Eagle Plug in Dimmer 13A Adjustable Light Control Switch

The media could not be loaded. Working as it should. No flickering. Works perfect with bulb above (see picture)

Having read a few reviews - some positive some negative - I went ahead and bought this dimmer plug.Here is my assessment after a few tests:For filament and LED bulbs (make sure LED bulbs are dimmer compatible) the dimmer works well, though it works best for filament bulbs, dimmer-compatible LEDs also works Ok, may be with a few in-between flickers that went away after a slight adjustement twist of the plug knob.For non-dimmer certified LED bulbs which I tested, the dimmer plug may work by stepping down the brightness to half or less in one go with no steps in between (in my case this was satisfactory for existing bulbs).I even tested it with compact fluorescent bulbs (old economy bulbs before LEDs) for some of which it cut down the brightness by about a third before the bulb started flickering and/or going off.The product information clearly states that "Not to be used with Low Voltage or Low energy Lamps" so, if you know what to expect from this dimmer plug you will not be disappointed.

I opted for the plug in dimmer that was priced a couple of quid more than Amazon's only other choice. I thought with it being a little more money it would be better somhow. But in fact, I was disappointed. The control knob was awkward to turn, and it stopped working in two days.I returned it and ordered the CHEAPER version - and it's far better! Much easier to use and is plainly a better piece of kit. If you want one of these, I recommend the (cheaper!) 'EAGLE' brand.

Dimming ability doesn't work. Either on full or off completely, somewhere in the middle it flickers constantly.

It works as expected so i am happy with ituse it controls 2 Edison 40w light bulbs, dims them down (silently no hum) to completely 'off' then from very dim to full power with the rotary knobworks exactly as intended no issues.Small compact and in use the rheostat it only gets slightly warm, no concerns.max wattage on unit is stated as 280watts which is easily more than I needed.tried it with a large 16inch pedestal fan to slow min speed, not very good loud hum and Fan not happy) not the dimmers fault, more Fan not compatible with dimmers which not surprise me~ for the low price the Dimmer feels well built for plastic~ would buy this Dimmer again

The dimmer I received was faulty - worked for a while, then switched off, then on again if I twiddled the knob. Clearly some kind of thermal or contact issue. I should've returned it but couldn't be bothered, so instead I took it apart, cleaned the potentiometer with contact cleaner and re-soldered it onto the PCB. Now it works fine, but that shouldn't have been necessary, nor is it something everyone can (or should) do.

does the job

As advised I'm using Dimmable LED lamps with this unit which replaces a different make of one I bought about a year ago. On first use it flickered a lot and I had to adjust it a few times to get it to stay steady but it seems ok now (I hope) but we'll see over the next couple of nights whether its a keeper or it gets returned. Low level to high level brightness seems to have a good range, and as I said it's easy to use. I think it may be one of those items that either works well, or it doesn't.