Unreliable. Changes its own settings without touching the lamp. Will turn on or off randomly.

Item does not work well

I'm replacing a 5 year old Westek Touch Dimmer that finally gave up the ghost. Unfortunately, this one just doesn't cut it. It only works sporadically and never brightens to an acceptable level. I will be returning it.

Have used these plu-in touch dimmers in the past successfully.with a metal lamp. I purchased two of these after lightening burned one out. One of them did not work at all; the 2nd sort of worked but not consistently. Sad that I had to return them.

It does not work!

I bought this touch dimmer because I was very pleased with the performance of two Westek touch dimmers I bought several years ago. The Model Number on those two dimmers is 6004C. They perform well with both incandescent and dimmable LEDs and wanted to buy another. I could not find this model available on the internet so last month I bought the "Model# 6004BC" from Home Depot. The touch dimmer that I was sent is labeled Model 6004M. The Model 6004M did not work with incandescent light bulbs.

Did not work, right out of the box. Yes, the lamp has incandescent bulbs. And yes, this same lamp had the same dimmer on it for years, but that dimmer finally quit. I’m returning this one.

doesn't work with LED bulbs

Only works with Incandescent and halogen bulbs (as printed on the package) - really? Is this 1991 or 2023? You can barely buy incandescent bulbs now. This product needs to come off the market!

I couldn’t get it to work on a lamp that I was replacing a wired dimmer on. I switched the power wires and it worked for a few uses then nothing. I returned it and went back to the wired in model. I believe it was defective and would not hesitate to try one on another lamp in the future. It would be a lot easier then to wire one in.

I bought 2 - both did not work.

I have an older version of this made by Westek and decided to buy 2 more, one for a different lamp and one for a spare. It's been my experience that these Westek touch dimmer lasts 5-8 years before they stop working so I wanted a spare.

Unlike my old one, this one requires hard slaps on the lamp to work

These are highly variable. An older one I had worked great on my lamp and responded by simply touching the lamp. Then when it had to be replaced, I went the same route. This one requires you to slap the lamp hard, and sometimes several times. I’m thinking of returning it because of that.

Worked for 5 years, then died

Purchased new in 2018 from Home Depot. Used on a lamp (bed side) with a 40W incandescent bulb. Recently it began to turn on and off by itself. It died today when the filament in the bulb itself shorted out and stopped. I tried a new bulb but the dimmer would not turn off, but only allows the full current to pass through. It's probably not worth buying a new one. I'm going to get a Leviton table top dimmer cord instead. I have one on another lamp and it works fine.