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Review on Transform Your Home With The Star Wars Talking Darth Vader Clapper - Wireless Clap Detection On/Off Light Switch For Ultimate Convenience And Smart Home Integration by Tony Beale

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Overall good good for me

I bought the clapper to control my light switch in my room. My view of this device is this: The Clapper makes good use of limited hardware but is also limited by design decisions.The Good:-It works as advertised-You can control it more silently by knocking on the wall of the outlet its plugged into (this could be seen as bad)-The away function makes it useful for other applications like a proximity switch-There is no LED constantly lit, this makes it good for a bedroom where blinking LEDs are unwantedThe Bad:-The design means that it will block access to a lower outlet depending on application, its polarized so it can only plug in one way.-The mic is on the bottom of the device instead of the top, most outlets are at knee level so it's facing down away from where you might try and control it-There is a fuse (good), but its not user replicable (bad). All fuses should be user replicable-There is no ground pin. I think this is a design decision to stop you from using an extension cord and other heavy loads. But it limits some genuinely good applications as well-It sometimes takes several tries to get

Pros
  • Does exactly what it is supposed to do however it hurts.
Cons
  • It may not be compatible with all types of light bulbs