This review is for:Lutron Maestro Motion Sensor Switch | 2 Amp, Single Pole | MS-OPS2H-2-WH | White (2-Pack)The purchase price at the time I made it was $35 with tax, in June 2023. It is normally over $50, so I would recommend waiting for a holiday sale if possible.I installed this in two locations, my laundry room (for obvious reasons) and a small walled room that just has a toilet alone, situated within a master bathroom.These switches were installed in a newly built home where the builders, for whatever reason, went "balls to the wall" on those cheap toggle switches in every corner under the sun. I suppose it's understandable, and didn't complete the removal and install process overmuch, other than I would recommend having a thin, long metal pin or those foldout pocket screwdrivers with multi-heads, which can be used to push the pin into the back of the toggle switches to remove wiring from them.Tools recommended:+ AC/DC voltage tester+ flathead screwdriver+ metal pin or multi-head pocket screwdriver with a long, thin head (for existing toggle switches)+ wire pliers for straightening wires -- not needed, can also use your fingers with a t-shirt or a cloth as a layer of protection to straighten out curled wires+ wing-nut wire connectors for wire-nutting wires in box (should be included)Installation steps (which were performed):+ Turn off power at the circuit breaker. Recommend having lights on and one person stand in the room with switch, so that they can yell down at you when the lights go off, and you know which switch at the CB is associated with the install location.+ Remove wall plate with flat-head screw driver. Remove top/bottom screws of target replacement switch and gently pull it out. Take out Voltage Tester and confirm that current is off -- both black/red wires should not result in a *beep* sound from the VT. If no sound, all is good.+ Use metal pin or a thin-head screwdriver and insert in hole in back. Once they go all the way inside, wire should be easy to remove. For the wires curled around screws instead, use screwdriver to loosen those screws, and "uncurl" those wires with a wire plier or like I did, use a t-shirt to wrap your fingers and then straighten them that way.+ Make a note of where the red and black wires are coming from -- there should be a wire bundle with tons of similar wires wing-nutted together. Remove the wing nut from each bundle and try to add either of the switch's black wires to it. Cinch them together with existing wing-nut wire connector. If too many wires, as in my case, then disregard that approach. Cap off existing wire bundle. Use included orange wing-nut connectors to tie the existing switch's black/red wire with either of the new Lutron switch's black wire. Twist and cap them off. Use gentle force to shove them into an empty, unoccupied space near the back of the box.+ For newer homes, your box should have neutral wires. Disregard black/red wire bundle. Disregard the bare copper wire bundle (wires with no sleeves) -- these are ground wires. The only remaining wire bundle is your neutral wires. These should normally have white sleeves. Remove the existing wing-nut connector, remove the green sleeve from the new Lutron switch, and tie in the white switch wire along with the existing white wires in the bundle. Cap them off. Again, if too many wires, use the included wing-nut connector instead.+ Find bare copper (exposed) wire from the existing switch, and group that with the new Lutron switch's bare metal (exposed) wire, which should be at the top. Cap that off, and stick the new bundle at the back of the box.+ Now use flathead screwdriver to tighten top/bottom screws into the new Lutron switch -- can use existing switch's screws if preferred. Might need to "force" the switch to fit into the box, but not too much -- remember, this is why positioning the wire bundles into the empty spaces in the back of the box is so helpful. That way, less force is used, and less chance of wires getting crossed and tripping the CB when main power is turned on.+ Turn on power at CB. If all is well, circuit won't get shorted out. Try to push the power button on switch. If install was successful, light should turn on.+ Finally, turn off power at CB to be safe, and screw the wall plate back onto the wall. If your Lutron switch was replacing a toggle switch -- as mine was -- you will need to invest in a rocker switch wall plate, or a 1-rocker 1-toggle wall plate if you have a 2-gang wall plate as I did.+ Turn back power on the CB.+ To setup Custom settings, Lutron recommends to leave wall plate removed. In my case, I just needed to update the default timeout from 5 minutes to 1 minute, to save on electricity costs. Thus, it was fine for me to have the wall plate on. In my case, I pressed and held the big button on the new Lutron switch, until it blinked twice, then I released it. I turned it on and off three times fast, then stepped out of the room for about 5 minutes. Once I stepped back inside, the light turned off with a click, and turned off after 1 minute of no motion detected. Seems all is in order!As mentioned, I got the 2-pack and installed the motion switches in two locations.The first location is my laundry room, where the switch is facing in same direction as person entering, so obviously 180 degrees of motion detection is preferable. In practice, I get ~150 degrees of detection, which is good enough as the light turns on with a *click* as soon as I walk into the laundry room. This is helpful if I or someone else is holding a laundry bag or hamper full of clothes, as I don't need to free a hand to fiddle with the light switch -- it just gracefully turns on as soon as I enter, and turns off just as gracefully as soon as I exit the room. This works out perfect for me, and all involved.The second install location is a small cubicle-style room with only a toilet. This room is always dark no matter the time of day as there are no windows in this small enclosure. Further, it is located inside a master bathroom. The switch is facing again in the same direction as the person entering the room, and is a 2-gang with a switch for the bathroom fan. I got a 3-pack of 2-gang wall plates (1 rocker and 1 toggle openings) and installed one of them here. The wall plate looks really good, and in practice the motion switch functions really well. It turns on as soon as someone enters (no need to waste time fiddling with the light) and gracefully turns off after 1 minute of them exiting or no motion being detected, whichever is first. This is excellent and works for my use case, and I fully expect it to translate it into a slightly lower monthly power bill. Huzzah.All in all, highly satisfied with the 2-pack of Lutron motion sensing light switches, and I have installed them in two single-pole light switch locations. I have had them for a few months now, and there are absolutely no problems. I am extremely satisfied with their performance and they have saved time and money most definitely, because even if someone "forgets" to turn off the lights, they are never on overnight, which is excellent in my books.In short, I highly recommend the Lutron brand of light switches for motion detection and automation purposes, especially in a use case such as mine. Installation is relatively straightforward, and you don't need to be a licensed electrician to install one -- though knowledge of electrical wiring certainly helps. Check it out, I guarantee that you won't be disappointed!

