My Smart Light Switch comparison
In a recent video I compared a bunch of different smart light switches to see which ones would be the best for my smart home.
Here are the details of each switch and how I scored them.
| Brand | Model | Protocol | Price | Gang | Needs Neutral? | Installation (1-5) | Build Quality (1-5) | Dimmable | Idle Power Consumption | Pairing Method | Acts as router? | Works in HA | Alan’s Arbitrary Score (1-10) | Notes |
| Moes | WS-EUB | Zigbee | $23 | 2 | No (Optional) | 5 | 2 | No | 0W | Hold down button for 10 seconds | No | Yes | 6 | Feels cheap and plasticy. Loud clicking when you press it. No noise when you turn it on and off remotely. |
| Moes | WS-EUD | Zigbee | $40 | 2 | Yes | 5 | 4 | Yes | 0W | Press button 6 times and hold on the 6th until the lights flash | Yes | Yes | 7 | Feels well built. Touch button works most of the time. Dimming controls are unintuitive. Very flaky in Home Assistant |
| Aqara | H1 EU | Zigbee | $50 | 1 | No (Optional) | 4 | 5 | No | 0W | Press and hold the button | No | Yes | 9 | Very well built. Feels nice to the touch, not at all cheap. Does annoyingly click when the relay goes in and out |
| Aqara | H1 EU | Zigbee | $50 | 1 | Yes | 4 | 5 | No | 0W | Press and hold the button | Yes | Yes | 9 | Very well built. Feels nice to the touch, not at all cheap. Does annoyingly click when the relay goes in and out |
| Candeo | C202 | Zigbee | $46 | 1 | No (Optional) | 5 | 5 | Yes | 0.4W | Press button twice and hold on second time | Yes | Yes | 10 | Amazing! A drop in replacement for any dimmer |
| Lonsonho | X804A | Wifi | $14 | 4 | Yes | 5 | 4 | No | 0W | Use Tuya App. Needs cloud | N/A | Uses Tuya integration | 4 | Feels very cheap. Need to press it in just the right place to make it work. I don’t want a Tuya cloud device |
| Yidi | YD-WS-T2_EU | Wifi | $23 | 4 | No (Optional) | 5 | 1 | No | 0W | Use Tuya App. Needs cloud | N/A | Uses Tuya integration | 2 | Barely worked. Needs to be pressed in the exact correct place to work. Absolute garbage |
| Sonoff | T3-UK | Wifi | $25 | 3 | Yes | 5 | 3 | No | 0W | Needs ewelinkapp | N/A | Uses Sonoff Add On | 6 | Seems fine. Cloud account was a deal breaker |
| Sonoff | NSPanel | Wifi | $75 | 2 | Yes | 5 | 4 | No | 1.6W | Needs ewelinkapp | N/A | Uses Sonoff Add On | 6 | Could be fun! Physical switches seem a bit dicky |
| Shelly | Various | Wifi | $38 | 1-2 | Various | 3 | 5 | Some | 1W | Local Wifi | N/A | Yes | 7 | Physical switches feel really cheap. Hard to fix in some UK back boxes |