Customer Reviews for Intermatic 1000-Watt Outdoor Timer with Photocell Light Sensor for Christmas Lights and Decorations

WAY OVER PRICED

This was a short term value solution for us that lasted almost 2 years. It worked well installed to control 30W worth of low voltage LED lighting on a pier, but the timer eventually began blowing a GFI breaker at the control panel. This is a decent timer, and easy to use, but I would not consider it a long term outdoor solution exposed to weather. The warranty on this product is 1 year.

Does as advertised for a good price, I would recommend

Works perfect. Would be helpful to have different length cords. Exactly what we wanted.

This was a replacement of the same item that I’ve had for about 10 years. Works well.

Good in the elements lasts a long time

Worked perfectly. Not a problem with outdoor lights in sensing dusk. Easy to use. 2 outlets make it more usable. 1000 W capacity means no problems and no need for 2.

Easy to program and use.

Best decision for Christmas decorating. Recommended by son in law. No more forgetting to turn on the lights, no wasting of energy when automatically turned off when no one saw lights anyway. Easily set timer, plugged in and was not a slave to the christmas lights all season. Hurray!!!

I’ve had two of these and both stopped working after about 6 months. Poor design as the dial fills with water in a hard rain. It should be more waterproof for an outdoor timer. Moving on to another brand for my needs.

Just what I needed. Works well Just what I needed. Works well

We've had it about 2 weeks and it's broken already.

Work great. A little pricey but worth the money. Come on dusk to dawn and timers also work great. Just what I was looking for

The timers work well, but the requirement they be 6" above ground and hang straight down is a bit challenging. The plug-in point of the GFI in our front yard only sits about 6" off the ground, so there is no way I can plug in directly there. I have had to rig up an extension cord to wrap around a nearby post, bungee cord the timer to the post near the female end of the extension cord, then connect a second extension cord to the timer outlet to get to the reindeer being lit. Pretty amateur-looking, but so far it works.

Returned it. Timers worked only inside (non grounded outlets). The features outside, which is ironic since it’s an outside plug that work are on or off. I’ve read that many of these units work just fine for buyers, just not for me.

Everything is good except I wish the Countdown function has more granularity. 2 hour increments could be one hour or even 30 minute. I have to choose to either have the lights go our an hour before I go to bed (6hrs) or an hour after (8hrs).