Best Quinetic Dimmable Combo

[Deleted member 112675]

Thought I'd update my thread since I bought the cheap curv ones that are on ebay for about 4 quid each.

I've haven't tested them yet and I might not because the switches themselves are not great. What did I expect for £4 ? ANyway, there is a lot of play on the rocker itself and big letters "CURV" written at the top.

Do the quinetic feel good even if they are plastic ?

 

[SparkySy]

The quinetic ones are ok they do feel a bit flimsy but I haven't had anyone complain about that yet tbh. They have just bought out some new grid module units, their old grid units felt and looked a lot more professional than the standard stick on one's imho

 

[pirate]

I agree the normal rocker switches are a tad on the flimsy side, but not under-engineered, and I've had no failures yet. I did try to take one apart, and it was not an easy task, so i feel they are up to the task.
I have stuck some on, but I prefer to screw them to the wall, or use the adaptor to connect them to a back box.

 

[Deleted member 112675]

So just bought 2 mk grid switches and a 2xreceiver in one unit. Cost £66 which isn't that bad.
mk surround I'll get later.
Just one thought, does that mean I need to chase out for a back box if I want the mk grid switch to be reasonable flush to the wall (even though no wires !!!) ?

 

[Markyd]

yes....or you could get a small surface mount box

 

[Deleted member 112675]

Thanks for confirming that Mark. Just hopefully last question is I hope I don't need to earth that backbox even though it has an earthing terminal? (I'm only using 2 quinetic modules nothing that requires wriing?)

If I do, it sort of defeats the point of wireless ?

Edit: And the grid backboxes are understandbly quite deep. I guess I can't use a normal backbox? Maybe there are some shallow "compatible" backboxes out there?

THanks so much for taking the time to answer.

 

[Markyd]

No your fine........no cables needed at all

 

[gutterball]

Have you looked at lightwave?

 

[Deleted member 112675]

Have you looked at lightwave?

Just did. Maybe I should be glad I "only" paid £66 for my quinetic - at least they seem to have good reliabilkity reviews which is pretty important. Those lightwave look very nice but probably too high end for this project.

I've got the quinetic now - arrived in about 12 hours after ordering !! The modules themselves do have much nicer action than the cheap crap I got from ebay/amazon. But the grid plates do look a bit industrial. Guess we'll have to live with them.

Digging out a deep box in a cavity wall is annoying though. Part of me is thinking to get the regular quinetic switch to take a look and then return either that or the mk ones.

 

[gutterball]

I install both brands and surprisingly when I show the products and prices it's still about 50/5 which they chose.

 

[pirate]

Seems like the quinetic grid switches fit the MK boxes.