Black & Decker FW3000 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit

by Black & Decker

Product Description

* Messenger Hub is the ""Brain"" of your freewire system - it relays wireless messages to your freewire system" * Indoor Remote controls lights, small electronics, and more from the palm of your hand * Lamp Receiver provides convenient control of incandescent lamps rated up to 300 watts * Outdoor Lamp Receivers are ideal for controlling low voltage landscape and holiday lighting * 5 piece kit includes (1) Messenger Hub, (1) Indoor Remote, (1) Lamp Receiver, (2) Outdoor Lamp Receivers, and (1) 3V Lithium battery

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 2.6 x 13.8 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001VO2YS
• Item model number: FW3000
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,645 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome wireless kit with outdoor modules, March 14, 2005

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M. Pearson (Huntington Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker FW3000 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is one of the coolest kits I have come across and at a great price, I friend of mine paid full price from Black and Decker a couple months ago. I have a few X10 products in my house but this kit is awesome because it has a remote that can control everything from lights to appliances.

Setup took 2 minutes after opening the box. Push one button on the remote and push one button on the base station and that was it. Easy plug and play solution.

I used the outdoor lamp modules to control my outdoor lights and gave the remote to my wife to put in her car. Now when she comes home at night she can turn on all the outside lights and 2 lamps in our foyer. The range of the wireless remote has been pretty good, about 140 feet depending on which walls it is going through. I am thinking about buying another kit for the remote and outdoor lamp modules.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Starter X10 set without any complexity, July 2, 2006

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Mark J. Holt "MJH" (Dexter, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker FW3000 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit (Tools & Home Improvement)

I've looked at X10 technolgy for years, but never really had a need to use it before now. I recently installed a pool that has a light that is plugged into an outlet in a flowerbed at the back of my yard. I wanted to be able to turn the light on and off without trapsing through my flowerbed in the dark. This X10 set from B&D proved to be the perfect solution. I followed the instructions in the box and had the outdoor outlet for the light installed in about 15 minutes. It worked perfectly and has worked flawlessly for the past month or so.

I have not used any of the other included X10 receptacles.

One word of caution. Be sure that you realize that there are wattage limitations to the switch outlets. You cannot run things like pool pumps, etc. on one of these lightweight units. I know they make X10 switches that handle more load, but these aren't it. I believe the outdoor switches are only rated to 500 watts. The indoor units are even less (I think they are 300 watts) and aren't grounded. They are strictly designed for lamps.

Assuming you have light load needs, this is a very good startup set.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good buy, December 11, 2007

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Adrian (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Black & Decker FW3000 5- Piece Freewire Indoor/Outdoor Starter Kit (Tools & Home Improvement)

The device does what it says and works very well. The only con is that you can only use the indor receivers with incandecent lighting and I have energy efficient bulbs thoughout the house so I was forced to use the outdoor receivers indoor.