To start off, I'm not an electrician, just a DIY kind of person who would rather learn how to install something that to higher someone to charge you a lot of money for something so simple.This item worked out great in my situation because I was looking for occupancy switch for my laundry room. To give you an idea, the laundry room is approximately 6' x 6' and sits between the garage and the rest of the home. There is a light switch as you enter in from the garage and one on the opposite side of the wall (entrance from the house). I enter my home mainly through the garage door. Some days I have my hands full and it can be hard trying to find/turn on the switch in the laundry room. It's sometimes inconvenient to set the things down and turn on the light. I wanted to be able to open the door, set a foot into the room, have the lights on, and continue walking through. This thing was my solution.If you aren't knowledgeable on electrical wiring, I would recommend you to do what I did and read up on it. I borrowed a book from my local library that helped me figure out what kind of wiring I was dealing with. If you are curious about the book I used, it was Black & Decker's Complete Guide to Home Wiring. Armed with the book, I went ahead and looked at what kinda of wiring set up that was in my home. That information is very important to help select the right type of occupancy switch. I also found the video that amazon had posted on the product page very helpful. You can find the same video on the manufactures website. The video's will show you how to test for the hot lead and give you an idea what tools you need to complete this job.Now since I was knew what I needed to do and what I was about to get into, I was ready to get my project started. When I opened up the box, I checked out the instructions to see if there may have been some additional information that would been beneficial for me to know. I was surprised on how simple and detailed pictures in the instructions were. With the exception of trying to cram all the wired back into the box, installation was simple. The package provided a piece of jumper wire that you would use on the other switch that would allow you to turn on the light manually if your switch wasn't set to automatic. I didn't bother installing that one because I wasn't planning on using the other light switch.After I was done installing it, setting up the switch was fairly easy. There are two buttons on the switch to program it. There is the big switch and a small switch on the right side (if you are looking at the switch without the plate on). The instructions explain how to program it fairly well. You have three features you can adjusts. One is time selection, one is the sensitivity, and one is sensor mode. You don't have a lot to choose from the options. For the time selection, you can choose from 1, 5, 15 and 30 minutes. For the sensitivity, you have only low and high. For the sensor mode, you can set it to occupancy with automatically turns on and turns off when you enter the room. You can also set it to vacancy mode where you manually turn on the light and it will automatically turn off when it detects no motion for 1, 5, 15, or 30 minutes. The third setting for the sensor mode, is an ambient light setting. If natural light in the room is low when you enter, it will automatically turn on the light. If it detects enough light when you enter, then it won't turn on. A nice feature is if it doesn't turn on, you can press the button within 5 seconds of you walking into the room and it will "teach" the switch your preferred setting.When you walk into the room, you can hear a loud click, but that's just the relay switching the light on. It also doesn't come with it's own cover plate. Those are the only two complaints I can think of for this.If you are looking for something for like a living room or hallway, you may want to look for something else. There are occupancy switches that allows finer tuning of the ambient light, the amount of time, and the sensitivity. There are also switches out there that will let you adjust the sensors field of view.I've only had this installed for about a month now and it's been working great so far. I will update my review if the light switch craps out within a year.

We bought this switch to replace the mechanical one in the garage, since we were all too often leaving it on all day after driving out. This switch was easy to wire, looks good for a motion sensor, and more importantly, it just works every time. Now we never need to think about lighting when leaving or coming home; the garage is always well-lit when we need it to be.

works well, very easy installation (see Youtube videos), order wall plate (not provided, so I procured locally) (the rectangular slot in wall plate is slightly bigger than the normal ones)

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Easy to install. Work great. Lights go on instantly with no noticeable delay after walking into view of the sensor.For one switch I put a small piece of black tape over one edge of the sensor so the switch does not activate when I pass by the edge of its view. This works well so it is possible to customize the sensor's view. I am also pleased that I can set the switch to not activate when there is enough light already (i.e. sunlight), and I can train switch to set the light threshold at which the switch turns on. I set the switches so that they don't turn on when there is enough sunlight. I also set one switch so that it turns off within 5 minutes of it sensing no motion, but another so it stays on for half an hour after sensing no motion because it is a location where I sometimes move out of the sensor view.These feel like they are mostly plastic and a bit flimsy but once installed they feel fairly similar to low cost decora switches. Now that the switches are programmed and trained I don't tap them very often (less than once a week) so I have no concern about durability. I mounted one upside down (semi-circular sensor on the top) to look over furniture and it works fine.Note that these switches require connection to live, neutral and ground. They will not work with old 2-wire wiring that does not include ground.

Purchased another Lutron motion activated switch that I had problems with. When I contacted their help line (which was excellent by the way) they suggested this model for our purposes, which is to turn on the light in an area where the switch is well into the room.This switch was easy to install and now works well for us on the out-of-box settings, but has the ability to adjust them if wanted. It turns the light on as soon as we near the doorway, and 5 minutes after we leave it slowly dims the light before turning it off. (Yes, I timed it from a spot where it wouldn't see me.)The only issue we had was the LED tubes we already had installed in the fixture weren't dimmable, and they just repeatedly cycled on and off. Once I put in dimmable tubes the switch worked flawlessly.Based upon the performance of the switch, and more importantly on the quality of the help I received, we'll definitely being looking for Lutron products in the future.