diff --git a/dev/app.js b/dev/app.js
index cad6cff70d..f3d2e74cd4 100644
--- a/dev/app.js
+++ b/dev/app.js
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ search.addWidget(
     templates: {
       header: 'Numeric refinement list (price)',
     },
+    //autoHideContainer: false,
   })
 );
 
diff --git a/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/connectNumericRefinementList-test.js b/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/connectNumericRefinementList-test.js
index dc53d7da6a..c18ec04f4d 100644
--- a/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/connectNumericRefinementList-test.js
+++ b/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/connectNumericRefinementList-test.js
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ describe('connectNumericRefinementList', () => {
     // test if isFirstRendering is true during init
     expect(rendering.lastCall.args[1]).toBe(true);
 
-    const firstRenderingOptions = rendering.lastCall.args[0];
-    expect(firstRenderingOptions.shouldAutoHideContainer).toBe(true);
-    expect(firstRenderingOptions.collapsible).toBe(false);
-    expect(firstRenderingOptions.containerNode).toBe(container);
-
     widget.render({
       results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [{nbHits: 0}]),
       state: helper.state,
@@ -56,11 +51,6 @@ describe('connectNumericRefinementList', () => {
     // test that rendering has been called during init with isFirstRendering = false
     expect(rendering.callCount).toBe(2);
     expect(rendering.lastCall.args[1]).toBe(false);
-
-    const secondRenderingOptions = rendering.lastCall.args[0];
-    expect(secondRenderingOptions.shouldAutoHideContainer).toBe(true);
-    expect(secondRenderingOptions.collapsible).toBe(false);
-    expect(secondRenderingOptions.containerNode).toBe(container);
   });
 
   it('Provide a function to update the refinements at each step', () => {
@@ -222,4 +212,67 @@ describe('connectNumericRefinementList', () => {
       toggleRefinement = renderingParameters.toggleRefinement;
     });
   });
+
+  it('when the state is cleared, the "no value" value should be refined', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const rendering = sinon.stub();
+    const makeWidget = connectNumericRefinementList(rendering);
+    const listOptions = [
+      {name: 'below 10', end: 10},
+      {name: '10 - 20', start: 10, end: 20},
+      {name: 'more than 20', start: 20},
+      {name: '42', start: 42, end: 42},
+      {name: 'void'},
+    ];
+    const widget = makeWidget({
+      container,
+      attributeName: 'numerics',
+      options: listOptions,
+    });
+
+    const helper = jsHelper(fakeClient);
+    helper.search = sinon.stub();
+
+    widget.init({
+      helper,
+      state: helper.state,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+      onHistoryChange: () => {},
+    });
+
+    const toggleRefinement = rendering.lastCall.args[0].toggleRefinement;
+    // a user selects a value in the refinement list
+    toggleRefinement(listOptions[0].name);
+
+    widget.render({
+      results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [{}]),
+      state: helper.state,
+      helper,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+    });
+
+    // No option should be selected
+    const expectedResults0 = [...listOptions].map(o => ({...o, isRefined: false, attributeName: 'numerics'}));
+    expectedResults0[0].isRefined = true;
+
+    const renderingParameters0 = rendering.lastCall.args[0];
+    expect(renderingParameters0.facetValues).toEqual(expectedResults0);
+
+    // All the refinements are cleared by a third party
+    helper.removeNumericRefinement('numerics');
+
+    widget.render({
+      results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [{}]),
+      state: helper.state,
+      helper,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+    });
+
+    // No option should be selected
+    const expectedResults1 = [...listOptions].map(o => ({...o, isRefined: false, attributeName: 'numerics'}));
+    expectedResults1[4].isRefined = true;
+
+    const renderingParameters1 = rendering.lastCall.args[0];
+    expect(renderingParameters1.facetValues).toEqual(expectedResults1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/connectNumericRefinementList.js b/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/connectNumericRefinementList.js
index 2ef43d3820..f6296d5bb4 100644
--- a/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/connectNumericRefinementList.js
+++ b/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/connectNumericRefinementList.js
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
-import {
-  bemHelper,
-  prepareTemplateProps,
-  getContainerNode,
-} from '../../lib/utils.js';
-import cx from 'classnames';
 import find from 'lodash/find';
 import includes from 'lodash/includes';
-import defaultTemplates from './defaultTemplates.js';
-
-const bem = bemHelper('ais-refinement-list');
 
