17 Best Light Switches

It is dif­fi­cult to imag­ine any room with­out a light switch. Their main task is to turn the light on and off, how­ev­er, a num­ber of mod­els may have addi­tion­al func­tions, and in terms of char­ac­ter­is­tics, despite their appar­ent sim­plic­i­ty, they may dif­fer. To help you make the right choice, below are the top 17 light switch­es for 2022 and tips on how to go about buy­ing the right one.

How to choose a good light switch

In order for the switch to meet your require­ments, you should pay atten­tion to the fol­low­ing impor­tant points.

Way of fastening and installation

All switch­es can be divid­ed into two groups accord­ing to the instal­la­tion method — built-in and over­head. The first ones look beau­ti­ful, but they are quite dif­fi­cult to install, and you should first make a seat in the wall. Over­heads are mount­ed sim­ply and a spe­cial­ly des­ig­nat­ed place for them is not required, but they also look less pret­ty.

The sec­ond dif­fer­ence lies in the fas­ten­ing of the wires inside. There are mod­els with screw fas­ten­ing, which are good for every­thing, except for the need to peri­od­i­cal­ly tight­en the screw. Screw­less ones, in turn, dif­fer in that they do not have any screws for fix­ing the wire, but they are also suit­able only for cop­per cables.

Control type

The ease of use of the switch depends on the para­me­ter, and there­fore spe­cial atten­tion should be paid to it.

1. Key­boards. The most com­mon and inex­pen­sive type, which is explained by the con­ve­nience of such switch­es. The posi­tion of the key deter­mines whether the light is on or off.
2. Cord­ed. This is a rather old-fash­ioned kind of switch that is rare today. How­ev­er, they can be handy in a child’s room where a tod­dler can reach high up to a nor­mal switch.
3. But­ton. The con­trol of turn­ing the light on and off is car­ried out by a but­ton, which always returns to its ini­tial posi­tion, and when pressed, it clos­es or opens the cir­cuit.
4. Sen­so­ry. The mod­ern ver­sion, where the con­trol is car­ried out by touch. Such mod­els look beau­ti­ful, they are com­fort­able, and can often offer addi­tion­al fea­tures, such as a timer. Their dis­ad­van­tage lies in the rather high price.
5. With built-in motion sen­sor. Use­ful mod­el for walk-through rooms. The light turns on auto­mat­i­cal­ly when the device detects move­ment, and turns off after a spec­i­fied peri­od of time.
6. With remote con­trol. Such switch­es have a remote con­trol or are con­trolled through a smart home sys­tem. Con­ve­nient in that you can turn the light on and off remote­ly.
7. Dim­mer. Such switch­es have the func­tion of adjust­ing the inten­si­ty of light, but they may not work with every lamp.

Other options

When choos­ing a switch, do not neglect the design, because it must fit into the inte­ri­or, and for out­door mod­els, the pres­ence of mois­ture pro­tec­tion will not be super­flu­ous.
It is believed that the switch is such a sim­ple device that you don’t have to wor­ry about the man­u­fac­tur­er, how­ev­er, there are emi­nent com­pa­nies on the mar­ket that have proven them­selves well. Among them are Schnei­der Elec­tric, Legrand and ABB.

Single-key

The first part of the rat­ing tells about the best sin­gle-gang switch­es, which are the sim­plest and most inex­pen­sive on the mar­ket.

1. Schneider Electric GSL001061-GSL000861 GLOSSA

The one-but­ton over­head switch from Schnei­der has a rock­ing key and is placed in a spac­er on the screws. The wires are fixed in it with screws, it has a mat­te sur­face, the mod­el is avail­able in a huge num­ber of col­ors and is suit­able for AC wiring. The case is made of plas­tic and has IP20 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, which means that the mod­el is par­tial­ly pro­tect­ed from dust. Its nom­i­nal volt­age is 250 V, and the cur­rent is 10 amperes. Dimen­sions — 71 * 71 * 38.5 mm.

Advan­tages:

• man­u­fac­tur­ing qual­i­ty;
• beau­ti­ful appear­ance;
• easy instal­la­tion.

