IRONMONGERY WORLD®Solid Brass Bell Push Door Bell Push Wired (Round Circle Antique Vintage)

I bought one of these Natural Honey Oak Plinth, ready for staining or varnishing, with 63mm dia. (2.5") brass doorbell push a few months ago. The oak plinth is very nicely made, and the brass bell push seemed like it was high quality at the time, but after only 6 months the switch mechanism had corroded and it no longer worked. That bell push is one of these Byron Wired Bell Push Flush Mounted - Brass, and it looks like many people have had the same problem.Thankfully this bell push from Ironmongery World is the same size as the Byron bell push (to within 2mm), and is a drop-in replacement for the Byron. It also has the following advantages over the Byron:1. The push switch mechanism on this item seems to be a sealed plastic unit, so the make-break contacts aren't so exposed to environmental moisture. It's only been installed for a couple of weeks, so maybe I'm wrong, in which case I'll update this review when it breaks.2. The bell wire connections in this bell push are the type with a solid brass block, where you push the bell wire into a hole then fix it in place with a screw. With the Byron you have to loop the wire around a screw then try to hold it in place as you wind the connector screw down.3. With this bell push the "Press" label is part of the cast brass surround, so it won't wear off. On the Byron it's just printed onto the push button, and looks likely to wear off pretty quickly.== Updated March 2017 ==One year on and this is still working fine.== Updated April 2017 ==Annoyingly the switch stopped working about a week after I updated the review in March. It had been a bit temperamental for a few weeks, needing a longer push than usual, then eventually it refused to trigger the bell at all. A multimeter across the terminals shows that it was a permanently open circuit.However the switch mechanism itself is easy to dismantle - the white plastic part with the terminals attached just unscrews from the back of the switch, revealing a metal disc on the back of the push button and the two metal prongs which it's meant to connect when the button is pressed. Despite these parts being protected by the plastic housing all the metal parts looked tarnished, particular the metal disk on the back of the push button, and I assume the corrosion had got to the point where the disc just wasn't conducting. Anyway, a couple of minutes with some wire wool and it's all working again.Conclusion: the switch isn't really made of the best materials for external use, and probably a few pence worth of gold plating on all the contacts would have completely avoided this problem. However at least the switch is easy to dismantle and it's a simple job to scrape the metal parts so it conducts again.

The first one arrived faulty but the seller replaced it very quickly no problem. Second one arrived perfect, looks elegant and expensive beside the front door.

Looks good and it works!!

Just what I needed... I actually canabalised the innards of this bell to revive an old Victorian bell that had breathed its last. Pretty well made for the price - no complaints

works perfectly. fitted item on wood base. looks great

Excellent cast brass "retro" styled bellpush(picture shows product in use: black wooden plinth is NOT included)

Delivered on time and looks great. Only problem is that it requires a very firm push to make the contact. Probably it will loosen up with time!

good price, nice quality