“To give my honest opinion, my background is construction/building traits. Is a smart switch better is the question? Truth be told I was perfectly fine with regular switches. Changing them in or out was not difficult. The only easy thing with the smart switch is if you have to change out or replace it with something else, you don’t have to deal with the wires. We live in a lazy world that has no need to gain knowledge so I can see where this could be a good thing.
Truly, that’s really the only benefit I see. To get the smart switch it’s like 3 to 5 times the cost of a regular switch, So I’m not really impressed in that. I had to replace a Smart switch and I’m glad I had another smart switch available So I didn’t have to wait for the other shipped one to get to me. I would have expected no issues with this smart switch much longer than a year. I had issues with it back in October November of 2024. I replaced three smart switches with the ones I could turn off with the app. Those ones I like better but again they cost 3 to 5 times at least more than an average switch would be. You do get a good benefit that you can turn it on or off via phone.
I’m not very impressed with it except for the switch I’m able to turn on off via my phone. I would like to help market these, but I would like to have more time with them and preferred more of the light switches that I’m able to program via cell phone.
Sorry it’s not as favorable as you would like and expect. I’m giving an honest review.”
“I originally purchased two of the Deako astronomical switches but were to difficult to program-even by Deako tech support! So-they offered these two switches as an alternative and the work perfectly. ON at dusk (or earlier) and off at dawn (or later if u prefer). Suggest Deako DROPS the astronomical switches from their line up”
