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Price: $49.95
(as of Oct 02, 2025 22:59:56 UTC – Details)
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Reviewer: Steve in Monterey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works great in a two-way application, but tough to fit in the box
Review: For my use, in a 2-way (single switch) circuit I have to give this 5 stars, with just one caveat. The instructions were clearer than on another brand, using typical terminology rather than obscure letter codes. It connected very easily to my thread network and operation is perfect so far.The caveat is the size of the box behind the switch. Electricians commonly run extra wires through wall boxes to give then a place to make junctions. They could use separate boxes, but that would be more expensive and less accessible. In real life these boxes get crowded. I had to spend quite a while rearranging and bending wires before this device would go all the way into the box. It was only possible because it was a double box and the other switch is a more compact old-style switch. Two of these would not work.I know that a good relay takes space, but surely there is a smaller option. The thread radio and other logic parts take hardly any space.
Reviewer: Grumpy Engineer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Update: These switches become unreliable as network grows. In desperate need of firmware updates.
Review: When you start out with a small Homekit-over-Thread network, these work well. However, as the Thread network grows with more devices, Matter-over-Thread devices join and add Matter controllers / clients from other smarthome systems to the shared Thread network – then these switches start to become increasingly unreliable. I believe this is more of a Homekit-over-Thread protocol scalability problem as other Homekit devices suffer too, but these Eve switches also develop a tendancy to *hard lock up*.They stop responding to local control, and the two-finger reset mechanism does not work. At this point the only recourse is to cycle the circuit breaker for the room. My photo in this review is from a switch in this locked-up state. It is on and cannot be turned off locally or via remote control. A breaker flip was required in this case.The unfortunate thing is that they do have a firmware fix for this but they only give it to a select few people. They had Matter-over-thread firmware (which fixes this particular problem) certified in March 2024, and again in August 2024. But no, you cannot have it.Their support is near useless. When you have problems like this, they’ll reply with boilerplate responses about how they’re rushing to get everything out, but nothing that actually helps.It’s hard to not be bitter at this point. The products had so much promise as a premium product line. But for now, I’m avoiding them at all costs. The company desperately needs to solve its release cycle problem. Withholding certified firmware that fixes actual bugs for 6-12 months is absurd.If anyone else is looking for an alternative, I am very happy with the Inovelli matter-over-thread switches.[Original review, 4 stars]I bought these for several reasons, including to fill in some gaps in a Thread network. They work well and the Homekit support is solid.I’d love to give them a 5 star review, but I have challenges with installation due to their size.1) They are not small switches. Fitting them in junction boxes can be quite a challenge.2) The pigtails require wire nuts or wago connectors. This compounds the size issue and makes it even harder to fit them in a box. It would have been quite a bit easier to fit it all in the box if they had screw terminals instead of pigtails.3) As a result of space constraints, it can be a challenge to get the surfaces lined up so that they look presentable. I’ve been able to do it, but it hasn’t been fun at times.They are hyper sensitive to touch. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing but they can be triggered by the brush of an elbow through thin clothing when walking close by. This is something that can be accommodated for and isn’t much of an issue for us. Some might find it irritating.For me, I still miss the Insteon switchlinc style rocker panel controls – even though they were unreliable. I had hoped that these might win over my heart but they’re not quite there for me. The Eve touch controls definitely feel like they will stand the test of time.In other words: a solid, reliable switch that feels like it will last, but installation can be a bit of a pain.
Reviewer: Anis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works great with Home Assistant via Matter
Review: Installed in one of my bathrooms to automatically control my bathroom fan and so far so good. I don’t like the placement of the ground wire and I don’t like the fact that there is no physical feedback when turning on the switch (it’s touch sensitive) but other than that it works well. I am using it with Home Assistant and 3 border routers (apple TV, homepod mini and nest hub gen 2). I’ve been slowly replacing my wifi devices with zigbee, zwave and more recently matter over thread and I find it to WAY more reliable than WiFi.
Reviewer: tommy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy installation, works excellent
Review: It’s been absolutely flawless , any who have ran a smart home knows the struggles for many devices , while yes this is just a light switch has never had any connection issues or lost contact with home hubs , little over a year of use and simply works turning any old light circuit into a smart circuit ,
Reviewer: Juliet M.
