SwitchBot Blind Tilt Motorized Blinds - Smart Electric Blinds with Bluetooth Remote Control, Solar Powered, Light Sensing Control, Add Hub Mini to Make it Compatible with Alexa & Google Home

Easy to install using the included templates. Quality build. Works very well. Setup with app was a breeze. Wish it came with a hub or was able to use other hubs I already have

Very flexible installation that adapts to many installations - I have it working on my vertical blinds!On top of that a super easy app to use and navigate and program. A very rare combo in the smart home ecosystem - highly recommend!

Honest review from a person who bought 16 of them.1) I am a smart home tech guy. I have nearly everything connected in my home, 150+ devices and connections. I will give an honest assessment and not from a know it all perspective.2) Installation is really easy. Clipping the gear on the wand is the hardest part and a pair of plyers helps.3) The app seems well built. I like the options for Scenes to build an automation for each blind setting across all blinds.4) Device groups is beta but honestly works fine if YOU ARE WITHIN RANGE.5) The app doesNOT connect to the blinds individually or in groups if you are more than 10-15 feet away. At all. Zero chance.6) Automations seem to work Ok From the app regardless of where you are. Setup a schedule and the blinds will work flawlessly. Want to open one blind from the app from your work? Nope.7) Hubs don't matter. By 11 or buy 1. Same connectivity.8) Buy the remote control. Same proximity issues as the app, but if you create a Scene to move all at once, it works great.9) I spray painted mine to match the blinds and they still connected the same.10). Does not play well with Alexa. At all. Don't bother. Just use the automation and schedules in the app.11) If you have 21 windows on your first floor like me and you want something that just works like clockwork on a schedule, with extremely minimal involvement ONCE setup, and you don't want to pay 350+ per window for something factory installed, this is for you. I would recommend if you are ehhh.. so-so savvy, but not for those who are technically inept.12) I have the window solar battery and after 6 weeks, they are about 15% depleted with 85% remaining. They move 3 times daily.. open, open more,close.

TL;DR: Customer support is excellent. Make sure to update firmware to v2.0 to 1) create groups of up to 4 devices and 2) get better solar charging. If your blind tilt mechanism seems to get stiff every 1/2 or full turn when the tilt rod is operated fully vertical, be careful as the device might struggle. Read on for details.First, the initial bad experience:I purchased one of these along with a SwitchBot Remote to be able to control my 2 office blinds at the same time. It didn't work because I wasn't able to create a group of devices as the feature wasn't implemented, so I ended up having to purchase a Mini Hub to create a scene and assign the scenes to the remote buttons. I left a review in the Remote product page stating that the fact that it can only control a single action for a single device for each button should've been clear from the start.Customer support reaches outStella, from SwitchBot customer support, reached out and sent me a guide explaining how to assign multiple device actions to a single button. The guide she sent wasn't really helpful, but through that I was able to find another guide that stated I needed to upgrade to firmware 2.0 in order to enable the group function, and that (at the time) had to be requested to SwitchBot support). I took the opportunity to provide some more feedback related to other issues, and they were very interested in getting more information. The exchange was really helpful.Solar chargingWith the firmware I had at the time (v1.2), solar charging reached a maximum of level 5 for any of my blinds, which are not exposed to direct sunlight, but do get a lot of natural light regardless. The device will not fully replenish the battery below level 6 lighting, although it will extend the battery life anyways - this was explained to me quite thoroughly by customer support, which was very good.Comes firmware v2.0I got the prompt to update to v2.0 today, and I immediately noticed that the lighting level was way higher for all my blinds (they did mention some changes they were making to their algorithm in an email they sent me), so now they're all above level 6. The group feature is also available, so one can create a group of up to 4 blinds to be operated all at the same time, so getting a Remote is also worth it.Tilt hook issuesThe only pending issue I have is related to the format of my tilt hooks (the hook at the end of the tilt wand that connects to the tilting mechanism). When operated fully vertical, like the device does, they'll get really stiff every 1/2 or full turn. This has nothing to do with the SwitchBot device, to be clear. But it might prevent it from operating properly nevertheless. I'm still looking for a solution, and I think that this product might work: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YG3625O/Either this or somehow making the hook a bit flatter at the top, to avoid it from getting stuck. It's an issue related to how torque is transmitted from the rod to the tilting mechanism when operated vertically, which puts them both at an angle from each other.Bottom line:I recommend you manually operate your tilt rod vertically to see if it tends to jam every 1/2 or full turn. If that happens, perhaps try getting the adapter I mentioned above or replacing your tilt rod before attempting to install this device, as it'll avoid frustration. Customer support is excellent, so you got that working in your favor.

I recently purchased and installed a SwitchBot Blind Tilt device on my blinds to automate them. I was very pleasantly surprised with the packaging and ease of installation. The device fits perfectly on my blinds and the device works great out of the box. I also really like that the solar panel is included, so there is no need to run long wires for power. The battery always stays fully charged. The app is feature-rich and easy to use. I was also able to add the device into Home Assistant and control it from there. Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase.

I love my motorized blinds. It was fairly simple to install and program using my phone. Beware if you want Alexa functionality you will need to purchase an additional hub. The features built in allow me to set the blinds position by time of day and amount of sunlight coming into the solar panel. So if the sun is super bright the blinds will partially close. It's really nice to be able to not have to manually close my blinds at night so the sun doesn't be at through my windows in the morning.