GoKawiilSwitchBot Smart Switch 4.5 / 5 Very good pros and cons Pros Can push and pull switches, for total bidirectional control
Nothing to wire into the mains and no electrician needed
Works with or without a hub. Cons Fitment can be a little fiddly at times
The VHB tape isn't the best at sticking to curved surfaces
There's only one spare bit of tape in the kit. $24.99 at Amazon
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Home automation is a wonderful thing. I love that I can control so much of my life from my smartphone. But let's be honest, this automation also made me lazy -- so lazy that I now resent some of the simplest tasks.
Especially when that task is something as trivial as flipping a switch. Doubly so if some electrician put that switch in an awkward, hard-to-reach spot.
Well, good news: switch flipping is officially a thing of the past for me, thanks to SwitchBot.
As the name suggests, SwitchBot is a device that presses switches for you. (Yes, we've reached the point in human history where we have robots for button-pushing. What a time to be alive.)
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