Amazon Basics Smart Light Switch, Single Pole, Works with Alexa Only, Voice Control, Schedule, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, No Hub Required, Easy to Install, White

I have at least one of all the Echo devices and numerous switches and plugs by various manufacturers. My home is pretty much as "smart" as I can make it (or want to make it). I tried several manufacturer's switches and the best, most reliable, easy-to-install are by Eufy and Amazon. The most important thing to know is how they respond to a power failure or the internet going down. I have tried switches that you have to basically reset or re-install them individually if you get a power failure. They should come back up quickly and work as though nothing happened when the power comes back on and the internet comes back up. For that reason, I never use smart light bulbs.....when the power goes out, they are ON when the power comes back up. Apparently Eufy no longer sells switches and plugs, but if you have an Alexa environment, Amazon switches are great. They pretty much self install. I only have single pole switches, so I have no experience with the 3-way versions. I have had a lot fun playing with smart switches and plugs and Alexa routines. They turn on my coffee in the morning, control my garage door opener, my gate, cameras, and my thermostats.....and a lot of other things. There are some fun things you can do as well. For example, some years back I bought an old stop light at a recycle center. No circuitry, just the frame with the lights and reflectors. Never done much with it. You can buy a little circuit board that lets you flash the lights in various combinations, but bleah....I wanted it to FUNCTION in some way. As you know, stop lights have a red, yellow, and green. What if I could use Amazon switches and Alexa routines to make it trigger on the garage door? Hmmmm... I purchased three switches and mounted them in a little wooden box and wired them to the three lights in the stop light, calling them "Red", "Yellow" and "Green". The "box" just plugs into the wall providing power to the switches. My garage door opener is controlled by a Meross smart opener. That is, I can open and close it with the Meross app or by Alexa voice. It also supports Alexa routines. I can trigger a routine by the door opening or closing. Cool! I created this routine called "Stop Light" to trigger the lights: When: Garage Door (the name of the device) is unlocked. Alexa will: Red will power on Wait 5 seconds Yellow will power on Red will power off Wait 5 seconds Green will power on Yellow will power off Wait 5 seconds Green will power off. The timing here means that the stop light turns green just as the door is fully open. My wife was delighted! LOL! Love these Amazon Basic Switches. Their plugs are great as well. Pretty much standardized on these.

If you have Alexa, then this is the way to go. Inexpensive and Easy peasy setup!! FYI, the instructions do not explicitly show you how to integrate the 3-way Amazon switch to an existing multi-switch circuit. But it can be done with minor modifications. I installed one on an existing 3-way/4-way/3-way switch circuit for outdoor spotlights. Works great! I was using WEMO devices. They’re expensive and constantly disconnected for no reason. I threw them all away.

These switches work great with Alexa and in my smart home. I have installed 14 Amazon switches (combination of 3-way dimmer and 3-way switches) over the past 30 days. Hardest part for 3-way wiring is always figuring out which wires in the electric box go to what. If installing a single pole (non 3-way), it is pretty straightforward assuming you have ground and neutral wires in the box (check before ordering, as no way to install without them!). If installing as a 3-way (all of my 14 but one!!!), you need to be handy with a tester and tracing wires. For all of my circuits, I used one Amazonbasics smart switch and one standard 3-way switch (I used the AmazonCommercial 3-Way Paddle switches.) No need to use 2 smart switches on each circuit. Since I was installing so many, I thought I would save a few bucks and buy some of the 3-way smart dimmers from Amazon Warehouse. DON'T DO THIS!!! IT ISN'T WORTH IT!. Apparently Amazon Warehouse takes back the switches that customers can't figure out and ships them right back out without testing. This wasted SO MUCH of my time. Most of these were missing faceplates, screws, wirenuts, or all of the above. One dimmer switch would control my lights, but not connect to WiFi. A second dimmer switch would talk to WiFi/Alexa, but not send power to the load (light). A third box contained a single pole switch, even though I had paid for a 3-way and the box showed it was a 3-way. It was also missing everything except the switch and instruction manuals. I tried to exchange the two defective switches, but the only option I was given was to read lots of articles on how to troubleshoot! When I replace the switch with an identical one that works, and then try the defective switch in another circuit that was working, I don't need to read articles. It's a bad switch! :( For comparison, I have some Gosund smart switches that work very well also, but they require a third party app to set-up and communicate with Alexa. These Amazonbasics switches work directly with Alexa and make set-up and operation seamless. I'll use and recommend Amazonbasics to anyone using the alexa environment. Again, I am thrilled with the new Amazonbasics smart switches that I installed. They work great and I will purchase more and recommend these to everyone I talk to. I will NOT purchase these switches through AmazonWarehouse again.

