Click Mode Drop in Quality?

[loz2754]

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I've never had any issues with Click Mode accessories and I highly rate them for a mid range product.

 

[freddo]

We have had a few click mode products where the terminal screws have been tightened so hard in the factory that an impact driver was needed to loosen them. The fan isolators are no longer modular either.

We moved to click from crabtree after the quality of the capital range got so bad and the terminals got too small, the switched fused spur terminals were a joke, the early versions had nice big round terminals.

 

[nicebutdim]

We moved to click from crabtree after the quality of the capital range got so bad and the terminals got too small, the switched fused spur terminals were a joke, the early versions had nice big round terminals.

Crabtree instinct caught my eye and appear to have well laid out terminals, but I've not seen them in the flesh as no one stocks them locally.

 

[brianmoooore]

Crabtree instinct caught my eye and appear to have well laid out terminals, but I've not seen them in the flesh as no one stocks them locally.

Really? I've almost exclusively used Crabtree domestic plate fittings for 45 years; first the 2000 series, then its replacement, the 4000 series. The 4000 series was revised bout a dozen years ago, with the appearance from the front staying the same, but with completely redesigned insides, and I don't think the change was made to improve reliability.
Generally reliability has been good, with the main problem being with intermediate switches, which become very stiff to operate.
Moved away from them about seven years ago, when there was some supply problems and I was (incorrectly) told, by a Crabtree rep, that the 4000 series was being discontinued.

 

[nicebutdim]

I think Screwfix sell some Crabtree accessories, but I don't know of any local wholesales carrying stock - certainly not the newish Instinct range. Capital always struck me as a robust, dependable range (similar to MK Logic), but seems quite dated now.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Does anyone use Legrand accessories anymore, fitted hundreds back in the day of flat pack new builds.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Does anyone use Legrand accessories anymore, fitted hundreds back in the day of flat pack new builds.

Being of French origins they are more available in main land Europe, they may have lowered their distribution as I don't see them very often in the UK now.

 

[brianmoooore]

Alongside the Crabtree domestic stuff, I used Legrand for all 'IP' rated sockets and switches. Originally the range with the square edged light grey rockers, and then the later versions with the darker grey rockers.
It wasn't unusual to find the early type of switch with the complete rocker missing and no other damage when doing routine testing or maintenance, so I still have a stock of brand new switches with no rockers in my store room.

 

[nicebutdim]

Does anyone use Legrand accessories anymore, fitted hundreds back in the day of flat pack new builds.

Synergy white moulded is great, but no one stocks them.