Smash Mute.The Big, Fat TV Mute Button (a.k.a. Your Happy Button)

Fed up with screeching commercials, but my fingers always had problems finding the teeny-tiny Mute button on the remote. Often I missed and instead hit the Off button. Now, just a quick hit of the button stops the irritating noise. $19.50 isn't inexpensive, but it's worth it to me. Silence is golden.Product Comments:- The unit is large, as pictured. No problem finding Mute with this one.- Appears well constructed, button has solid feel. It should take a lot of angry pounding.- Very easy set-up. Just move a switch on its underside to "LEARN", point your remote to its underside "LEARNING" portal, press your remote's "Mute" button, wait for the light to blink and return the switch to "USE." That's it.- Works well. No problem with it finding my TV's IR port.

Finally! A big freaking button to quiet those annoying stupid commercials! Easy to set and use! And yes, it works great! Will probably order more as my parents seen it and took it with them! lol They love it too!One note: When setting the mute button from your remote, HOLD the mute on the TV remote until the red light blinks. As you are still holding down the mute on the TV remote, slide the switch from LEARN to USE. If you just push the button until the light blinks, stop pressing the mute on the TV remote, and slide the switch BEFORE, the Smash Mute will not mute the TV. It will basically record the TV remote being pressed then released and not mute the TV. Hope that helps!

This remote was such a disappointment. My elderly mother has dementia and does not know how to use any remote. I purchased this so she could mute the television when those loud commercials start during her game shows (7pm-8pm) or if she wants to watch the hallmark channel…otherwise we stream everything. I was hoping it would also help me from having to mute it (E V E R Y .single. C O M M E R C I A L) myself. I think the invention is genius, but the product is junk. It only works once in a while. You have to hold it up and point it STRAIGHT at the tv (and it still doesn’t work the way it should) … I then found that if I hold down for a couple seconds then let off it will work a little better (but it’s still not every time) - I tried changing the batteries too, because you never know.All in all I would not recommend this to anyone, wasted money, and I am now on the look out to see if I can find something similar. I need to find her something that has a larger mute button, so her fingers are not touching more than one thing at a time.

This is an excellent product! We are adapting its use for my wife's dad, who lives with us and has Alzheimer's. He spends a good amount of time watching TV while my wife and I work from home (especially during the pandemic). He needs to get up frequently to visit the bathroom. We programmed the remote to 'pause' the Tivo rather than mute it. He can manage this large red button fine, so whenever he wants to pause the TV he hits it, comes back and hits it again, and away he goes. Independent living!One enhancement would be an RF version. The remote uses IR, like most basic remotes do, so it requires line-of-sight to the TV to work. RF remotes (used with Tivo and other devices) do not require line of sight. Often my father-in-law will place a glass or something in front of the one-button remote and he then needs help using it. If it were an RF remote that wouldn't happen. I would like to suggest that the manufacturer offer an RF version of the remote, or modify this one to function with RF and IR both.

Sets up very easily. However our tv uses the Sonos sound bar, hence, no remote for the sound bar, no remote to set up the sound for mute. Works great if we’re using the tv speakers only.

I have not had any issues with this product. I do not smash it, I touch it. Push it. But you could smash it. Coax it lovingly.Is it worth the price? Well, at $20 to $25, it's pricey and thus I deducted a star. It's durable and good, not cheaply made. It should be 20% less in price, in my opinion. Frankly, if these were $12.99, I think the company would sell ten times as many..I own two Snashmutes, my friend owns a Mute Daddy, also on Amazon. We had a battle royale!Construction: Snashmute wins as button is bigger and stronger...you can actually gently smash it. Daddy is a smaller, more fragile button. I use the snashmute with my heel while it’s resting on the coffee table sometime, can’t with Daddy. +1 SmashSize: Daddy is smaller, more likely to slip in between couch cushions. Smashmute has rubber feet, sits on arm of recliner better, easy to find, bright red. +1 SmashVolume: Daddy has volume buttons, Smash has none. I argue that makes the Daddy overly complex, might hit wrong button when trying to mute, but since it’s a sometimes used feature, will reluctantly give point to Daddy +1. Note Daddy has power button too.Timer: This is very hard to use. The multiple clicks is a deal killer. Even if I knew how long the commercial will be, say it was 2.5 minutes, why would I want to click this thing five times? It’s awful. Hey, sorts fans....wanna mute the entire half-time NFL or between periods NHL...what are you supposed to do, hit Mute Daddy 40 times? It’s nonsense. Sure, there’s a tiny mute button, but that defeats the purpose. Smashmute is Bang on, bang off, that’s Smashmute. Smash +1.Ease of programming: snashmute in 5 seconds, literally. No power, no volume, no fuss. It’s so easy, in fact, that you could easily use Smashmute between two TV sets with a simple reprogram. You point the actual real remote at the snashmute after flipping a switch on the Smashmute, hold the mute button on the real remote while pointing it at the snashmute, then just flip off the same switch on the snashmute again. Set!. +1 SmashBottom line, summary: Smashmute much better. It’s a touch more expensive, but worth every penny for the better build quality alone.Advice! You’ll say, okay, I buy all that, but how will I know when the commercial is over and the movie, show, sports event restarts with Smashmute, watch the TV for 2.5 minutes straight!? A workaround that works for me: Turn on your TV regular volume from TV very low, like 5 setting, and the TV sound out of your sound bar or surround sound system at regular listening volume, say vol 20. Now train the Smashmute for your soundbar. Boom! When you hit the Smashmute, your soundbar mutes, but a small amount of sound still comes out of the TV itself, so you can sort of overhear it while you putter about or use IPad. It’s uncanny, you’ll know when the loud commercial is over almost instinctively. This works wellBut, even without the suggestion above, you’ll know to smash it after a couple minutes (just as easy if not easier than poking the Daddy 5-6 times and guessing commercials that way; my friend actually finds himself looking up with the Daddy when he thinks it should have restarted the sound and it hasn’t yet....lol...almost like second guessing a kitchen cooking timer....lol).Clear winner, Smashmute. Get those double-loud commercials silenced. Hope this helps someone, esp you sports addicts. Perfect gift. Bye now. .