TREATLIFE Smart Switch 4 Pack, 2.4Ghz WiFi Light Switch Single-Pole, Neutral Wire Required, Works with Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings, Smart Home Remote Control, FCC Listed

My motivation for Smart Switches was the ability to have some automations and be able to close the light without going to the actual room. Firstly I wanted my Porch Light to turn on as soon as someone rings my Video doorbell. Also, I often left lights on in rooms before going into the next room and it was a pain to go back to the earlier room to switch it off. These switches addressed both my requirements. I was able to set up Automations to turn on Porch Light on the Doorbell Ring. I also was able to integrate the switches into Alexa so that I can turn off the lights on Voice Commands. I was also able to set up automations to turn off lights after a certain time. After researching several different switches, I chose the Treatlife product as it has an excellent review rating and is competitively priced. One of the important points distinguishing these from KASA switches was the unlimited amount of automations that you can setup on these switches. KASA limits to three automations. Product was well packaged with clear instructions (including images) and necessary components for installation. It had Foam in between to prevent switches from rubbing against each other as well. The First install took me around 45 minutes. This includes connecting to WiFi and linking with Alexa for voice control. The next two switches I was able to install in 40 minutes though most of my time was spent in cramming all the wires into the very limited space available in the Junction Box. With two switches, it takes quite a bit of effort to cram everything in. The last switch gave me some problems while connecting to WiFi but I restarted the switch and then it was able to connect. I wasn't able to use the Wall Plates provided with the switch as my installs were all on 2 gang wall plates. I bought some inexpensive ones from Amazon. I would have liked them to have the option of including single Gang Plates or Double Gang Plates. The look and feel of the switch is excellent. The switch has a nice button with a small depression. The built in LED light glows when the switch is off which helps locate it in the dark. The only cons I felt about this would be that the whole switch feels very plasticky. I would have preferred the part with the screws to be metal similar to my old switch. Overall a very good product. I am pretty sure, I will be buying more of this switches to install around the house.

General info about the switches: Let me start off by saying this is not a paid review. I had been looking for a smart switch for a while now that was reliable, cheap, and easy to use and install. I found it with this switch. This switch is a single pole switch and can be used on any type of light as long as the total usage does not exceed 1250W, 10A or 5A on incandescent. I installed 3 of the 4 so far. One is in the kitchen on a florescent fixture, another is installed on the back porch used to control some incandescent flood lights, and the last was installed to control just a ceiling fan alone, not the lights since they are on a 3-pole switch. Well it has been two weeks since they have been installed and they have worked flawlessly. Every switch comes with a pack of wire nuts to easily intergrade them into existing wiring, and every switch comes with a screw less face plate as well, which was a nice added bonus. Smart Home Integration: Getting these switches integrated was easy with Alexa but not as easy as it was with google home. First you download the Smart Life App, I am using an Android, once you have created an account just tap the + button in the corner. Follow the steps and it will set up within a few minutes. There were two things I noticed when setting up: 1. If you have a home network that is 2.4ghz and 5ghz that share the same name, SSID, and the device chooses the best bandwidth for the connecting device, you will have to separate the bands to get these to work. Not really too big of a deal and by no means a deal breaker. 2. The rapid blink set-up would not work and I had to use the slow blink method which requires you to connect your phone/tablet to the switch then enter in your SSID and password. Again, not really an issue but I am glad they have thought of multiple ways to get it connected to your home network. As for integration into the individual apps be it google or Alexa; google home was easier. When setting up in Alexa it would not find the switches automatically and I had to scan the network and add them into individual groups one at a time, again not really a big deal just a few extra steps. For google home, I selected add device and It found every switch at once and integrated the name they we called from the smart life app and automatically grouped them. Overall thoughts on the Switches: I am glad I chose Treatlife as the smart switch for my house. It does everything that their site lists and more. It was easy to integrate and looks loads better than what I original had in place. I have not had a chance to test out the scheduling that is built into them but will in the future. I will be ordering the other varieties they have as well, the dimmable ones and definitely a 4 pack of the 3 pole ones to control the light on the fan that already has the single pole one.

I was pleasantly surprised with the product itself. The build quality is quite good. It is made of plastic and looks great installed. I also like the fact that it comes with a nice high glass white plastic switch cover that hides the installation screws. Once installed it was very easy to setup and pair. Each switch paired the first time. The app is surprisingly very user friendly and is quite well designed. I was not expecting the app to be as fully featured for this particular product. You could set scenes and automations straight from the app. Connecting to Amazon, Google Home, and IFTTT was quite easy. I will say installing 3 of them in a single Gang box was quite challenging, but that's no fault of the light switch. It was a matter of space and how many wires I had to connect in the gang box as the switches were side by side in a 3 gang box, and it took me several hours because I had to connect 8 wires with a wire nut on the Neutral. I finally had to strip more of the neutral wire back so I could wrap it around the bundle of Neutral wires...and that's not too easy to do since the neutral wires are solid copper. I don't think you can find a better deal for a set of 4 smart fully featured WiFi switches. I will definitely be purchasing more of these and the 3-way WiFi 4x switch set.