IntermaticiOS-DSIF-WH Motion Sensor, White

I've owned several motion switches over the years, and this particular one is by far the best I've tried. Very long range and works well for years, and you can fine tune it's time on and sensitivity to your preference. I have one wired to turn on one set of bay lights anytime I walk into the 40x60 open part of my shop using any exterior door. In that installation, I wired it to fire a separate 20A relay because the bay lights switched draw about 6.7A, which would overload (or at least shorten the life of) the internal relay in this unit. I have another identical unit (although it carries a different name brand, Topgreener TSOS5) in my kitchen at home that turns on the over-the-sink light as soon as I walk into the kitchen, and stays on as long as I'm in the room. I can't imagine life without these little jewels; they are really convenient. The reason I like them so much is that neither my shop or kitchen wall switch locations are optimal, and without these I'd be fumbling in the dark when entering until I found the light switch. This one and the Topgreener obviously come from the same factory; other than the brand label you can't tell them apart and they both work flawlessly. For those of you who are energy misers, these draw about 4 watts each 24/7, whether the output is on or off. That's about .1KWH per day or 3KWH per month, which costs me about 42 cents a month where I live. BUT they're running lights that would be on a lot more for convenience if I didn't have motion sensors installed, so I'm saving money by having them. Before I had these, I left the sink light on all the time. A neutral wire is required when installing these, which could be a problem for installations that don't have a neutral in the switch box.Helpful hint: if you want this unit to "ignore" certain areas within it's sensing range, you can block off a portion of the lens with white electrical tape. It takes a little trial and error but it's easy to do if you so choose. I have my shop one set up to ignore my movement when I cut across one side of my shop from my office to my work room. If I want the lights on, I just deviate a foot or so off that path and they come on immediately.

Purchased for our garage and works great. Was easy to install and has a large sensor area for activation.

Great design let's you manually turn on or off lights. Most motion detectors don't allow this and the lights keep timing out.

Worked great until it didn’t. I ordered this on March 2nd and received and installed promptly. It worked great until yesterday when it stopped turning off. Currently no matter what I do with the switch or any of the adjustments, it just stays on 24/7. I’m ordering a new one today and will update on several months if the new one works.

We bought this one to replace the Heath Zenith SL-6107-WH Motion Activated Wall Switch. The Heath Zenith one didn't always turn on when we entered the garage. The Intermatic one definitely senses us, though with all motion activated wall switches, there is a slight delay before the light goes on. This even happens with the higher end Lutron switches that don't have a manual override. Anyhow, the reason we use this is because it has an obvious override button that is handy if you are going to work under your car or in a spot in your garage where it can't sense you. We haven't had any problems with it being on too long after we park the car or with the 50 degrees it gets in the garage. I'll keep an eye on it, and if it has any problems, I'll come back on here to update.