Premium Push Button Light Switch with Mother-of-Pearl Inlays

Love this. Satisfying sound when I engage the mechanism. Really close to the original switches. Mother of Pearl buttons vary in color making my home look original.

I used this in my victorian bathroom. It was easy to install. The light switch works great. Very good quality.

OK readers; this writer wished to replace the circa 1970 flip switch to the lighting in my antique remodeled Morning room. So I bought the Premium model, with the thought that it would be the better of the two. Not the case, I suspect they are both the same. First problem, I have 12/2 copper wire. For those not aware, this stuff is thicker and heavier than modern wiring. On the light switch the terminals are buried away deep in a plastic shaft. It was not even remotely possible to bring the wire into the slot and hook it to the screw. I did a bit of 'modification', which I will omit the description of, lest there be Wiring Police tapping into these emails. I did, a length, get the switch to work. I stuck in a metal box, as suggested, for sound quality, the famous ""CLICK"". Now I do not claim to be a sound engineer, but I did grow up in a house with the originals, but the sound this switch makes, belongs in a Road Runner cartoon. Rather a sick 'pluonk' sound. That cured the purchase of more for the rest of the house. I will haunted flee markets, sales notices, old house salvage shops, etc., to find some originals. I have an acquaintance who can 'check the serviceability' of the switch, BEFORE I burn down the house! If you want a switch that does more than 'look good' , do the same.

I installed this in place of a garbage disposal rocker switch at a wet bar sink. The old switch was installed at hip height so when you reached over the sink it got knocked on. This looks much better then the old switch and I have no accidental activation. Additionally I installed a wall dimmer to match over same bar. Nice touch.

I bought 18 switches, both single and 3 way. 2/3 of them had dark, greenish grey mother pearl. I remember white shell in my childhood home. I was disappointed. My solution was to order 8.5 x 1.3mm white mother of pearl (mop) spots on line (from australia, used in guitar frets) and remove the shells I didnt like. You can remove the shell by opening the switch, pulling the buttons off, drilling a tiny hole behind the shell and the drill bit pushes it out. You then glue in your replacement. Very satisfied with the switches I worked over. You have to be careful with your reassembly...spring loaded...and realize you might void the warranty if you admit to ""tampering"" I gave the switches 4 stars because they can be easily altered and are well assembled.

Planned on replacing a few in the house and now replacing more.

During this last year, we have been working on ""updating"" our home to it's original character that is consistent with the age of the house (1907). It was remodeled by previous owners in the '50s and '70s and needed to be fixed up. We still want our own style to show through and these switches worked great. We replaced switches in our kitchen, foyer, stairway, and bedroom. These match the original switches found in other parts of the house perfectly.

We haven't installed them yet but we've simulated how they will work & we're very excited. We're putting them in a new construction Craftsman Bungalow & feel they will help our home look like it has been there for decades. Someone else mentioned the noise they make but we found the action to be smooth & quiet.

I bought a couple of these to operate some lights in an area of our 1848 stone home that we call the coffee bar. We had two newer toggle switches in that area that just didn't fit with the original floor and the early 1900's light fixture. I remember the old push button switches from my great grandmothers. I managed to find some original old brass switch plates, and I decided to try these replacement switches. Statically, they have nice ""crack"" to them when held in your hand. Not exactly like my great grandmothers, but safe and pretty close. Installed, the sound does change. In a plastic electrical box, the crack becomes a little less ""authentic"". Installed in a metal box, they retain the sound. I'd buy them again, certainly. They look good too.

Looks great but the sound is annoying