Review - A Simple but Powerful RGB Smart Switch (ESPHome Included)
Today I want to talk about a simple smart switch—but with a twist. This isn’t just a basic on/off switch. It’s an RGB smart switch, meaning the entire interface lights up in RGB and can be fully controlled through Home Assistant.
The switch has two separate lighting zones:
- The main light
- A secondary smart light
Both can be controlled independently, giving you a lot of options for feedback lighting, color coding, scenes, or just fun effects.
Since it’s a single-gang switch, it works great for both simple bulbs and smart bulbs. You can tell the switch’s relay to turn on, turn off, or toggle, and you can choose whether button presses actually toggle the relay or are used strictly for automations.
Another great feature is the wide range of button actions it supports. The switch can detect:
- Single press
- Double press
- Hold
- Toggle
It recognizes these for both the “on” and “off” states, which gives you a ton of flexibility for custom controls and Home Assistant automations.
And the best part:
It’s 100% local.
The switch ships with ESPHome pre-installed, so there’s no cloud dependency, no required accounts, and no forced manufacturer updates.
❗ The One Downside⌗
The only real downside is that you can’t configure it to toggle the relay when it loses connection to Home Assistant.
You can add this manually through ESPHome, but it would be nice to have this behavior available from the factory as a fallback.