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    Been using Kasa in the old house, and moved them all to the new place + bought a ton more. Got 16 of them in total. I mainly use them to be lazy and tell google to turn lights on or off, but few of them are setup specifically for the sunrise/sunset feature for outdoor lights. Don't have to do anything really, just tell it to turn on at sunset and turn off at sunrise if you want, and it automatically knows when that is since they are WiFi connected. I have my outdoor garage lights and my front patio lights go on at sunset, and turn off at like midnight, and then the garage ones turn back on at 7AM until 8AM when wife makes it home from work as she works the night shift. Very simple to use and very cheap. I use many 3-way ones as well, just need 1 smart one on a 3-way setup, so each 3-way kit is actually good for 2 sets of 3 way switches. This isn't the case for dimmers, those require both switches to be smart.

    While you could go old-school and get some of those off-net timers, I have found myself turning on the lights remotely a few times when coming home very late (2AM for example), and turning on the lights while down the street so that it's not as scary at night on the acrage haha...coyotes sound mean.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eblend View Post
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    Been using Kasa in the old house... but few of them are setup specifically for the sunrise/sunset feature for outdoor lights.
    Forgot to mention in addition to using the daily sunrise/sunset times, Kasa also lets you offset the time. e.g., 20min before sunrise, or 15min after sunset etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jwslam View Post
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    Forgot to mention in addition to using the daily sunrise/sunset times, Kasa also lets you offset the time. e.g., 20min before sunrise, or 15min after sunset etc.
    Oh shit, awesome, I actually didn't clue in on what those sliders were. I know at one point it didn't have that feature I don't think, this will def come in handy!

    One feature I kind of wish this had....and not sure if it's possible, hence the ask..is to turn the lights on and off during certain time...but ONLY if it's dark outside. Right now wife comes home between 7:30-8AM, and it's still dark, but in the summer it's mid-day by that point, so no point of running lights. Would be cool to set it and forget it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jwslam View Post
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    Forgot to mention in addition to using the daily sunrise/sunset times, Kasa also lets you offset the time. e.g., 20min before sunrise, or 15min after sunset etc.
    I like that feature, sold.
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    Regardless of which switch/dimmer you end up getting, I would make sure they're "Matter" compatible so that you have flexibility in the future and don't get stuck with a specific app or Google/Apple/Amazon specific integration.

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