Does the ClairLite remote work through a wall?

I tried it from the hallway once and it didn’t go through, so line of sight is probably accurate. If you’re in another room, the timer is the safer bet.

Not sure I’d trust it through a wall. Mine cut out as soon as I stepped into the next room, so I just set the timer and walk away. Easier than fighting with the remote anyway.

I’ve had mine for about three months and the remote only works if I’m basically in the same room, sometimes even then I have to angle it right. The timer is the way to go if you’re planning to walk out anyway. I stopped bothering with the remote for that reason.

Line of sight is a stretch if you ask me. I still set mine up in the same room anyway, since I’d rather not have it running where I can’t see it. The timer handles the rest so it doesn’t matter much.

Mine actually surprised me and worked from the hallway once, so it’s not strictly line of sight in my experience. It’s hit or miss depending on the angle though. I just point it toward the doorway and it usually catches.

Mine worked fine from the next room.

I gave up on using it from another room pretty fast. Mine only responds if I’m basically at the doorway with the remote pointed toward the unit, so I just use the timer instead. Not a big deal.

Mine worked through a wall but only when the lamp was already on. Sounds weird, I know. Here’s what I mean. I’d turn it on in the bedroom, walk out, close the door, and then use the remote from the kitchen to shut it off early if I changed my mind. That worked fine, no problem, every time. But trying to turn it ON from the kitchen through that same wall? Nothing. Dead. I’d have to crack the door and point it in.

So my theory is the remote isn’t the weak link, it’s the lamp. Once it’s already running, the sensor seems more awake or something. I don’t know the actual reason and I’m not going to pretend I do. I just know the pattern held for about three months of regular use until I stopped bothering with the remote entirely.

My honest take is you’re better off deciding before you walk out of the room. Set the timer, close the door, go do your thing. The remote is nice when you’re standing right there and don’t want to touch the unit after handling raw chicken or whatever. That’s the real use case in my house. Cross-room stuff was never reliable enough for me to count on it, even in the one situation where it technically worked.

If you really want to test your setup, turn it on first, leave the room, then try shutting it off from where you plan to be. That’ll tell you more than trying to turn it on cold.

Line of sight doesn’t mean what people think it means. Walls block the signal, period. If the remote works from another room, that’s a fluke, not a feature. Set the timer and stop fighting with it.