Flaws:

• not found.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergei G. The floor wood looks great, the qual­i­ty is high, the goods arrived quick­ly.

Name hid­den Good switch. Made repairs in the room and bought two of these switch­es. Com­fort­able not loud.

2. Legrand 672305 Etika

Flush-mount­ed rock­er switch with cov­er plate includ­ed. The mod­el is pre­sent­ed in sev­er­al col­ors, it is fas­tened with screws, its key is of a rock­ing type. The wires in this switch are screw-type. The size of the device is 76 * 76 * 44 mm, the case is made of plas­tic, there is IP20 dust pro­tec­tion. The mod­el is suit­able for alter­nat­ing cur­rent with a volt­age of 250 V and a pow­er of 10 amperes.

Advan­tages:

• inex­pen­sive;
• beau­ti­ful;
• easy to install;
• qual­i­ta­tive.

Flaws:

• not found.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den On the whole, it is wor­thy, there is no back­lash and the fas­ten­ings are excel­lent, but the plas­tic mech­a­nism does not inspire con­fi­dence, how­ev­er, the con­sul­tant said that this is a reli­able mech­a­nism. Decid­ed to believe him. Installed, every­thing is fine, smooth run­ning and a nice switch click, I rec­om­mend!

DUG Very con­ve­nient con­nec­tion with­out screws, you just need to insert the wire into the hole. Large selec­tion of col­or frames. Looks great.

3. Aqara QBKG04LM

The flush-mount­ed mod­el is sup­plied assem­bled and has a size of 86*86*11 mm. The device works with Yan­dex, Mail, Apple, Xiao­mi smart home, which allows you to con­trol it remote­ly, but the con­nec­tion requires the Zig­bee pro­to­col. Its body is plas­tic. Rat­ed volt­age — 220 V.

Advan­tages:

• pleas­ant appear­ance;
• work in the smart home sys­tem;
• work­man­ship qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• com­plex instal­la­tion.

Cus­tomer Reviews

lam­pok Works great, but the square sock­et is still hem­or­rhoids

Dmit­ry S. Haven’t con­nect­ed yet, but first impres­sions are good, I’ll add a review lat­er.

Two-key

The next part of the rat­ing is two-but­ton switch­es. They are con­ve­nient when there are sev­er­al lamps in the room and you need the abil­i­ty to turn on all of them togeth­er or only part of them.

1. Legrand 752405 Valena Life

The Legrand two-gang switch has an instal­la­tion mech­a­nism with an over­lay, which allows you to hide the mount­ing part. Fas­ten­ing is car­ried out on screws with a spac­er, wires are fas­tened with­out screws. The dimen­sions of the device are 75 * 75 * 45 mm, it is used to con­nect alter­nat­ing cur­rent with a volt­age of 250 V and a cur­rent of 10 A. Its case is made of ther­mo­plas­tic, there is IP20 dust pro­tec­tion.

Advan­tages:

• qual­i­ta­tive;
• easy to install;
• beau­ti­ful.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den The qual­i­ty of mate­ri­als.
Ease of instal­la­tion
The price on Yan­dex mar­ket is cheap­er.

Dmit­ry Smirnov Excel­lent build qual­i­ty, Reli­a­bil­i­ty. Con­ve­nient mul­ti-site instal­la­tion. Qual­i­ty mate­ri­als (Met­al flange, durable plas­tic mech­a­nism). Clear inclu­sion.

2. Schneider Electric GSL000151 GLOSSA

Two-but­ton mod­el with a con­sign­ment note for con­cealed mount­ing. She has rock­ing keys, screw fas­ten­ing of wires, and the switch itself is attached to spac­ers on screws. The device is used to con­nect alter­nat­ing cur­rent with a pow­er of 10 A and a volt­age of 250 V. The case is plas­tic, its dimen­sions are 71 * 71 * 38.5 mm.