 /**
  * Instantiate a list of refinements based on a facet
@@ -40,53 +31,20 @@ const bem = bemHelper('ais-refinement-list');
  * @return {Object}
  */
 const usage = `Usage:
-numericRefinementList({
-  container,
+connectNumericRefinementList(renderer)({
   attributeName,
-  options,
-  [ cssClasses.{root,header,body,footer,list,item,active,label,radio,count} ],
-  [ templates.{header,item,footer} ],
-  [ transformData.{item} ],
-  [ autoHideContainer ],
-  [ collapsible=false ]
+  options
 })`;
 const connectNumericRefinementList = numericRefinementListRendering => ({
-    container,
     attributeName,
     options,
-    cssClasses: userCssClasses = {},
-    templates = defaultTemplates,
-    collapsible = false,
-    transformData,
-    autoHideContainer = true,
   }) => {
-  if (!container || !attributeName || !options) {
+  if (!attributeName || !options) {
     throw new Error(usage);
   }
 
-  const containerNode = getContainerNode(container);
-
-  const cssClasses = {
-    root: cx(bem(null), userCssClasses.root),
-    header: cx(bem('header'), userCssClasses.header),
-    body: cx(bem('body'), userCssClasses.body),
-    footer: cx(bem('footer'), userCssClasses.footer),
-    list: cx(bem('list'), userCssClasses.list),
-    item: cx(bem('item'), userCssClasses.item),
-    label: cx(bem('label'), userCssClasses.label),
-    radio: cx(bem('radio'), userCssClasses.radio),
-    active: cx(bem('item', 'active'), userCssClasses.active),
-  };
-
   return {
-    init({templatesConfig, helper, createURL}) {
-      this._templateProps = prepareTemplateProps({
-        transformData,
-        defaultTemplates,
-        templatesConfig,
-        templates,
-      });
-
+    init({helper, createURL, instantSearchInstance}) {
       this._toggleRefinement = facetValue => {
         const refinedState = refine(helper.state, attributeName, options, facetValue);
         helper.setState(refinedState).search();
@@ -103,17 +61,14 @@ const connectNumericRefinementList = numericRefinementListRendering => ({
       );
 
       numericRefinementListRendering({
-        collapsible,
         createURL: this._createURL(helper.state),
-        cssClasses,
         facetValues,
-        shouldAutoHideContainer: autoHideContainer,
-        templateProps: this._templateProps,
+        noResults: true,
         toggleRefinement: this._toggleRefinement,
-        containerNode,
+        instantSearchInstance,
       }, true);
     },
-    render({results, state}) {
+    render({results, state, instantSearchInstance}) {
       const facetValues = options.map(facetValue =>
         ({
           ...facetValue,
@@ -122,15 +77,14 @@ const connectNumericRefinementList = numericRefinementListRendering => ({
         })
       );
 
+      const noResults = results.nbHits === 0;
+
       numericRefinementListRendering({
-        collapsible,
         createURL: this._createURL(state),
-        cssClasses,
         facetValues,
-        shouldAutoHideContainer: autoHideContainer && results.nbHits === 0,
-        templateProps: this._templateProps,
+        noResults,
         toggleRefinement: this._toggleRefinement,
-        containerNode,
+        instantSearchInstance,
       }, false);
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/numeric-refinement-list-test.js b/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/numeric-refinement-list-test.js
index 106363bbde..dc02250a2a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/numeric-refinement-list-test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/__tests__/numeric-refinement-list-test.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('numericRefinementList()', () => {
     helper.state.clearRefinements = sinon.stub().returns(helper.state);
     helper.state.addNumericRefinement = sinon.stub().returns(helper.state);
     createURL = () => '#';
-    widget.init({helper});
+    widget.init({helper, instantSearchInstance: {}});
   });
 
   it('calls twice ReactDOM.render(<RefinementList props />, container)', () => {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ describe('numericRefinementList()', () => {
     });
 
