SwitchBot Smart Electric Motorized Blinds Kit - 3Pack with 2.4G WiFi Remote Control, Solar Powered, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home and Siri, Light Sensing Control, Unlimited Group Control

The media could not be loaded. I’ve installed four of these SwitchBot Blind Tilts in my home — purchased a three-pack and a one-pack — and couldn’t be happier with them. The one-pack I purchased was a ‘kit,’ also containing Switchbot’s “Hub Mini,” which is a necessary addition if you want to control these via your smart home controller — Alexa / Google Home / so forth. Mine are controlled through Amazon Echos via Alexa routines.Installation instructions are clearly written and the necessary bits and jigs to insure correct alignment are included with each blind tilt in the form of cardboard templates with adhesive. You align the cardboard template with your tilt wand, attach it to your blind’s headrail with the template’s adhesive pads, and it shows you precisely where to attach the wand clamp and the motor mount for a correct fit. At first, opening the package, installation looks daunting, but it’s really quite simple. Just read through the instructions and you won’t have any problems.Others have mentioned trouble keeping these units charged. I haven’t experienced any problems, and all four of my blind tilt units are on a north-facing wall. It’s true that the solar panel doesn’t keep their batteries at 100%, but this is to be expected when the panels are facing north and get zero direct sun. When I first installed these I installed the solar chargers on three but did not install the solar charger on the fourth. After a month, the three with the chargers were at 78% battery, the one without was at 58%. So even facing north, the solar chargers provide a small charge, helping to keep the batteries up. I charged these unit’s batteries to 100% prior to installing them and own a supplemental battery for my iPhone. It’s a simple matter to unplug the solar panel’s USB-C connector from the unit and plug the battery in to top off the blind tilt’s battery. Would it be better if the solar panels did all the work? Of course. But there will always be these minor issues with any tech, and honestly, this is so minor it’s inconsequential.My ONE problem with SwitchBot Blind Tilt was with the unit’s bright whiteness. I have mahogany blinds in my living room and honey maple blinds in my bath. The white motor and wand clamp stood out and not in a good way. I’ve painted mine with solid color deck stain to closely match the blinds and now I don’t even see them. If you want to paint yours, prior to painting tape up the wand clamp and the bottom of the motor unit. The wand clamp contains a latch-release with very close tolerances. Any primer or paint in that latch will make it unworkable. Learn from my mistake — I spent about an hour with an x-acto knife trying to surgically scrape off primer to get the latch operable again. Just tape the clamp portion and leave it white. The bottom of the motor unit contains a button you press to connect the unit to your network. This also needs to remain unpainted, so tape that too before priming. The attached video shows these two areas. Start with a bonding primer and follow-up with the paint or stain color of your choice. Lowe’s sells “sample size” deck stains quite inexpensively. Stop by and pick up a deck stain color sheet, take it home and match your blind color with that sheet, return to Lowe’s and pick up your sample size can of stain. I used solid-color deck stain, but any paint or stain will work.One final note: Alexa only has the ability to close the SwitchBot Blind Tilt with slats facing DOWN. This was unsuitable to me. Here’s a simple fix: in your final installation step — the calibration of the unit — when the app instructs you to fully open the blinds DOWN, fully open them UP. And when it instructs you to fully open them UP, fully open them DOWN. Alexa will now close your blind slats in the UP position and you have shown that you are the master of your domain.I have mine opening at sunrise and closing at sunset every day through Alexa routines. I couldn’t be happier. For the price, these bring automation to existing blinds very cost-effectively. Go for it!

Purchased the Switchbot blinds with hub mini.Here is my review. First after reading through other reviews I unpackaged the units and immediately charged the units for about 6 hours (much easier to charge prior to installation). Then I installed the unit, very easy to install. I didn't time my first installation but the second install to less than 5 minutes. The calibration takes less than a minute.The feature set is great. I originally just set a time to close on the first day and open them through the app in the morning, worked perfect. The second day I create an automation to open at sunrise and close at sunset - PERFECT. The feature set includes Time, Automate, close up, close down, light sensing, status of blinds (open or closed with percentage) as well as other features. The solar panel is a very nice touch and the app displays the battery status. One thing I would have like is a longer cable for the solar panel, I have a 3 to 4 foot overhang directly above the windows. I originally installed at the top of the window but didn't get enough light so I moved it down as far as I could, works better but I will just buy an extension cable to fix that issue. This is a great product. I was originally designing my own using an ESP8266 and a stepper motor. I would have spent more with less features so I bought this. THIS PRODUCT GREAT.Additional review of Switchbot motion sensor:Setup was simple since I already have a Switchbot hub mini. The sensor works well and has settings for short, medium, long distance and a light sensing feature which I am not using since my blinds are already dusk to dawn. The feature set is a little lacking. There are no unique tones so you have to use notifications from the existing ones on your phone. You can disable the sensor from the app but it’s buried a couple menus down and you have to turn it back on after it’s disabled, what I would have like to seen is a snooze button on the main menu where you could choose the interval ( 1, 2 ,3 hours.

Love these. I would like to put on all my big windows. I love the fact of waking up in the morning and my blinds are already open. The scheduler is the best. I'm definitely purchasing more when they go on sale.

It is a bit pricy, but cheaper than other automatic blind options. Easy to install after reading all the instructions or even if you don't read the instructions it is very intuitive what to do. As far as function, they are working great the battery seems to last a long time, but if you use many automatizations during the day the battery may last less, but the solar charger helps to charge when exposed to enough sunlight. I'm really glad I purchased these items. Initially, I purchased 12 tilters 4 hubs and 4 buttons, but I need to order another two more tilters. Now What I don't like from them is hat they don't open and close in a synchronize mode, or sometimes one remain either close or open, so I need to push the switch twice to activate the one or two missing tilters. The other thing that I don't like is that there is not a push and hold switch that allows to open or close as long as you keep it pushed. Per my talk with the developers they are considering this option, so I really appreciate if they make a switch with this functionality. All in all, I think this is something that everyone should have it if you don't want to open and close manually the blinds, like in my case I have 12 blinds that I open and close every day. Now they are set and I have different scenes during the day depending on the time of the day they close or open more to get more sunlight.