BOND | Add Wifi to Ceiling Fan, Fireplace or Motorized shades | Works with Alexa, Google Home | Remote Control with App | Works with iPhone or Android

I LOVE THIS THING.... I was reading reviews and talked myself out of it several times. I am HAPPY I got it. Setup was freaking EASY!!!!! I do not know why some people say they are having issues, but this thing installs and works PERFECTLY. It controls ALL of the settings on my fan! Fan, Light, Timer, Speed settings, Everything... It's range is SOO much better than the existing remotes that I have. I was fearful that I would have to buy a few units to support my house. Not the case. I put it in a closet near the center of my house and it controls all my fans. Hooking up to alexa was a breeze. Opened alexa and downloaded/enabled the skill for Bond and bam. works... I could have spent a ton of money buying z wave controllers for each ceiling fan in my house, but this one device controls them all! Even if I only had one fan, I still think I would have purchased it because it is a heck of a lot easier than removing a fan to install the z-wave controller. There are a few things I have read on the reviews that I can offer tips. 1st, It requires you to put the remote within 2ft of the bond unit to link the remote. That is just for programming it. If you have a in-wall remote, just move the bond unit to near the switch and program it, then move it back after it installs. DUHHHH. Know how to add a skill to alexa before you buy. It is EASY, but some of the people reviewing this thing, make me think they never used electronics before in their life. Their Electronic/computer skills are on the same level as my grammar. hahhahha .. Anyway, don't know how to add a skill, youtube it. It shows on their app that they are planning updates to this thing to include a lot of other devices other than ceiling fans in the future. Makes me think that this product will only get better with time. Can't stand some of you negative reviewers actually almost talked me out of this thing.,... Shame on you.... No wonder it is often out of stock, between the ease of use, its ability to function, and possible future filled with upgrades, this is one of my favorite home automation devices. Adding a photo, to show that there is a blue light, so if you dislike in-door light pollution, put a piece of tape on it and call it a day, that or throw it in a closet like I did. ..... BTW, I am a real customer, not one who was paid to post this or offer a long, mind numbingly boring review, I just feel strongly about this awesome little product. ALSO, if Bond/Olibra wants to pay me with beta testing with future products, let me know!! hahhaha. If not, meh, keep rocking guys.

When I went to buy motorized shades in May of 2019, the price they wanted for Alexa integration was ridiculous! It essentially doubled the cost and I wasn’t about to volunteer myself for highway robbery so I opted for regular remote control and started looking for alternatives. In March, 2020 I found Bond so I have currently had this for about 10 months. Initially, this worked great with my ceiling fans which was a bonus, not really what I bought it for (although I use it for that now a LOT) but the shades would only work intermittently. To be fair, I bought this with the understanding that they were still working on shade remote integration. Sometimes it would work the first time and sometimes you’d have to tell Alexa 4-5 times before the shades would open or close which can be kind of frustrating and makes adding it to Alexa routines almost pointless, never knowing if it was going to complete the task or not. I did go to Customer Support initially and they were very responsive. The got the information off my remote (model number and frequency) and said, “sorry that one is not yet supported” which I was ok with because I knew they were committed to improving their product and figured they’d get there sooner or later. Yesterday, when I logged into the Bond app (which I rarely do since I generally use Alexa to control everything) and noticed there was an update available so after I did that I decided to try reprogramming one of my shade remotes and before I could finish, a pop up appeared saying “we’ve got this remote” or something to that effect and low and behold it’s working flawlessly now! I then did the same thing for my blackout shade in my theater room and BOOM that one was in there too! A couple notes. As mentioned, the Bond skill does allow for adding devices (fans and shades, probably other stuff too) to routines which is AWESOME! The one complaint that I would have, if you made me pick something, is that with the Alexa integration, for some reason, the command is not “Alexa, open the living room shade” it’s “Alexa, turn on (the) living room shade” soooo... on for open and off for close. Initially I tried to create a routine, “Alexa, close living room shade” and program as “power off” but she would say, “That is not supported on that device”. I did that again recently and it DOES work. It’s a bit picky... if you program “Alexa, close living room shade” you CAN’T say, Alexa, close THE living room shade”. This might have been my problem the fist time I tried it. So, a small work around if you want to be able to say “open” and “close” instead of “off” and “on” It’s a small price to pay but I’m hopeful that one day they’ll resolve that as well. Oh, I have one Bond device and it controls 4 devices, two of them being upstairs and two being in the basement and it does this without any issues. The signal strength must be pretty good because this has never been an issue. All in all, for $100 I was able to turn two dumb fans into smart ones and two motorized shades into Alexa enabled devices. It’s nice to be able to tell Alexa, “I’m out” and she turns off the TV, entertainment center, fans, lights, and closes the shades. This was the integration I was missing to add my fans and shades. Next, need to upgrade my 2” wood blinds! Definitely recommend! It’s probably saved me over $1000 on the shades alone. If they don’t increase the price on this once they’ve perfected it, it’s a STEAL!