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Review on Lutron Maestro MACL-153M-WH LED+ Dimmer Single/Multi Pole White For LEDs, Halogen & Incandescent Bulbs by Doug Twilights

Revainrating 5 out of 5

My new favorite dimmer

This is my new favorite dimmer. I bought a whole bunch of FEIT R30 bulbs from Costco. I had some dinky little LED dimmers from the previous owner that were a tiny slider on the side of a standard toggle switch. The bulbs would flicker in any position, infuriatingly only after you walked away from the switch. This dimmer is a high quality piece--the ears break off nice and clean for multi-gang boxes, and the insert terminals on the back are great. It has a series of green tiny LEDs on the side to indicate relative intensity of the light setting. You can program this thing with all kinds of stuff, like soft fade on, fade off, resume at last setting or always resume to full power, etc. The lights might give you the impression that it only has about 10 increments of dimming, but it actually is very widely variable and can hold all kinds of dimming intensities, from barely on to 95%. I love be able to bring the lights down very low at night just so I can see in the kitchen without bumping around but also not messing up my night vision. I get zero flickering at any level, and that was a particularly nice surprise because I checked the huge list of compatible bulbs, and most FEIT products were on there but not my particular bulbs (and I have 20 of them). Fortunately, it works fine. I think this is the best dimmer around--it feels nice, and can do some really fancy things that make your room feel more expensive--just something as simple as a soft-on! I'm a fan. This is not cheap but it's worth the money.

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  • The switch may require a professional electrician to install