Advan­tages:

• cheap;
• beau­ti­ful;
• easy to install;
• good qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• miss­ing.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alex­ey Petrov Packed in indi­vid­ual pack­ag­ing. The ter­mi­nal screws, when loos­ened, do not fall out of their places, and when tight­ened, they do not turn and firm­ly hold the cable cores. Excel­lent val­ue for mon­ey and qual­i­ty.

Max­im J. Made from qual­i­ty plas­tic. In a clas­sic style, it will cost well any­where. Easy to mount. You won’t find a bet­ter switch for the price.

3. Aqara QBKG03LM

This mod­el is sup­plied assem­bled and suit­able for con­cealed instal­la­tion. It has a rock­ing key mech­a­nism, screw fas­ten­ing of wires, and smart home sup­port. The switch has a built-in motion sen­sor, is rat­ed for AC 240 V and 10 A. It has built-in over­volt­age pro­tec­tion, the hous­ing is made of plas­tic and has par­tial IP20 dust pro­tec­tion. Its dimen­sions are 86*86*15 mm.

Advan­tages:

• per­for­mance qual­i­ty;
• beau­ti­ful;
• surge pro­tec­tion;
• smart home sup­port;
• built-in motion sen­sor.

Flaws:

• to work in the smart home sys­tem, an addi­tion­al Aquara Hub gate­way is required;
• expen­sive;
• com­plex instal­la­tion.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alex­ey Ski­ba Excel­lent switch­es with an ade­quate price, espe­cial­ly for pro­mo­tions. Ease of set­up, ease of automa­tion in the Aqara infra­struc­ture.

Alexan­der The sock­et box needs a square one. Or dis­man­tle the round one and trim it in the cor­ners with a per­fo­ra­tor. Takes 30 min­utes of time. To be put on two self-tap­ping screws.

Three-key

Three-key switch­es are a more func­tion­al ver­sion of mod­els with two keys. The best of them are pre­sent­ed below.

1. Schneider Electric GSL000131 GLOSSA

The three-gang switch with an over­lay for the hid­den instal­la­tion. It is fas­tened with a spac­er and screws, its keys are of a rock­ing type. The case of this mod­el is plas­tic with IP20 pro­tec­tion. The device is suit­able for con­nect­ing alter­nat­ing cur­rent with a pow­er of 10 A and a volt­age of 240 V. The mod­el has a screw fas­ten­ing of wires, its size is 71 * 71 * 38.5 mm.

Advan­tages:

• sim­ple instal­la­tion;
• qual­i­ta­tive­ly assem­bled;
• afford­able price.

Flaws:

• not found.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alexan­der Danilichev Easy to install, easy to press keys, hap­py with the pur­chase

Name hid­den Advan­tages:
Great switch for con­cealed instal­la­tion at home.
Flaws:
There is not
Soft key trav­el. War­ran­ty 2 years. Ser­vice life 10 years.

2. Legrand 672313 Etika

The Legrand Eti­ka switch has a mech­a­nism with an over­lay, which allows you to install it hid­den and hide all the mount­ing parts. It has a rock­ing key mech­a­nism, screw fas­ten­ing of the wires, the case is made of plas­tic. The mod­el has IP20 pro­tec­tion, its dimen­sions are 76*76*44 mm. Rat­ed cur­rent — 10 A, volt­age — 250 V.

Advan­tages:

• inex­pen­sive;
• easy to install.

Flaws:

• flim­sy keys.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alexan­der Bykov On the 3‑gang switch, the fas­ten­ing of the keys to the mech­a­nism is very flim­sy. Enough for 2–3 years.

3.Easy Tech

Pre­fab­ri­cat­ed hid­den type switch with touch but­tons and screw fas­ten­ing of wires. The mod­el can be con­nect­ed to a smart home sys­tem, it has a timer and con­trol of the inten­si­ty of the glow, which depends on the exter­nal light­ing con­di­tions, which pro­vides 360-degree scan­ning. The switch is designed for alter­nat­ing cur­rent with a volt­age of 220 V and a pow­er of 10 A. The body is made of impact-resis­tant glass, there is a back­light and ground­ing. The device is pro­tect­ed accord­ing to the IP44 stan­dard. The switch size is 86*86*25 mm.

