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Black and Decker 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit #FW3000
Black and Decker  5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit #FW3000
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Product Details

  • Batteries Included: 1
  • Binding: Tools & Hardware
  • Brand: Black & Decker
  • EAN: 0028877462981
  • Features: Messenger Hub is the ""Brain"" of your freewire system - it relays wireless messages to your freewire system", Indoor Remote controls lights, small electronics, and more from the palm of your hand, Lamp Receiver provides convenient control of incandescent lamps rated up to 300 watts, Outdoor Lamp Receivers are ideal for controlling low voltage landscape and holiday lighting, 5 piece kit includes (1) Messenger Hub, (1) Indoor Remote, (1) Lamp Receiver, (2) Outdoor Lamp Receivers, and (1) 3V Lithium battery
  • Label: Black & Decker
  • Manufacturer: Black & Decker
  • Model: FW3000
  • Product Group: Home Improvement
  • Publisher: Black & Decker
  • Release Date: 2004-04-01
  • Studio: Black & Decker
  • Title: Black and Decker 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit #FW3000
  • UPC: 028877462981
Avg Customer Rating: 4 stars

Product Description: * Messenger Hub is the ""Brain"" of your freewire system - it relays wireless messages to your freewire system" * Indoor Remote controls lights, small electronics, and more from the palm of your hand * Lamp Receiver provides convenient control of incandescent lamps rated up to 300 watts * Outdoor Lamp Receivers are ideal for controlling low voltage landscape and holiday lighting * 5 piece kit includes (1) Messenger Hub, (1) Indoor Remote, (1) Lamp Receiver, (2) Outdoor Lamp Receivers, and (1) 3V Lithium battery


Customer Reviews


5 stars Black and Decker 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit #FW3000
Excellant way to control outside X10 devices. This kit is actually cheaper than purchasing the outside modules seperately if you can find them.


4 stars Works great for Christmas lights
I used these for my Christmas tree lights and outside lights. Set up was very easy and very convenient to turn on and off. They performed as advertised and I would recommend them hightly.


4 stars Very Very Good but not Great, by itself
I bought the Freewire product with the intention of putting all my christmas lights on the system. I liked the idea of not having to go to multiple recepticles to turn the lights on and off every night.

If you only want to cover a small area, 1 FreeWire system will suffice. But, if you are only going to use 1 system, you will find that the hub needs an unobstructed line of sight to the receivers and the further away the hub is, the less reliable the product becomes.

But, when you add multiple FreeWire systems (Hubs, primarily), the product works much better. I got outstanding results when I put hubs in seperate rooms. The remote doesn't need line of sight to activate the hub (it just broadcasts a signal), but the hub needs to be in rather close proximity with the receivers to be very effective. The more obstructions between the hub and receiver, the closer the hub needs to be.

All in all I was able to put 85% of my lights (all the ones on the first story and Front yard) on the freewire system. It was really pleasant this year to control all the lights with the press of a button instead of relying on a bunch of timers.


4 stars Good buy
The device does what it says and works very well. The only con is that you can only use the indor receivers with incandecent lighting and I have energy efficient bulbs thoughout the house so I was forced to use the outdoor receivers indoor.


4 stars good product
There is an excellent concept behind this product. I love the design and the functionalities especially the house code feature. There is a little problem I encountered. The outdoor switch doesn't work when the server and the switch are on different circuit group(under different switch in the electric box). I don't know what caused that. I haven't spent a lot of time on that yet. Problem might get away if I leave that switch on the plug long enough to charge cell that keeps the memory of the code.