Last month, I installed a Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensing Switch in our laundry room. The idea was to have instant lights in the main entry way to the house so that we could stop fumbling around in the dark, and to have said light turn off so it wasn’t always left on. Installation was super easy (I even made a helpful video), so the big question is how do we like it a month later?
We love it!
It has taken some getting used to. I admit to being surprised when the light flipped on more than once, and I still find myself reaching to turn off the light from time to time, but it is fantastic. Every time I think about it I wonder why I didn’t think of doing something like this sooner (face palm!). It was so simple, and it has made a world of difference.
Now when my hands are full with kids and kids stuff, I don’t have to reach back to turn off the light or come home to darkness. I have light when I need it, and it turns off when I don’t. Perfect.
Since installing the switch I am now considering putting on in our pantry — that’s a spot where the light is frequently left on by mistake. Plus how nice would it be to open the door and have instant light.
Tip – At first we had some problems with the light coming by when we just walked past the room, but when we adjusted the sensitivity setting the problem resolved.
You can also set the light timer to stay on for various intervals after you leave the room. (We have ours set to turn off one minute after we leave.)
Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensing Switch has been a welcome addition to our home. Much like push-button windows on cars, I already wonder how we lived without it.
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in the kitchen
I would probably install in my son’s room. He NEVER remembers to turn his light off.
I would put this in my kitchen
Debating between the laundry room and the hallway between the kids rooms.
This would be great for the basement.
In our den
The hallway, it’s a dark walk to the switch.
Kids’ bathroom 🙂
Our living room.
I think like you the laundry room; my hands are always full when I’m going in and out of that door!
I would put the Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensor Switch in the hallway to our garage so the light will automatically turn on when my hands are full carrying packages in from the car.
I think this would work great for the kitchen.
On the basement stairs as we are always turning the light off on each other.
I think it would work really well in our basement.
In my basement where my hubby leaves the light on all the time!
I would install it in my daughters room.
in my son’s bedroom he don’t know where the switch is …lol
I would put this in my daughters room, she is always leaving the light on.
I would install this in our master bath — I keep forgetting to turn off the light when I leave for work.
I’d put it in our entry way!
i would put into the kids bathroom, oh my do i need it in there
I would install it in the basement…I’ve seen the light down there left on for days!
i would put it in my bed room
I would put it in my laundry room
In our hallway
The Kitchen for sure.
I would install this either in the kitchen or the main area of our basement (our living room is down there).
Upstairs bedroom – light always gets left on!
I would put it in the basement
nieces bathroom
Our laundry is at the end of a very long hallway that nobody goes down unless they are doing laundry. One of the kids ALWAYS leaves the light on in there!
kitchen
I would love this in our front hallway.
I’d install it in the second bedroom, which will become the nursery soon.
Right by our front door,
I would install it in my garage. I often go into the garage in the morning to get in my car and the light is on. Which means it’s been on since the day before!
i would put it in the living room (as I come in the door)
I would definitely love a sensor in the bathroom….hate fumbling around in the dark in the morning. That part of my house has little natural light and I inevitably bump into a few things in the morning before I am fully awake.
I would put it in the hall. It would be great there!
I would install the Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensor Switch in the family room
either the hallway or laundry
I would put it in our entry hallway
In our bathroom!!!
Have to say my bedroom
Our downstairs bathroom. It gets the most traffic from everyone.
In the stairwell. I am always carrying dishes (yes, I snack in the bedroom), laundry, or bags from the store up and down the steps and it is almost impossible to flip the lightswitch on/off because they are the type fairly flush with the surface of the wall.
Additionally, once my arms are full I take it as a personal affront to call for assistance or to put things down to properly illuminate the area (I am also a one-trip from the car kinda gal, and will fairly lose all feeling in my fingers before I will make a second trip, but that is another story).
This wonderful product would be of great assistance in allowing me to safetly traverse the stairs.
I’d put it in our closet – wife is always leaving the light on with the door closed 🙂
I would install it in our bathroom
I would put this in my kids room!
I’d love to install this in our foyer area.
I would love to have this in my bathroom
It would either go in the living room or my bedroom.
I want this for the bathroom.
in my closet!
I would put it in the basement.
I’d put it in the bathroom upstairs
I’d put it in the hall.
I would put this in my living room..This is so neat..
I can think of a couple of places – the spare bathroom where we keep the cat’s litter box, the basement stairwell, our front door area, my pantry
I would install it in the bathroom!
I would put this in my bathroom or hallway.
I would install it in my hall!
In my closet
The bathroom
At the top of the stairs
This would go in our bathroom
I would install this in our main bathroom.
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I would install the Lutron Maestro Occupancy Sensor Switch in our garage. We’re using a lighted switch, but still often forget to turn it off.
Probably our bedroom! Or a closet!
I need the Lutron for a room with two entryways but a switch on only one of them. That leaves you fumbling across the room to switch on a light.
For our bedroom.
kids room or kids closet
I would put it in my basement.
I could definitely use this in the kitchen
In the bathroom because that is the highest switch I have and the one the kids are always asking to turn on for them.
I would install this in our hallway.
I’d put it in the entrance way between the garage and mud room.
In the main floor bathroom !!!
I would really consider putting this in one of my kid’s rooms or the bathroom.
I would put this in my front entry
I would love to install this in my bathroom.
i would put it in the kitchen
The bathroom!
bedroom and den
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My kitchen
In my bedroom
I would put it in the bathroom.
in the closet