Advan­tages:

• work in the smart home sys­tem;
• beau­ti­ful appear­ance;
• impact-resis­tant hous­ing with pro­tec­tion against dust and mois­ture;
• adjust­ment of the inten­si­ty of the glow;
• back­light;
• built-in timer.

Flaws:

• high price;
• com­plex instal­la­tion.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Slyusar Ivan I have been using smart switch­es from this man­u­fac­tur­er for more than 5 years (there was a Jin­voo brand before), there were no prob­lems for all the time, every­thing works prop­er­ly.

Alexan­dra. Did­n’t try with Alice. It works fine from the phone.

Smart

The next part of the rank­ing is smart switch­es that can be con­nect­ed to a smart home and con­trolled remote­ly.

1. ELARI SmartNRG Switch Double SWT-ZB/22

This mod­el comes pre-assem­bled and sup­ports duct or direct wall mount­ing. She has two keys, there is a remote con­trol, the wires can be fas­tened both screwed and screw­less. To work in a smart home sys­tem, a pro­pri­etary gate­way is required, work with Yan­dex, Sber, Elari and Mail smart home sys­tems is declared. The device has a plas­tic case mea­sur­ing 86 * 86 mm, it has a back­light.

Advan­tages:

• build qual­i­ty;
• back­light;
• smart home sup­port;
• demo­c­ra­t­ic price.

Flaws:

• addi­tion­al­ly requires the pur­chase of a gate­way;
• rather noisy keys.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alexan­der V. It is not put into the old glass “out of the box”, I had to take spac­ers from the old switch. But this is a ques­tion for a glass, not a switch 🙂

Name hid­den Con­nect­ed with­out N line. Works with Alice. Con­nec­tion via wi-fi.

2. HIPER IoT Switch T02G

An ele­gant back­lit switch with touch but­tons that sup­ports con­cealed instal­la­tion. This mod­el is deliv­ered assem­bled, it has two but­tons. Smart func­tions are pos­si­ble when con­nect­ed to a Yan­dex or Google smart home. The body of the device is plas­tic, its dimen­sions are 87*87*35 mm.

Advan­tages:

• easy to con­nect to the smart home sys­tem;
• back­light;
• per­for­mance qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• quite high cost.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Ana­toly Zhukov I installed it myself, in my case I was lucky that the switch in the same block with the sock­et, from it, took zero with­out any prob­lems. And now I just com­mand Alice. Beau­ty and con­ve­nience.

Max­im Ostapovich Every­thing was super fast and set up. Works good/

3. HiTE PRO KIT‑1

This mod­el is deliv­ered assem­bled and pro­vides for built-in instal­la­tion. It is made in ivory col­or, it has a plas­tic case with IP20 pro­tec­tion. The device can work in the on and off mode, and you can also set the auto-off timer. The mod­el is com­pat­i­ble with Yan­dex and Google smart home sys­tems.

Advan­tages:

• durable;
• easy to install and con­fig­ure;
• there is a timer;
• sup­port work in the sys­tem a lot at home.

Flaws:

• high price.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Swindler Con­ve­nience, no need to ditch the wall for wiring under the switch, you can place it any­where, with sev­er­al pieces, the sec­ond can be put under the pil­low.

LTS LTS Works great. But when installing, you need to put a new bat­tery.

Embedded

For those who want to achieve max­i­mum aes­thet­ics and are will­ing to spend time on instal­la­tion, recessed switch­es are the best option. The best of them are pre­sent­ed below.

1. ROXIMO SWBTN01‑1

Built-in mod­el with push-but­ton and screw fas­ten­ing of wires. It sup­ports work in the smart home sys­tem from Mail, Yan­dex, Google or the pro­pri­etary Rox­i­mo. The device has a timer and a back­light, its case is plas­tic, it can be con­nect­ed to a 220 V AC net­work.

Advan­tages:

• afford­able price;
• build qual­i­ty;
• con­nec­tion to a smart home;
• timer;
• back­light.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Shukhrat V. Every­thing is very cool, they work in con­junc­tion with Alice. The con­nec­tion is sim­ple, accord­ing to the scheme. In the kitchen there was a prob­lem with the flash­ing of the bulbs, although they were con­nect­ed with a capac­i­tor, but the prob­lem turned out to be in the bulbs them­selves, they were replaced with sim­ple ones and every­thing flew off.

