Syantek Classic Remote Control Outlets (5+2)

I have purchased several other brands/types of remote controls for outlets and they have all performed well. I was looking for an additional one when I saw this product. For a bit more cost having the ability to control up to 5 outlets is great. The build quality is very good and it arrived well packaged. I didn't realize that it comes with TWO controllers (I assumed only one) and both came with batteries. It's simple to set up (each plug is numbered to match the buttons on the remote) and in a few minutes I had 5 different devices connected. I have a controller on each end of my home office to control various lights. The product has worked flawlessly. No problems with using all 5 lights at the same time or individually. Great purchase and a significant upgrade over the single outlet controls I bought in the past.

I originally ordered this product (5-pack) in May 2022 to use in my office for all the lights I have set up for filming.Over the years, I have used various sets of indoor and outdoor remote control systems. Inevitably, they always start to fail after a few years of regular use, even when replacing the batteries regularly. I've noticed a "wearing out" of the response time from the remotes over time. In other words, after a few years of use, when you push the button, it takes a while for the receiver to react and turn the light on or off. However, with this set, they have worked really well, with a very quick response time, from the moment I plugged them in and throughout the entire time I’ve owned them. With the exception of one of the receivers having a slight lag time. I'll continue to monitor that one. I’ve used them almost every day since purchasing this product.I liked them so much that I ordered another set of 5 this week (April 2025) to replace the system in my room, which had been experiencing increasing difficulty with response time. After replacing them today, it was such a breeze to press the button and have the lights turn on/off immediately. I’m so glad I got another set, and I would also like to replace the set in my filming studio.In short, I definitely recommend this product.

works perfectly! i love the idea of how easy it is to use and with the click of a button i can control anything in those outlets. I thought it would’ve looked bulkier but it actually looks nice. must have for the classroom!

these things have a hundred uses and are very efective. Great buy

these wireless switches are amazing. So many uses. This is the first time I am using this brand, but we plugged in 2 in the warehouse (bathroom and 6 led strips and it works great. Signal strength is amazing

