Mercury 350.113 | Remote Control Mains Socket Adaptors | Set of 3, Black

Solid, not too big and effortless. Bought these to centralise the cupboard lighting switches in our kitchen and they are absolutely perfect.I have fitted under and over cupboard lights on both sides of our kitchen, plus I recently added plinth lights.That would have been 6 switches to use every time.By grouping them on plug sockets, it's now down to only 3, but still, a pain.But here's the clincher! You can programme these as you want.Now from one button, we turn each light set on or off as desired (I used buttons 1-3), but also, I have programmed number 5 as an "ALL" switch, so with one click, we turn them ALL on or off. The best of both worlds. So simple. Really impressed.Programming is simple. Press a switch on a socket to turn it on. Then press again and HOLD it until it switches back off. Then press the "On" button on the remote control, for the number that you want it to respond to. Simples.Repeat for each socket, and, if required, do it again, but using the same "On" button on the remote when you want to group sockets to a single button (like I did with button 5).Never used them before. I had them unpacked, installed and programmed within 5 minutes.I can see me buying several of these sets.

i love this! best thing i bought this year! bought initially for all Xmas lights around the house, but now that xmas is over, i plugged it in to all my table and floor lights as well as for air fresheners around the living room and dining room. No need for normal lights anymore. if i was to leave the room at night, and want all the lights off, i dont have to walk in the dark upstairs after switching the lights off in oposite ends of the room from the mains. so i can get to any room i need, then with remote just switch the whole house off from my bed, this also helps a lot in winter morning when its dark as all the lights can be turned on as i wake up so no need to run around in the dark looking for light switches. i suppose thats more of a review with it working with lights but then as a device, i had no issues at all and i had it for 7 months now. quick set up as well. each socket has a button so can be controlled without remote etc. i also have my garden lights on with it. the mains being in the garage, remote allows me to turn everything on without actually walking into the garage! i think i will be buying loads more as you can pair more sockets to it and that just allows you to control so many things around the house. good quality and brilliant gadget!

Having used these kind of remote controlled sockets for what must be 15+ years I'm leaving a few notes to assist others.Previously I've used both "self learning" sockets (like these) and ones set with dip switches on the socket and the remote. Self learning switches require you to hold a button on the socket down to sync to a button on the remote and can lose settings thru a power outage. Dip switches are set for good regardless of power but can be more tricky to set up initially.I ordered two sets of 3 sockets rather than 1 set of 5. The picture (at this date 15th Jan 2015) still shows a remote with 5 pairs of buttons but the remote bundled is different to that shown and has only 3 pairs of buttons. As it is common to buy sets of 1,2 or 3 with a remote with more buttons this is not an unfair expectation.The same remote is shown with both 3 and 5 sets of sockets.My plan was actually to have 2 sets - to use some sockets in tandem (turn say 2 lamps on in 2 places) and still have 4 left over for individual sockets elsewhere. And to have one spare remote for if one is broken or lost. The fact that the set of 3 currently DOES NOT come with the 10 button switch meant I had to resort to using both remotes - not a terrible idea if one set is only lights but the other is power to your tv/blu ray player etc (as long as you label em).The sockets arrive preset (to each of the three button pairs) and have stickers on the reverse numbered 1,2,3. The sockets themselves ARE interchangable from pack to pack and can be used with other remotes (once synced). The two remotes (I tried) send different signals so one remote can control all six sockets (as long as several sockets are synced to the same button). So button 1 on remote 1 isn't the same signal as button 1 on remote 2. The plugs and remotes in each pack appear to be numbered differently (eg 1056,1061) but with matching codes.Programming the sockets is simple if initially confusing. Sockets I have used before will sync to only 1 button on the remote at a time. Programming another simply cancels the first. These sockets will sync to all 3 buttons even though each button is emitting a discrete signal.To reset or program a socket to respond to a given button (assuming the socket is plugged in) the user holds the yellow button on the side down for 3 or more seconds (it doesnt matter if it is off or on). Once the button on the socket is released the next "on" button pressed on the remote is received and stored by the socket. Pressing the same on button once more will then power on the switch.The instructions provide a poor explanation as to how to un-sync a socket (or button) as they fail to explain how the set up is working.It appears that each socket can hold 3 distinct signal codes and these are written in a rotating sequence. Therefore if you take socket 1 when it arrives it will (should) respond only to button 1. You may then play around see if you can operate it from button 2. The socket will now respond to both button 1 and 2. If you now also learn from button 3 it will respond to all 3!How to get it only to respond just to button 1 again? Just make it learn button 1 again another 3 times. This fills the memory with 3 codes all the same.Size wise they are small enough to fit in most multi-sockets side by side which is important (if you've ever had to sling an extra four way in just to have two of these side by side...).Build looks cheap n cheerful about as inexpensive as you could make. Remote is clicky with bright LED and does the job. Note - uses the small (half size) 12v batteries which hopefully will last forever (like my old remotes).Range appears good and will easily respond from a neighbouring room or remote pointed in the opposite direction to the sockets.

Bought these for a showroom with lit signage. The plugs for these signs are buried behind numerous display panels and it was rapidly becoming a nightmare to switch these on and off.This solved the issue quickly and simply. Sometimes 'smart' plugs are not needed (like in a workplace) and this is a good middle ground.Easy to identify which plug corresponds to which button on the remote (they are identified with stickers) but as we wanted them all to come on at the same time, I set up two full sets (10 plugs!!) to all come on with button '1' on the remote. This works most of the time (I have some issues with one plug- it's the furthest one away and I suspect I am on the edge of the range) - for this reason I have dinged a couple of stars from the remote category.By holding the button for a couple of seconds on the remote, it works reliably though!