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The good, the bad, and the UGLY – read before you buy the Eve switch for 3-way circuits
Review: First let me explain the rating and then I’ll tell my experience with these switches.I rated it over 3 characteristics taken individually, and then used the average as the final rating:1) The good:Operating in a single circuit containing only one switch. Rating = 5.2) The Bad:Use in a 3-way circuit using one Eve switch and one “dumb” switch. Rating = 1The switch does work like a standard 3-way switch if you only operate it manually, that is by touching the device or toggling the dumb switch. But that defeats the whole Smart switch idea. The problem comes when you try to use the app (either Apple Home Kit or the Eve app). Sometimes you need to do each operation in the app twice before the state of the light changes, and the status displayed in the app is somewhat random. While Eve support always tries to blame this on your wiring, this happens even if your 3-way circuit is wired correctly. More on this later.3) The Ugly:Installation. Rating = 1The reason for this low rating is that the switch is very large, making it difficult to jam all of the wires and required wire nuts into any size box, especially if there are other switches colocated.So averaging these ratings and doing rounding, gives us an overall rating of 2.So here is my experience .First let me note that I researched a lot of switches and settled on the Eve. I liked the fact that it was basically Home Kit native. Also, I would only need one switch for each 3-way circuit. And it had a nice simple clean appearance. I also read a lot of reviews and did note that folks were experiencing the bad behavior I noted above.(needing to hit the app twice before the light changes state). But I consider myself tech-savvy and figured they must all be doing something wrong, so I purchased two switches to use in two different 3-way circuits.So I wired up one of the switches to the line side of the circuit and jammed all of the wires into the box, tested manual operation was OK, and then I immediately experienced the bad behavior when I tried to use the app. So I began troubleshooting, and decided to try it on the load side instead of the line side. I got the same result. So I carefully went over all the wiring in the boxes to be sure I knew which were Line/Load, Travelers, neutral, and ground on each end. I had it wired correctly. So I found a video on YouTube from Eve gmbh called Eve Light Switch (3rd generation) Installation Video. This video indeed shows how to install the switch by swapping the wires from the dumb switch to the Eve switch, but they never show the switch in use from the app. This is suspect to me, and gives me no confidence that these switches do operate as advertised. I know it is not my installation that is the issue as there are many comments on line from people having the same issue that I am having.So at this point I contacted Eve support via email and the next day (they are in Germany) and got the standard form letter response to check the wiring, find the neutral and so forth. All of which I had already explained in my original support request.Next they wanted a picture of the wiring. So I sent them a photo of the can of worms inside the switch box (which had another switch also in the box). I Identified all the wires, showing that it was wired correctly.They also said “This is not a typical problem”, but they clearly are not paying attention to the many comments and reviews on line stating the same problem. My though is that they think that the issue is an edge case and not worth it (for them) to pursue a fix.So bottom line was they finally agreed the wiring was correct and told me to get replacement switches from Amazon.Well, before I did that I decided to set up a breadboard 3-way circuit and test the switches I was using. I wanted to see if they would work in a situation where there was no house wiring involved and the connections could not be questioned. So just using open wiring I set up a working 3-way circuit and then replaced one of the dumb switches with the Eve switch. And surprisingly it worked correctly both manually AND with the app. So why doesn’t it work when I install it into my existing house wiring.Well here are my thoughts on that. I noticed that while I was using my digital multimeter to identify which wire went where, that there was AC voltage on some of the wires. These were voltages like 20.vac, 108.2vac, 5.3vac as an example. This is clearly voltage induced from other energized wires in the walls and adjacent circuits. While such induced voltage is normally not a problem, I am pretty confident that the Eve switch is sensing this induced voltage and using it to make decisions for its state machine and how it interacts with he app. Someone else on line had mentioned that capacitance in the wiring might also be a problem for the switch.It seems to me that they need to go back to the drawing board and build in some more intelligence and improved sensing so the switch will function properly in this mode. I think that anyone who has successfully installed these in a 3-way circuit which works correctly with the Home Kit and Eve apps does not have these induced voltages dancing around on the wires.So I am keeping them but not using them in 3-way circuits, just single switch circuits. I’m hoping Eve Systems will get busy and come out with a firmware upgrade to fix the issue.Regards
Reviewer: Paul L.
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: As soon as I heard that this switch supported Thread and that it could be used in 3-way configurations (without having to replace both switches), I bought this switch. I first tried replacing the switch at the load end connected to the light. The switch worked fine locally as a dumb switch, but in the app I had to toggle the switch multiple times before it would change state. Similarly, when I replaced the switch at the other end of he 3-way circuit, I had the exact same behaviour. If the light was off and the status was also off in the app, when I pressed the toggle in HomeKit, the light turned on. When I toggled the switch OFF in the app, the light stayed on but the switch in the app turned to OFF. When I preseds the toggle in the app to ON, the lights turned OFF but the status in the Home app was ON.I contacted Eve Support, but they didn’t provide any useful information or troubleshooting tips and weren’t able to resolve the issue. They simply gave me a link to the online manual. Very disappointed. I’ll be returning this switch.
Reviewer: Jose Rodriguez Lopez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: todo bien, lastima que la interface no permite colocarlos como ventiladores
Reviewer: A.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I found it fairly straightforward installEasy to set up on the software side as-well!You can create HomeKit scenes to have the switch activate a bunch of different smart things.But I would highly recommend you do a little bit of homework online, And look into one of your electrical Switches to see if you are a candidate. I believe new homes have a few wires that older homes don’t. And because of this, it’s very often returned: people tend to not realize until they buy it and try to install it, then realize it won’t work for them.The product itself is great!
Reviewer: Chris
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: These light switches are great in single pole setup. Can be finicky in 3 way. I have used Leviton/Eve and Lutron Caseta Diva switches, and Lutron is far more solid and easier to use.I also have an Eve camera in my driveway, and its connection can be spotty at best.
Reviewer: Scott Hoover
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I am surprised that this switch was shipped. I purchased this knowing it was used but this is a bit much.
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