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Pros & Cons
Pros
The best part about this digital switch is that it's half the cost of another intermatic in-wall dial/mechanical timer switch. No more flipping down tiny little switches on a mechanical dial.
Screen is tiny and text small, used magnifying glass but successful setup is a once and done deal. Take a moment to read the instructions to save yourself some frustration and unnecessary head scratching.
With a sophistication rivaling the celestial mechanics themselves, this 7-day programmable sunrise sunset timer stands as a testament to human ingenuity. It elevates your living space to the echelons of modern marvel and abject hedonism. Not content w... Read More
Cons
Topgreener website has no instructions. The instructions are fair with only a faded diagram for 3 pole install. On amazon there is a video with incomplete instructions that haven't worked for me.
This timer is the least user friendly unit i have ever tried to set. It needs to be reprogrammed with each change in daylight savings. The panel does not stay lit like other models, it only comes on when you depress the door/button.
These batteries are low quality and not replaceable. I think the defiant brand models are a bit sturdier and better designed.
Highlights
Quality
The programming video with the product pictures is straightforward and helpful
I replaced the existing failed defiant timer with the topgreener
To use this product basic wiring skills may be needed
For those having problems with daylight savings you might not have selected daylight savings with the initial programing
Packaging/appearance
Easy to program after you enlarge the instructions sheet
Competitiveness
I installed it in place of an existing 3way switch
I replaced my intermatic iw600k inwall timer
Overview
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easy, great, set, sunset and sunrise. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 938 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2023.
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Buttons and numbers are very tiny
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If it holds the program when we lose power will be the clincher
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All my other controllers are battery operated therefore dont require a reset when power goes out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The thing is not super difficult to install but not easy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Intermatic timers like this come prewired and the wires are color coded
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The product description and most of the user comments on the duskdawn capabilities are very confusing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wanted to decide the level of darkness or light that turned the switch on and off
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt want to depend on when the switch thought dawn and dusk were
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