Modern Light Switches

[pinnerite]

Years ago while abroad, I remember using wall light switches whose rocker was the whole panel.

My new home has 6-year old ivory switches and I woud like to replace them with some similar to those described.

The nearest I could find were these:

But they just look like only part of something else.

I am not keen on the latest chinese plot to take over our waste bins - the smart switch. It is bad enough having my wife argue with Alexa, i don't need a smart switch to start re-ordering itself every five minuters!

Anyone got any suggestions?

TIA

[Andy Burns]

Searching for "wide rocker light switch" turns up some that are full width, others that are just a bit oversized, varying in ugliness ...

[charles]

I was looking for something similar earlier today. Screwfix list 3 different ones, Toolstation show 1 and Wickes have one - for mail order only.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

I remember them and think they were intended for the disabled.

What's wrong with letting the wife argue with Alexa, it stops her arguing with you?

[HVS]

On 24 Sep 2021, Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote

That's undoubtedly right, but we have them in a numbxer of rooms in our non-disabled house -- they're useful when you want to switch the lights on in a dark room by just hitting in the general direction of the wall plate without finding a fiddly switch.

Not a big deal, but useful.

Alexa and her like are the spawn of the devil, innit....

[GB]

Alexa, tell me a Dad Joke ..... :)

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

GB has brought this to us :

.... Why does Bilbo Baggins always eat his dinner at noon......

Ans - He was a creature of habit.

[nightjar]

They were promoted as being more stylish and modern than the traditional switch, much in the same way as the inductive plate switches, which had no moving parts.

[Tim Streater]

Try these.

[nightjar]

Is this the sort of thing you are looking for?

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

I did not like those since they were easy to knock on and off as you passed by if you were carrying something, like a box. Also they felt flimsy to me at least. Brian

[pinnerite]

Very close but those are very expensive and look prone to showing wear quickly. Thank you.

[pinnerite]

I just found these:

but I would like to hear from someone who tried the,.

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[Andy Burns]

Looks like it needs to be fitTED into a frame

[alan_m]

I fitted some like that 30 years ago and over the past few years replaced them all with "standard" type as I refurbished each room.

The front panel/rocker wasn't smooth plastic but a rough spark eroded type surface texture and looked somewhat dirty once operated by someone with unwashed hands. It was removable and easy to wash.