Amazon Basics Smart Dimmer Switch, 3-Way, Works with Alexa Only, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, No Hub Required, 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.

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 connect with your device without any problems. Well worth the money and the quality is great. I would recommend using these switches from Amazon.

I HAD WEMO switches. As far as app and Alexa integration, unreliable. These are different. So nice to have the switches so responsive and I haven't had a hiccup yet. The only thing I haven't figured out yet is setting them up to pow on and off randomly for vacation. Cheaper, easier to set up and more reliable.

I’m a 79‑year‑old grandma of nine, who loves anything tech related. My home runs on 11 Echo devices and 17 smart plugs, so adding one more smart gadget felt like a natural next step. The kitchen has a deep garden window that becomes the perfect display spot for my cherished nativity set each Christmas—visible, admired, and safely out of reach. The problem was the overhead light, which created a harsh glare on the scene. Since I’ve had great success with Amazon smart plugs, I decided to try a smart switch. I hadn’t replaced a switch in about 40 years, but after watching an installation video (and learning about the now‑standard fourth wire), the process was surprisingly simple. My previous experience only covered three‑wire switches, but I’m proud to say the fourth wire and I are now on friendly terms. Setup was effortless. The switch automatically connected to my Amazon account and Wi‑Fi, plus programming it to turn on for an hour at dawn and again from dusk until 10 PM was straightforward. The design is thoughtful and the quality is exactly what I’ve come to expect from Amazon. I keep the light dimmed during its scheduled times, but when I need full brightness over the sink, a quick tap on the wall switch brings it right up. As I had hoped, my nativity display looks better than ever. I’ve already ordered another switch to replace the outdated programmable timer that controls my outdoor Christmas lights—the one with tiny buttons, tiny print, and a habit of forgetting what time it is, and cost me twice as much as the Amazon switch.

I have over 20 of the three way dimmer switches installed all over my home. A number of them as a single pole, four pair in three way installation. Below are my experiences over the last few months. Hope it helps others. Single pole switch application – Switch A to Light physical application - Unconnected to Alexa works as expected – Turns on and off manually, dimmer works in multiple steps - Connected to Alexa works as expected – Turns on and off with voice control, dimmer works in multiple steps Three way switch application – Switch A to Light to Switch B physical application - Unconnected to Alexa Doesn’t work as a normal three-way switch 1. Turn the light on with switch A – One has to press twice on switch B to turn the light off. The first press takes over the control from switch A, hands it off to switch B – Second press turns the light off – Same applies vice versa 2. Dim the light with switch A – One has to press the dimming control twice on switch B to control the light. The first press takes over the control from switch A, hands it off to switch B – Second press controls the light - Connected to Alexa – Really doesn’t work 1. EITHER switch A or switch B connected to Alexa but NOT BOTH – Let’s assume switch A is connected to Alexa to explain the situation (really doesn’t matter which one) a. On and off as well as dimming will work as long as you ONLY use voice control (pretty much like a single pole application) b. If you manually control (on/off/dim) the light with switch A , voice control works as well (pretty much like a single pole application) c. If you manually control (on/off/dim) the light with switch B, voice control is simply disabled. I suspect because the Alexa connected switch is unable to take control over from switch B – You have to manually turn the light off with the switch that isn’t connected to Alexa to reset the situation 2. BOTH switch A, AND switch B are connected to Alexa – You have to give the switches each a name, say L1 and L2 a. You do NOT create a group to pair the switches together. i. You can voice control (on/off/dim) the light calling for either L1 or L2. ii. If you start with a switch (say L1), you should end with that switch as well. As an example, you can’t say turn on L1 and turn off L2. iii. The dimming is questionable at best. You can say what you want but the dimming controls are physically limited to high and low iv. The voice/manual limitation persists. Voice and manual control (on/off/dim) have to happen on the same switch. If you voice control L1 followed by manual control L2, you have to go back to L2 and turn off L2 to reset the situation b. You DO create a group to pair the switches together; say Living room to include L1 and L2. i. You can voice control (on/off/dim) the light calling for Living room ii. The dimming is questionable at best. You can say what you want but the dimming controls are physically limited to high and low iii. The voice/manual limitation is hap hazard. The installation can go into a total inconclusive state where lights are stuck on being on at a random brightness. The only way out is to pull the reset level from both switches and start the whole installation over again (connect switches to WiFi and so on)

It works. I have tried many of the cheaper brand dimmers that Amazon sells because I used a lot of them for a new house build we did. While spending more than $50 each on Lutron or Leviton does work well, I needed something cheaper. The issues you will run into will include the dimmer making an irritating buzzing sound, interference between one dimmer and another of the same kind and not getting smooth or complete dimming. I bought and tested these Amazon Basic Dimmers on some 6 and 8 inch LED wafer lights and it worked perfectly, no buzz, no interference and immediate recognition by Alexa to boot. At the price point I needed, these were solid, dim well and look high quality. Thumbs up!

-------- Another update April 2025 Fantastic when it works but it is an unreliable product. Every few weeks it stops responding to Alexa. I try once or twice per day to go through the set up procedure, after 2 or 3 days it will reconnect and work for another few weeks. Next time it happens I'll only try to redo the setup on one of them. I moved a WiFi (amazon EERO 6+) access point and get full bars on my phone near the switch. Echo Dot on the dresser next to the switch reports Good signal and a download speed of 97 Mbps. I am a handicapped senior and being able to ask Alexa to turn on the light when I have to get up in the middle of the night is an excellent use case for these products. ------- Stopped responding to Alexa Feb 2025 After 7 months I knocked off two stars because both switches stopped communicating with Alexa. I tried everything I found online. Technical support said they would process a refund, which would have been nice but an electrician costs more that the switches to install them. Turns out they never did issue a credit probably because it was too late. They did not seem to have any inclination to troubleshoot. Nice product but evidently they are unreliable. ---------- Just bought it in Aug 2024: I like it. It took 5 min to install the first one and about 2 min for the second. I especially like that I didn't need another unvetted foreign app on my phone to use it. When Amazon comes out with their branded dimming lamp plugs, I throw out or give away the ones I use now. Letting Amazon set up the device on shipping meant all I had to do was come up with a better name than "first switch" and assign it to a room. The only downside is dimming LED lights is ..uh.. non-linear. The difference between 5 and 10% is greater than 50 to 100% but it was the same for the dumb dimmer switches they replaced. I believe it is a featurew of LED lights. A suggestion to the software geniuses at Amazon: it be nice to be able to use light meter app on my phone to calibrate a lumen output to dimmer percentage. --------