LUMORA™ Smart Ceiling Fan and Light Switch with Wi-Fi

Update May 2025:App was updated and longer supports routines on scenes. That broke my workaround. Recommended by app time event in automation does not support this fan switch. At this point I can no longer turn the light only part of fan on automatically. That practically makes whole switch useless to me.I have a fan/light on my porch and the goal is to turn the light on/off on Sunset/Sunrise automatically.This switch is easy enough to install (although wires should be 2-3 inches longer) and looks good.Works good manually (the only thing I'm not absolutely happy about one has to double click fan button to change fan speed instead of dedicated +/- buttons. Not very convenient but tolerable.)The only problem that I had to compromise with is automatic turn on when Sunset.Right out of the way let me tell me that I only using Meross app. Homekit is not a good solution for me, since all my controllers (AppleTV, iPad) connected to 'Trusted' VLAN and all IOT devices live in 'IOT VLAN'. The result is that Homekit controller can't get the status of devices in IOT VLAN. Enabling mDNS recast and opening in firewall special ports is not what I'm willing to do since it defies the original purpose to prevent IOT devices to even be aware of other VLANs for security reasons.Meross app offers 'Routines', 'Scenes' and 'Automation'.'Automation' can't be triggered by time, only by status of device. So that is out of question.'Routine' allows to turn specific device on/off on Sunset/Sunrise. Great. But it turns on/off entire switch with both Fan and Light. I don't want my fan running all night, only light part of it.Meross support suggested me to add this switch to the scene and use Routine to run this scene. That works only partially, since Routine can't run Scene from Sunset to Sunrise but only on specific time.I've got confirmation from Meross support stating that:Hi customer, Thanks for your reply. We apologize, but the Routine of Scene does not support Sunrise/Sunset features. Unlike devices, Scene lacks a time zone setting, preventing it from acquiring local sunrise/sunset times. We understand this may be inconvenient for you. We will report this to the technical team and hope to enable separate light adjustments in the Routine settings soon. Best regards, Miree Customer ServiceSo the compromise that I can live with for now is following:I created Scene with this switch with only light included in the scene. I created Routine to turn in on at 6PM every day. And I created another Routine to turn off entire switch at Sunrise.The issue could be fixed in software, so I hope someday Meross will introduce ability to schedule Scene from Sunset to Sunrise.

Okay, so I just got my smart WiFi fan control & dimmer light switch (MFC100) setup about a week ago and I absolutely love it. Honestly, I was a little bit hesitant to get one of these because a few months ago I got a non-smart fan control & dimmer switch from Lutron for the fan and light in my bathroom and I had the most difficult time getting it installed. However, this experience with the meross switch was very different. What made the installation much easier this time around were a few small details but they made all the difference.First and foremost, the heavy gauge wires coming out of the back of the fan & dimmer switch made it very easy to connect to the heavy gauge wires coming out of the electrical box. The Lutron switch I installed had very thin wires, so when I went to twist them with the thick copper wires in the electrical box, they would constantly come undone in the wire connector cap. And, because they were so thin, I couldn’t use my push-in wire connectors because the wire would just get balled up, preventing it from feeding through the port. On this meross switch, however, the wires are a much heavier gauge and easily slid in to my wire connectors.Another small detail that really made installation a lot easier was the included sticker labels. Using these, you can keep track of each wire in the outlet box after you disconnect your old switch (see photo below). This made a big difference for me because my house is on the older side and all of the wires in my outlet box are either black or white, so it can get very confusing to know which wire does what without labels.Finally, the last small detail that made all the difference was the labeling on the back of the meross switch. Above each wire coming out of the back of the device was a written label describing what that wire was for (see photo below). Again, a small detail but a welcome one because you don’t need to keep flipping back through the manual to see what each wire is for. Instead, you just look at the back of the meross switch and read the label for a particular wire, then match that wire to one of the pre-labeled wires in the outlet box and make the connection. Repeat for each wire and you’re done. Easy peasy!After it was all set up and I turned the circuit breaker back on, it was a seamless experience adding it to Apple HomeKit. You just scan the QR code on the front of the switch and the accessory gets added to Apple Home. One really neat thing is that if you adjust the accessory settings in Apple Home, you can separate the fan functionality from the light functionality, so that you essentially have two separately-controllable accessories. All you have to do is click the “Show as Separate Tiles” button and then you can control the light and fan separately from your phone/Siri (see screenshot below). Pretty cool and less expensive than the aforementioned non-smart Lutron fan control switch.

