Stephen Turner
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2022
It pairs easily with Alexa via zigbee router. That was the easy part. The dimmer is completely inconsistent. I'm not sure the developers even tested this. I tried to get it to work with dimmable LED string lights. Don't waste your time.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
Unit will randomly shut off the light, at which point it becomes unresponsive to Alexa. However, if you shut off the lamp, using the lamp's own switch, and turn it back on, the light lights up and it remains responsive to Alexa until the next random time it decides to flake out. I will be buying a different brand next time.
JMC
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022
This paired and worked with Home Assistant easily. Used an incandescent bulb the dim function is fine. Used my dimmable led under the counter lights they flicker. I'm very unsatisfied with the dimmable function of this product.
Megan
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022
I know I should've read the description closer but I bought this without having a hub and it worked as a switch but did not have the ability to dim. Once I upgraded my Amazon Echo 1st gen to a 4th gen (which acts as a hub) it works great. The bulb and lamp I bought were just too bright for my current room. The dimmer allows me to put it to 50% and it's perfect.
J6
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2022
Use with alexa with no issues, dims lights well and works very quickly via alexa. And one of the easiest set ups without needing to download more crap apps!
claude angers
Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2021
I bought this dimmer switch to control one of our LED lights. The lights flickered when dimmed. There is also a way to interface with a mobile device which never worked in the first place. The instructions to connect with the mobile device are incomplete. I sent back for a refund.
andre
Reviewed in Canada on November 24, 2021
envoi rapide ,très facile a coupler, fonctionne très bien avec hilo et alexa , un bonchoix pour une prise zigbee
Bruce B
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021
I have a floor lamp with 5 arms and dimmable bulbs. After moving I could not find the dimmable remote I had been using so purchased this one. Two issues buyers should be aware of:1 - It always flickers if set to 100%, but is fine at 95%, and there is no "range adjustment" as with some wall mounted units I have from another company.2 - Setting it to low values, like 2% for use as a night light, doesn't work as it did with the dimmer I cannot find. 5% works reliably but is a bit brighter than I want so I found after leaving it set to 5% for a few minutes I can lower to 3% and get reasonable results. Setting directly to 3% for some reason does not work.As a retired electronics systems designer I know this is about design and component tolerances. Once I find the original switch I will swap this one out and use it elsewhere where the brightness issues are not a problem.
Andrew M.
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2020
This item works seamlessly with the Alexa system, and was extremely easy to setup. The functionality in the Alexa app allows the ability to turn off and on, and dim by voice with Alexa. The routines settings, allows you to put smart functionality and automate your life (turn on at dusk, dim the light at midnight, turn off at dawn).
Casey
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
This product is great. I use it to adjust the brightness of string lights I have around my living room and it easily controllable with my Echo or the Alexa app on my phone. I had originally purchased a different brand of dimmer plug and it was a nightmare. I returned it and bought this item and it was so much better. I was able to get it set up easily on the first try and it has operated perfectly since.
Roberta
Reviewed in Canada on October 11, 2019
Had trouble setting up, but it just needed to be reset, and the instructions explained how very well once I read them.
jp1980
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2018
Works like a charm with my Echo. Use it to dim a large plug-in floor light that has way too many small bulbs to get as individual smart bulbs. Nice feature to have the other side of the plug still be a normal plug. Frees up an extra outlet!
Iaian7
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2016
The GE Plug-in smart dimmer is exactly what I was looking for: an easy way to use existing or specialty bulbs (such as incandescent or LED based Edison style bulbs) alongside the rest of my connected bulbs using the Philips Hue bridge (it's all ZigBee, it should work!).After cycling through every single wireless channel with attempted touch link and force pairings (even resetting the GE dimmer to factory defaults and trying again), I couldn't get it to link up to my system. Upon further research, I discovered the GE dimmer uses the Zigbee Home Automation protocol (version 1.2), while the Philips Hue system is only compatible with ZigBee Light Link (not sure what version). It is simply not compatible unless Philips upgrades their system to ZigBee 3.0 and implements the combined ZHA+ZLL protocol. I hear the hardware is compatible, it's just up to them if they want to or not...and given their current stance on third party expansion, it seems unlikely to happen.Philips Hue users: look elsewhere, this won't work for you.Everyone else: no idea if it'll work or not.Three stars for a lost evening of futile troubleshooting and poor clarity regarding what "ZigBee compatible" actually means.