Grig­o­ry Igi­tov I have been using it for a month, it always works through the Yan­dex sta­tion.

2.Arlight SR2-Hand

Ful­ly recessed switch with touch but­ton and 40*90*18mm plas­tic case. The mod­el is suit­able for switch­ing AC 2A, 230V. It comes with a 2m cable. The dis­tance to actu­a­tion is 5 cm.

Advan­tages:

• the abil­i­ty to make a com­plete­ly hid­den pow­er but­ton;
• rather high sen­si­tiv­i­ty of the sen­sor;
• ease of instal­la­tion.

Flaws:

• mar­riage often comes across;
• high price.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den Took for a lamp in the kitchen. Hid the sen­sor in the kitchen. Turns on and off with a delay of a sec­ond, there is a qui­et click, but it does not inter­fere at all

Anton K. I con­nect­ed every­thing accord­ing to the scheme, the con­tact is bad in the sen­sor block itself. Dis­ap­point­ed

3. Yeelight YLKG14YL

Built-in switch with three rock­er type push­but­tons and wire screw fas­ten­ing. This mod­el can work in smart home sys­tem from Xiao­mi. Her case is plas­tic, size — 86 * 86 * 39.2 mm.

Advan­tages:

• very afford­able price tag;
• smart home sup­port.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Vic­tor D. I still don’t under­stand why it’s need­ed. When you press the but­ton, the light comes on and imme­di­ate­ly goes out …

casi­no event Do not buy this prod­uct, it’s not con­ve­nient, plus if it’s not Smart from the word at all!

backlit

There are fre­quent sit­u­a­tions when in the dark you have to feel for the switch by touch, which for obvi­ous rea­sons is incon­ve­nient. To pre­vent this from hap­pen­ing, some mod­els are equipped with a back­light. The best of them are pre­sent­ed below.

1. Legrand 774310 Valena

The flush-mount­ed mod­el with includ­ed cov­er plate is equipped with one rock­er key. It is fas­tened to the spac­er with screws, the wires are fixed with a screw. The hous­ing is made of plas­tic, pro­tect­ed accord­ing to the IP31 stan­dard, in addi­tion, it is impact-resis­tant, scratch-resis­tant and UV-resis­tant, that is, the sur­face will not turn yel­low over time. Switch dimen­sions — 70 * 70 * 35 mm. The mod­el is suit­able for con­nect­ing AC volt­age 240 V and 10 A.

Advan­tages:

• afford­able price;
• sim­ple assem­bly;
• man­u­fac­tur­ing qual­i­ty;
• qual­i­ty body mate­ri­als.

Flaws:

• not detect­ed.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Vik­tor Chap­ly­gin I had to adapt dur­ing instal­la­tion — a tri­fle but unpleas­ant, yes, it’s not Legrand’s fault, but the seller’s…!

Per­fil­iev Vladimir Quick­ly deliv­ered to the Yan­dex Mar­ket, but as it turned out, it only works in one direc­tion …

2. Schneider Electric ATN000113 AtlasDesign

The mod­el with a hid­den instal­la­tion due to the com­plete over­lay has one rock­ing key. The device is made of ther­mo­plas­tic and has IP20 pro­tec­tion. The switch has a back­light, its size is 71*71*40 mm. Cur­rent con­nec­tion is pos­si­ble with a volt­age of 250 V and a pow­er of 10 A.

Advan­tages:

• afford­able price;
• build qual­i­ty;
• ease of con­nec­tion;
• back­light.

Flaws:

• not detect­ed.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sasha D. Instead of the ordered switch, they put anoth­er cheap­er one with­out an indi­ca­tion of inclu­sion, now they are forced to fill out an appli­ca­tion for a return and order again. do not rec­om­mend the store

Name hid­den Plas­tic and build qual­i­ty. and a very dim back­light diode.