This is a great solution to make fan and light switch smart, and to control them from anywhere. The meross Smart Ceiling Fan Control and Dimmer Light Switch is a smart switch that comes in standard size yet has full control for fan and light along with overall on/off control in the same switch.Before getting into the functionality, a word of caution. You need to have full wiring of the motor and light from the fan to the switch box before this can be properly installed and made fully functional. I did not have that wiring, so I had to add additional wiring to the fan (need 4 wires from fan to the switch: motor, light, neutral and ground). Once the wiring is in place, rest is easy.Installing the switch itself is not much more difficult than other smart switches, you need a neutral wire, and need to make sure that the motor and light connections are not swapped. Once that is done, turn on power and connect the switch to Wi-Fi with either Apple Home or through the meross app.The switch has three push buttons. The main button turns the whole system on or off (it remembers the last state, so if your light was 50% power and fan was on level 1 when the switch was turned off, it will return to the same state when turned back on). The fan and light switches turn the fan and light on or off when pressed once, or change the level when pressed twice. The light level is shown on the left with amber color, and the fan level in yellow color (see the attached images).I have been using meross products for many years and have always had good experiences. This product is no different. It works as expected, has robust Wi-Fil connection, and can be used with almost all smart home controllers (Apple Home, meross app, Google Home, Alexa etc.).Get this product if you have the wiring or are able to update your wiring. Highly recommended.

Purchased this switch to add my home office ceiling fan and light to HomeKit. I have a fairly substantial HomeKit environment but none of my fans are included and I wanted to try to get it added if possible.I've had good luck with Meross products in the past (have several already) and felt this would be a good option given that value and the price.Install: Install was easy, I already had a single-gang switch to separately control the fan/light before. It's worth noting, if your fan is on a switch that is on/off and the fan then has to be controlled by a remote, this won't work. That's noted on the product details in the description but wanted to make note of it. It's the single reason why I won't be adding this to the rest of my fans, they are all controlled that way unfortunately. Moving on, the only difference in the install from this one and my previous was the need for a neutral wire. My house had that in back of the electrical box and I removed the wire nut and added it in to the bundle and it was fine. I tried to show the size difference in the one I had before and this one. It's not the deepest smart switch I have, but not the most shallow either. That's the only challenge I have with all smart switches, the depth, as the electrical boxes in my house aren't that deep, so the most difficult part of the install was putting all the wiring back in the box and getting the switch pushed all the way in. It still has a tiny gap that I'll have to work on in the future.Adding to HomeKit: This supports more than HK but that's what I got it for so that is what I'll mention. It added to HK very easily, but I did need to use the code rather than the QR code. It added easily and allowed me to select if I wanted it to be separate in HK or together on my favorites page (just like other multi-devices in HK). Uneventful add, just like I like with HK, as some can be very temperamental (make sure you're on a 2.4Ghz network).Functionality: This is where I would have some suggestions. The switch has a small button for each of the fan and the light along with a "master switch" that controls both at the same time (handy for easy "all-off" when leaving the room).First: the fan is on the top button, I wish the light was on the top button, this is a minimal gripe and something I've already gotten used to after a couple weeks of use, but still would be nice to have the light on top since that's what you would use all the time. The "master switch" turns both off when leaving a room, and also turns both ON when coming into the room. That's ok if you want both "on" but that master switch isn't a "last status" (i.e. light on medium, fan off, etc), it's last status but "on" if that makes sense. So, if you just wanted to come in to the room, hit the master switch to turn your lights on, the fan comes on too. That's why having the small button that controls each individually would be nice to be on top. It's not a big deal, but something to get used to.You can also adjust each individually from the buttons by double-clicking each to adjust the light brightness (3 settings) and the fan speed (also three settings). Unlike other switches, it's not a press and hold or anything and the clicks need to be quick, like double-clicking a mouse on your computer.HomeKit: Setting up the fan/light in HK scenes were easy, as you would expect and they work great. The only thing that is taking a bit to get used to is the way the HK app works with the dimming of the light and the fan speed. It's a click/drag, which is fine (I haven't had any other brands so this is likely exactly what HK does and nothing to do with Meross) but it's click drag within those three settings each.Meross App: I like the simplicity of the Meross app, it doesn't do the click/drag like HK does and has the three fan speeds listed, allows the full slide of 0%-100% on the lighting and is almost identically set up like the switch itself. It has worked great and was super easy to add to their app (I added HK first and when I went into the Meross app, I simply had to click "add" and it did the rest instantly).Conclusion: Only a few things I would change and none of them would give me pause to purchase. I wish the other fans in my house were separately switched as I would add this switch to all of them. It works well, doesn't seem to have any signal issues, and both the HK app and Meross app function great with it. It was easy to install (remember, 2.4Ghz network and neutral wire required) and functions just the way it should.

I've been using meross products for a few years now, around 5, and I think they are great. Installation is pretty straight forward from a physical aspect, then the connecting to the network install comes around and it's still easy. I had an issue with only one product so far and it was more an error on my end. I like how they offer connectivity across a few platforms which leaves the door open to switching and not having to replace a whole system.