Very easy to install and use. Was able to follow the instructions for installing and hook up to wifi and my iPhone. Everything comes with kit, switch and cover plate.

Compre el switch por la garantía de ser de Amazon, sin embargo, batalle un poco en el uso correcto del mismo en la app de Alexa, ya que por mas que lo intente hacer funcionar, no podía. Investigando, encontré la solución, hay que cambiar la dirección de tu cuenta a una dirección de Estados Unidos, haciendo eso, se habilitan otras funciones en la APP de alexa y permite configurar el dispositivo, ya que, con una dirección mexicana no es posible configurarlo.

Hagan caso a las reseñas de Mexico.... no funciona. Tengo 5 y las luces se prenden solas, se desconfiara de la app de Alexa solo, no se apaga en ocasiones. Tiene buena calificación pero para opiniones qué no son de México.

Es un excelente producto , en la caja viene con todos los accesorios para su instalación ( tornillos, etiqueta de señalizado de cables y conectores) el único inconveniente es que no se puede conectar con app de alexa si vives en México. Esto confimardo por las personas de soporte de alexa.

Ok - this is a very good product, but it has one catch that is completely necessary to document much more clearly. IT DOES NOT WIRE LIKE A NORMAL THREE WAY SWITCH! In a standard 3 way application, you need two Three way switches wired in a specific way with the load. You CANNOT wire this switch into that configuration. Instead, the smart switch acts as a Load "controller" and the other switch in the circuit is like a "Toggle Trigger" - and NOT like a regular 3 way switch. In fact, you do not need a three way switch here, you just need a regular single pole switch, since the Smart Switch uses this the voltage on the Traveller wire to trigger a 'toggle' of the state of the light. I am NOT an electrician and your local code may vary and I am not liable for anything you do after you l read this review, but this is how I wired my switches and they work perfectly now. FIRST TURN OFF POWER TO YOUR CIRCUIT. MAKE SURE YOU TURN IT OFF. DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF AT THE BREAKER, STOP RIGHT NOW AND GET SOME HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 1. Locate the switch that is 'closest' to the load - by this I mean, out of the two boxes that contain switches in the 3 way application, locate the one that DOES NOT have the direct line coming in, but instead has the LOAD (light or appliance) coming into it. This is where your Smart switch will go. The existing switch will have two 'traveller' wires - they are usually black and red and are connected to terminals on either side of the current three way switch - next to each other. They are connected on either side at the same position, usually marked COMMON. One of them will become "Line" for your Smart Switch, and the other will be a 'Traveller' but in this situation it is more like a 'Voltage Trigger'. Mark the lines with the stickers provided in the package - One "traveller" (the black one if they are red and Black) gets marked with LINE, the Other (Red) gets marked with TRAVELLER. The appliance line (the other line connected to this three way switch) is LOAD. The White Is Still Neutral, and the Green is still Ground. 2. In the OTHER switch box you will have three wires coming into the 3 Switch there. The two on COMMON terminals (2 next to each other) should be the same colours (i.e. one RED, one BLACK) as the ones you just labelled in the other box. NOW THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT - The wire you marked as a "LINE" in the first box will NOT connect to a switch. The third wire coming into that Switch is the live 'LINE' for the circuit - you will connect the wire you marked as LINE (ideally BLACK) from the COMMON terminals to this wire, and then into the line on a regular Single pole (i.e. non-3 Way) switch. Then you will connect the wire you marked as TRAVELLER (the RED) to the other terminal on this regular switch. This regular Switch will act as a Trigger for the Smart Switch in the other box. Configured this way, the Smart Switch will draw power on that line you labelled as "LINE" from the old three way circuit. The remote Switch will act as a trigger that the smart switch will use to decide to toggle itself on or off. Once set up this way, everything works well - the remote switch functions the way a normal 3 way switch does, and the smart switch works properly.