unit and as mentioned earlier the video help file that accompanies this installation is an accurate representation of how to install this unit safely. If only all electrical appliances that require wiring were built this way, DIY would be far less tedious and problematic. For all of the above and piece of mind is the reason I’ve given this product 5 stars and felt compelled to write a rather lengthy review.

Good quality and reliable

I have several of these wi-fi switches and they all work exceedingly well. The oldest of these is one I installed in my bathroom to replace the old pull switch. That was about 6 years ago and it's still working perfectly.. Easy to install, easy to use and the wi=fi has a really good range. I will buy more of these switches as the need arises and I recommend them.

What a great find these switches are, My wife wanted an infinity mirror in the bathroom, I said I would look in to it (no pun intended) but I was unsure about a switch for it. Bathroom light switches have to comply with 'Bathroom Electrical Zones and IP ratings as they pertain to BS 7671. I didn't fancy another 'pull cord' type switch. To cut a long story short, This switch came to the rescue. Once fitted and paired to the 'module', it works great, is safe and I get a gold star. I am now looking for other areas where I can fit these devices.

I had an outside PIR security light that had packed up. I decided to swap to a manually switched light instead I fitted the light and popped the thinkbee receiver in the external wiring box. Then paired it to the remote and popped the remote by the back door. The kit comes with the excellent WAGO connectors. Only downside is that the kit doesn’t use an earth so no earth connector is supplied meaning I had to find a connector to connect house earth to lamp earth. A quick tap of the remote turns the lamp on, another turns it off. Fantastically easy to install.

Once installed this works fine, but the installation process wasn't straight-forward. Initially we thought the issue was pairing the receiver with the switch, but eventually we realised the battery provided in the switch was dead. Not very easy to extract the battery as it was hidden behind plastic casing. But once replaced it paired quickly. Overall not as good as another brand that I used previously which didn't require a battery.

It's always amused me that the very light in the house you need to be quiet is the bathroom where a loud clunk-click in the middle of the night really isn't appreciated and yet quiet bathroom pull cord lights are as rare as hens teeth. In fact the manufacturers bizarrely seem to go out of their way to make them loud. So this is a simple fix and easy to do. They say the switch is IP66 and I doubt it though the internals have a degree of protection but it doesn't matter as you're pretty unlikely to get a shock from a three volt battery.