MK Logic Plus vs Hager Sollysta - which one should I choose?

[Alla Musica]

@nicebutdim Mate - have you ever come across Knightsbridge accessories please, and how do they fare? (I have a discontinued in-line dimmer from them, and just came to realize that they also made wall accessories)

 

[nicebutdim]

@nicebutdim Mate - have you ever come across Knightsbridge accessories please, and how do they fare? (I have a discontinued in-line dimmer from them, and just came to realize that they also made wall accessories)

It's not a brand I would ever have considered buying, but recently wired a house with decorative Knightsbridge accessories. I couldn't fault them and the grid range was a perfect match for other accessories, when needing intermediate switches on a couple of four gang plates. Terminals and terminal layout was no better ot worse than most other accessories.

Obviously I've no idea about long term use.

 

[Alla Musica]

It wasn't a loose wire, so either a dodgy contact or plaster dust had got in. I had a broken faceplate that had got dropped before installation and swapped out the switch insert and no problem since then.

There was one occasion when I was enjoying the possession of my newly purchased Click Mode wall switches - and water sprayed onto them by accident and I was in total panic.

Fortunately, thanks to the design, individual modules could be taken off the faceplate, and even the modules themselves could be easily taken apart and reassembled.

I dried the water out and put the switches back, and now all the 5 gangs are now in proper use.

Not sure if other series / brands could be taken apart this easily, but if your installation environment is subject to plaster dust or such, you might consider light switches that are convenient to take apart for inspection before reassembly.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Or conversely use accessories that are totally enclosed and will not let plaster dust past into the mechanism.

 

[Alla Musica]

What about Electrium (Crabtree, Marbo[ourn], Volex, and Wylex brands)? Wikipedia still shows one UK factory, whatever that means...

@Ric2013 Mate, with the absence of a prompt reply from Electrium, I would assume they're made in China, or elsewhere with cheaper labor cost, given their similar cost to Click Mode.

 

[Alla Musica]

I'm not a fan of the rockers on the Click stuff tbh - far too square edged. Makes it feel very 80s.

Sorry mate, I just realized you said "rockers" rather than "faceplate".

FWIW, I truly understand what you mean, and I felt the same while looking at online pictures. But imho, those rockers have a slightly curved surface which makes it more modern somehow...?

I have a few UK friends renting 1980s houses / apartments which had really old-looking switches whose rockers come with flat surfaces instead, such as --

But in short, I think you meant something like the above by saying "80s"?

Not sure if I'm correct, but please point out if I'm wrong...

Cheers!

 

[Simon47]

I actually prefer that "80s" square style over the curved designs like the "new" MK Logic+.
And on that, WTF did MK keep the same product codes for a completely different range. There was a time when I'd have scoured 2nd hand sites for the old Logic stuff, but if there is anything it's drowned out by a gazzillion hits on the new stuff.

 

[nicebutdim]

I actually prefer that "80s" square style over the curved designs like the "new" MK Logic+.
And on that, WTF did MK keep the same product codes for a completely different range. There was a time when I'd have scoured 2nd hand sites for the old Logic stuff, but if there is anything it's drowned out by a gazzillion hits on the new stuff.

Quite a bit of their old metalclad range makes its way onto ebay, but mostly from people who have a grossly overinflated sense of its value.

 

[Alla Musica]

I actually prefer that "80s" square style over the curved designs like the "new" MK Logic+.
And on that, WTF did MK keep the same product codes for a completely different range. There was a time when I'd have scoured 2nd hand sites for the old Logic stuff, but if there is anything it's drowned out by a gazzillion hits on the new stuff.

Aha, did you mean curved rockers or curved faceplates?

 

[nicebutdim]

Flat raised plate, with square corners and square switches.

First image I could find was an fcu, but you get the idea.