This review is for the Syantek set of five remote control outlets with two 5-way remote controllers. My set was super easy to plug in and use right away, as they are all preprogrammed from the factory. I bought these primarily for remotely controlling two independent low voltage landscape lighting transformers for our deck and walkways, using two remotes from two different buildings. No matter which building I am in, I can pick up a remote to turn on the lights. So I have three receivers left over for other devices I would like to control. Note that these receivers are rated for 10 amp, indoor use only and are not weather resistant. My landscape transformers are protected from rain and weather so these devices will be okay for my application. They work well, and signals will penetrate walls and go some distance, but nowhere near the 100 feet that is advertised. For the average installation with transmitter and receiver in the same room of the house, or perhaps through the wall into the next room, these are plenty good. A metal wall, or foil covered sheathing in a wall will greatly reduce the range, since this is a UHF (434 MHz) radio signal. I had a little difficulty with reliable function fron inside one building, going through 1 window pane, 60ft through air to a non-metallic screen porch of a second building, where my lighting transformer was installed. I had to be in just the right position to get it to work every time. I also discovered that holding the transmitter button down a little longer seemed to help.These units have extremely inefficient antennas, resulting in limited performance. I could not even identify a connection or trace on the transmitter circuit board as being for an antenna. The receiver, on the other hand, has a separate miniature circuit board with one Trace marked "ANT", and a tiny little coil spring to act as a compact miniature antenna. This was terribly inefficient but easy to identify. However, as you can see from my photos, both transmitter and receiver can be easily modified for much greater range and reliability by soldering a simple 1/4 wavelength wire antenna on to the circuit board. I made a quick calculation for a quarter wave length piece of insulated wire for 434 MHz and that worked out to about 6.75 in Long as verified by before and after tests using a field strength meter. If you have any electronics hobby skills with a soldering iron, or a friend that does, this is a super easy modification. You Ham Radio operators will recognize this as the same technique to boost the performace of handheld radios. You don't need a meter, just solder on a piece of insulated wire about 6.75 in long as shown and you will be all set. My units now were perfectly reliable going through the window, across the yard and to the next building or even from farther away. This could probably just be done only on the receiver if you wanted and did not want to have a wire hanging out of your transmitter. Let me warn you ahead of time that the receiver unit is held together using triangle drive screws. I did not even know these existed so I ground a triangle driver bit from an old Allen bit using my bench grinder. I have since picked up a set of standard triangle drive bits. From what I have read, these are becoming more common on appliances and I was not aware of them.HOW THE PROGRAMMING WORKS:Receivers are already pre-programmed from the factory. Look at the small stickers on the back of each receiver. There's a 4 digit code group number prefix with a dash and one more number, such as "0308-1", "0308-2", "0308-3" etc. As is, these will respond to button rows 1, 2, 3 etc on each of the two transmitters (which came with "0308" sticker). Each transmitter button row has a separate ON and OFF button.Since all receivers and transmitters are using the same radio frequency, only 1 button on *one single transmitter* can transmit and be clearly received at a time. Pressing two buttons on the same transmitter simultaneously or two people activating separate transmitters at the exact same moment will cause the radio signals to mix and be garbled, much like trying to have more than one conversation at a time on the same telephone line, for example. Most likely, only the receiver that happens to be closest to its corresponding transmitter will activate.PROCEDURES1) To program a receiver to respond to an additional transmitter button (in *addition to* the ones it already responds to), even on transmitters from a different set, perform the following procedure. First unplug any device from the receiver. Then plug the receiver into a live receptacle/socket *without* pressing the programming button. Then press and hold the programming button for about 5 seconds until the light flashes, then press the transmitter button you wish to add. The light will finish flashing and go out. The manufacturer doesn't say how many separate transmitters can be learned by one receiver, but from what others have posted, it appears to be at least three.2) To erase all receiver memory/transmitter button pairings (receiver won't respond to anything), first unplug any device from the receiver, and unplug or remove power from the receiver itself. While pressing and holding the programming button, plug in the receiver or apply power to it. Continue holding the button until the light flashes, then release the button. The light will stop flashing and erasure is complete. Some people accidentally do this when they first plug in the receivers, and then think it's broken because it won't respond to anything.3) To completely reassign control of a receiver from one transmitter button to a different one, either on the same remote transmitter or a different one, first erase the programming with #2 above and reprogram with #1 above. This is what gets people in trouble trying to do only #1 above and then having the receiver responding to multiple buttons and getting all confused. I found a YouTube video explaining this with so many happy commenters thanking the poster for saving them from their frustrations!The same units seem to be available with other brand names. These, and most other radio/RF wireless remotely controlled outlet and lamp socket adapters, all seem to work the same way, having transmitters that use one frequency but send unique codes for each button group (1 through five), and receivers that can be programmed to respond to one OR MORE transmitter codes. The receivers (one or more) bundled in the kit come preprogrammed to listen and respond to specific buttons (one or more) on the remote, but by use of the single, multifunction ON/OFF/PROGRAM button on the receiver body, users can program the receivers to respond to different transmitter buttons, multiple buttons on the same or multiple transmitters, or respond to none (cleared programming). This flexibility makes the devices very useful but is confusing because there's no clear explanation of how this works.Note the two labels on the back of each device. These devices all use the same frequency, 433.92 MHz, which is listed on the large label on the back of both the remote (transmitter) and the outlet adapter (receiver). The transmitters for this set have 5 groups of ON & OFF buttons, numbered 1-5 from top to bottom, and transmit a unique identifier for each of the 5 groups, plus the command ON or OFF, when you press a button. The second, smaller sticker on the back of each device shows the code group that the devices have been set for. In my case, both transmitters have a little sticker with "0308" on them. The transmitter code groups are preset internally at the factory by little blobs of solder (solder bridges) on certain pads on the printed circuit board (see photo), and cannot readily be changed without soldering work. Each receiver has a corresponding sticker also, that includes the group number; "308-1", "308-2".......up to "308-5" (since this set has 5 receivers). Matching up the code groups on the smaller stickers is how you know which sets of receivers and transmitters work together, and which button group controls which receiver when your first get them from the factory. Code groups are easily changed on the receivers by the user, via the single button and a special sequence. The receiver circuit boards don't seem to have any code select group solder pads, so I believe that each receiver has the ability to learn and respond to any transmitter and sub group button on it!So here's the part that they don't tell you but is revealed in the lengthy question and answer section for this product. The outlet and transmitter sets sold on Amazon have random code groups pre-programmed in them but you cannot determine which group you will get when you buy them. The manufacturer directs you to contact their support division via email if you want to get a transmitter with different code groups, ( I assume by exchanging the transmitter for one that has a different solder pad setup as described above). This makes sense to me since electronics and soldering are typically beyond the average consumer's ability. I have seen and used more flexible remote control transmitters that have miniature groups of switches on the circuit board, called DIP switches, that you press with a pen tip to match up transmitters and receivers for independent function. Too bad these transmitters don't work that way. It would be nicer if this were better explained and users could select what code group they wanted when they bought the units. This doesn't matter if you're only buying one set for use around the house.Problems arise if you buy more than one set and you need independent control of all ten devices. I've seen this question over and over for these devices. If both sets have the same code group number prefix on the sticker, then all transmitters can be used interchangeably to control only five devices. If you bought two sets of these and wanted to control 10 separate devices, each set would have to be set up on two different code group numbers; the two transmitters of the 1st set would have the same code group number and would work interchangeably with the first five devices, and the second two transmitters from the 2nd set would have a different code group number and would work interchangeably with devices 6 through 10.Where people can possibly get into trouble is when they buy two sets and both sets happen to have the same code group number prefix and will not work independently. With a little soldering savvy, I'm sure that changing the position of the solder bridge on the transmitter circuit board allows you to change code groups and the receivers can just be programmed via procedures 2) then 1) above to learn the new code words from the modified transmitter. I have not yet bought a second set so I cannot say that I have tested this but I feel pretty certain this will work. I have not found any manufacturer's documentation to associate specific solder bridge patterns to code group number prefixes except for the single set I own where pin number four is bridged to ground and corresponds to code group prefix number 0308.Good luck with your application and I Hope this review has helped you.

I use these in my classroom to control multiple lamps, and I honestly wish I had discovered them sooner. They make turning lights on and off so quick and easy—no more crawling under desks or fumbling for switches.I loved them so much that I bought more as back-to-school gifts for fellow teachers and even grabbed a set for my own house. The remotes work from a great distance, and setup was a breeze.Highly recommend for anyone looking to simplify lighting control at home, in classrooms, or offices!

These are easy to set up and use!