The Clapper Sound Activated On/Off Switch, 1 Each
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Customer Reviews of The Clapper Sound Activated On/Off Switch, 1 Each
Customer Review: Improved From the Original
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this item because I had a lamp that was just out of my reach, but I didn't want to move it because I liked the placement. The Clapper has worked great for me. It comes with two plugs. The first plug requires two distinct claps to operate the device plugged into it, and the second three. This feature greatly reduces the number of times in which the clapper turns your item off because of noise other than a clap. For instance, when my dog barks the clapper does not respond. I have had the clapper for about a month and it has only turned itself off in response to other noises a handful of times. The old clappers were more sensitive. This only works when it heres two or three distinct and separate noises back to back. If there is too much noise it doesn't respond. It is not perfect, but it fits the bill.Customer Review: Disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
I thought this would be great to turn on my bedside lamp at night from the doorway instead of leaving on a hall light, crossing over to the other end of the bedroom, turning on the light then going back to turn off the hall light. It wasn't. First there two slots, one slot takes two claps and one slot takes three claps. Many times it doesn't hear your claps unless your right on top of it. Other times I come home and the lamp has turned itself on and burned electricity. I even found a burn mark in my lamp shade. My house could have caught on fire!
I tried both slots. Sometimes it worked but you had to work at it. The two clap slot tended to go off at the slightest noise. The three clap slot tended not to hear you and you had to clap again and again. Not a good buy in my mind.
Customer Review: Clapper doesn't respond to claps
Summary: 1 Stars
I received The Clapper for Christmas from my husband. I was so excited - I hate having to get out of bed to turn the lights off at night. Well, he finally unplugged it last night. My claps aren't loud enough and it only works sporadically for him. I realized I had to use a pair of hard-soled shoes to get The Clapper to turn on or off. I can get the sequence down for both sides - that isn't the issue. But I live in an apartment and had to hit the shoes together so loudly that my husband could hear them outside and around the corner - I'm sure my neighbors will be just as glad to get rid of The Clapper as I am. We tried each sensitivity setting. We also tried it in another room, thinking the location might have been an issue - it still didn't work. I was very disappointed.Customer Review: A strange problem ...
Summary: 3 Stars
After reading the reviews here I decided to order a Clapper anyway, for a floor lamp with a hard-to-reach switch. Like others, we found that the lamp kept spontaneously turning on and off. So we lowered the sensitivity and the Clapper began working perfectly. For a while. When winter came I bought a small stack of firewood that I placed a few inches in front of the Clapper in our living room. The Clapper seems to be sensitive to having objects placed in front of it -- the firewood created something of an echo effect that the Clapper is very sensitive to, and we can't adjust the sensitivity of the thing to keep it from turning on and off by itself at the very softest noise. So alas, I had to unplug the Clapper. But it had worked perfectly well up until then.Customer Review: If I could give it 0 stars...
Summary: 1 Stars
...I would. I had high hopes for this device. It was going to eliminate me from having to reach over my couch, very uncomfortably, in order to turn on my lamp. Instead, I plugged it in, clapped a couple times, and nothing happened.
Hmmm...maybe I just have to adjust the sensitivity. I tweaked the sensitivity until my hands were raw and I got no response from the device. I decided to try it on different outlets with different appliances. I still got no response. Maybe it will work in the three clap plug! Nope. I promptly packed it back up and returned it to Amazon.com (at which time they graciously provided a refund).
I have to imagine this product has worked for someone. That someone just isn't me. You've been warned.