I have a lot of Meross switches in my house, so I was excited that they came out with a single switch to control my fan and its lights, and it is compatible with Apple Home (HomeKit).First off, your house needs to already have the light and fan wired separately for this to work. You cannot use this if one switch controls all power to the fan. Not a problem for me. This is what I’d been looking for.Installation and setup was easy. I tend to set Meross stuff up through their app so I get firmware updates, etc. and they go straight into Apple Home too.The large button toggles both the fan and light off and on. The fan and light each have their own smaller button. Since I leave the fan on almost all the time, this is awkward.Using the physical switch is very aggravating. In order to adjust the speed of the fan or brightness of the light, you need to double tap the corresponding button, wait a second, then double tap again. This is annoying, but made worse by the slow reaction time and unreliability of the physical switch. Typical case is this: double tap; wait a second; nope, didn’t work; double tap; wait a second; yup, it worked, but it’s still not bright enough; double tap; wait a second; double tap; wait a second… There’s a setting in the Meross app to use a long press instead of a double-tap. You would think that you could just hold the button until your desired brightness is reached, but instead you just have to hold it down for an unspecified time, let go, wait a second, then long press again, let go, wait a second, long press again, let go, wait a second, and so on.It feels like they just took the physical hardware for their dimmer switch (which is very logical and easy to use) and shoehorned the fan + light functions into it without thinking it through at all.Also, for some reason, every morning when I hit the manual switch to turn on the light, it turns on at only 1% brightness. Automations through Apple Home work great, but I cannot just press the button to turn on the light.So, it’s nice to have a single-gang switch that works with Apple Home to control my lights and fan independently, but the main reason for putting in smart switches instead of smart bulbs is that you can continue to use them with your hands instead of your phone or voice. Unfortunately, this switch makes that experience very frustrating.

Saw this new product pop up and decided to take the plunge. My house is driven by Home Assistant and HomeKit, so anything I add needs to work with both. I’m pleased to report that this does perfectly. I actually ordered three of them. I replaced each of the old single-gang, split-switch manual fan/light controls first. My house is 1950s era, so some of the boxes are small, but this switch still fit inside with enough room for all the wiring, just. You will need 5 wires in your box for this switch: hot, fan load, light load, neutral, and ground. If you are replacing an old set of controls, you’ll probably have them, but if it is a switch that pre-dates 1985, you are likely missing the neutral wire. Don’t be tempted to use the ground for this - not code and a bad idea!Once the hardware was installed, to have it speak to both HomeKit and HomeAssistant with these steps. It connects via WiFi. It does not use Matter/Thread.1) Add it to HomeKit first with the “+” add device button and then selecting “Other Method” and entering the HomeKit code on the unit. I didn’t use the Meross app. If you use only HomeKit, you can skip the next steps relevant to Home Assistant and jump to #5.2) Delete it in Apple Home. I know, you just added it, but delete it.3) In HomeAssistant, add a HomeKit Device Integration. It should find the switch automatically. If you haven’t added and then deleted the device in Apple Home, this step will not work.4) Again in HomeAssistant, add the new device to a HomeKit Bridge integration to share it back to Apple Home. It will be available in both HA and Home now.5) Now find the device in the Meross app to access advanced controls not available in HA or Home. I chose the option to remember the last state.That’s it. I get voice control with Siri, controls in Home and HA, and access to automations etc. in both. I use HA because it is infinitely more powerful and flexible than Home and integrates lots of devices that aren’t natively accessible in Home.The manual controls on this are okay. The fan and light are independently controlled with small inset buttons. One click turns on/off, and double clicks cycle through fan speed or light brightness. They are inset within a large paddle which toggles the state of the little switches between on/off. Finding the large toggle in the dark is easy, the little switches a bit harder. Double clicking to cycle is mildly tedious, but in such a compact switch probably the best possible option.Overall, I’m extremely happy so far. The switch does exactly what I’ve been waiting for years to come on to the market. Thank you Meross!

I now have six 3-way Meross switches installed and connected to Alexa. I chose them because they were less expensive than some other brands with the same features. Installation was fairly simple. The app contains all of the instructions, though the wires coming out the back of each device are well-labeled. I never used the instructions for wiring the switch. The 3-way switch has the power wire, ground wire, neutral, and two carriers (5 total). I have a home built in 2006, so every box has the neutral wire, making this easier. There are two problems that make installation more difficult: 1) the wires coming out of the switch are only about 3 inches long. In a 4-gang electrical box with all of the neutral wires tied together at one end, this means that it's impossible to make the short neutral wire from the switch reach the house neutral without adding another extension wire; 2) the Meross switches take up a lot of space. If the electrical box is shallow, or if there are multiple switches in the box, then getting the Meross switches and all the wire connectors into the box can be tough. It is possible that all available smart switches have about the same footprint, so this may be a universal problem for smart switch installation.The Meross App working on an iPhone had very easy-to-follow directions for linking the switch to the app and giving it a unique name. Alexa doesn't list Meross as an available company, but I simply chose "other" for company. And Alexa found all the Meross switches without any problem. Meross allows the switches to be grouped in "scenes," such as "leaving the house." With each scene, each device can be set to on or off. It is also possible to set up schedule for each device to either turn on/off according to date/time, or to automatically turn off after so many minutes being on. It is nice to look at the app when on the road to see that lights are turned out, or to turn lights on when coming home.So far, I have 28 Meross smart switches, four smart plugs, and a smart garage door opener all connected, and they have been performing flawlessly, either with the Meross App or with Alexa. They use some data, but it is not slowing my internet down at all. I recommend their smart products.