     // The lifeccycle impose all the steps
-    testWidget.init({helper, createURL: () => ''});
+    testWidget.init({helper, createURL: () => '', instantSearchInstance: {}});
 
     // When
     testWidget.render({state, results, createURL});
diff --git a/src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/defaultTemplates.js b/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/defaultTemplates.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/connectors/numeric-refinement-list/defaultTemplates.js
rename to src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/defaultTemplates.js
diff --git a/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/numeric-refinement-list.js b/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/numeric-refinement-list.js
index 362be8e15f..46db848ef4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/numeric-refinement-list.js
+++ b/src/widgets/numeric-refinement-list/numeric-refinement-list.js
@@ -4,6 +4,56 @@ import RefinementList from '../../components/RefinementList/RefinementList.js';
 
 import connectNumericRefinementList from '../../connectors/numeric-refinement-list/connectNumericRefinementList.js';
 
+import defaultTemplates from './defaultTemplates.js';
+
+import {
+  bemHelper,
+  prepareTemplateProps,
+  getContainerNode,
+} from '../../lib/utils.js';
+import cx from 'classnames';
+
+const bem = bemHelper('ais-refinement-list');
+
+const renderer = ({
+  containerNode,
+  collapsible,
+  autoHideContainer,
+  cssClasses,
+  renderState,
+  transformData,
+  templates,
+}) => ({
+  createURL,
+  instantSearchInstance,
+  toggleRefinement,
+  facetValues,
+  noResults,
+}, isFirstRendering) => {
+  if (isFirstRendering) {
+    renderState.templateProps = prepareTemplateProps({
+      transformData,
+      defaultTemplates,
+      templatesConfig: instantSearchInstance.templatesConfig,
+      templates,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <RefinementList
+      collapsible={collapsible}
+      createURL={createURL}
+      cssClasses={cssClasses}
+      facetValues={facetValues}
+      shouldAutoHideContainer={autoHideContainer && noResults}
+      templateProps={renderState.templateProps}
+      toggleRefinement={toggleRefinement}
+    />,
+    containerNode
+  );
+};
+
 /**
  * Instantiate a list of refinements based on a facet
  * @function numericRefinementList
@@ -33,29 +83,62 @@ import connectNumericRefinementList from '../../connectors/numeric-refinement-li
  * @param  {boolean} [options.collapsible.collapsed] Initial collapsed state of a collapsible widget
  * @return {Object}
  */
-export default connectNumericRefinementList(defaultRendering);
+const usage = `Usage:
+numericRefinementList({
+  container,
+  attributeName,
+  options,
+  [ cssClasses.{root,header,body,footer,list,item,active,label,radio,count} ],
+  [ templates.{header,item,footer} ],
+  [ transformData.{item} ],
+  [ autoHideContainer ],
+  [ collapsible=false ]
+})`;
 
-function defaultRendering({
-  collapsible,
-  createURL,
-  cssClasses,
-  facetValues,
-  shouldAutoHideContainer,
-  templateProps,
-  toggleRefinement,
-  containerNode,
-}, isFirstRendering) {
-  if (isFirstRendering) return;
-  ReactDOM.render(
-    <RefinementList
-      collapsible={collapsible}
-      createURL={createURL}
-      cssClasses={cssClasses}
-      facetValues={facetValues}
-      shouldAutoHideContainer={shouldAutoHideContainer}
-      templateProps={templateProps}
-      toggleRefinement={toggleRefinement}
-    />,
-    containerNode
-  );
+export default function numericRefinementList({
+  container,
+  attributeName,
+  options,
+  cssClasses: userCssClasses = {},
+  templates = defaultTemplates,
+  collapsible = false,
+  transformData,
+  autoHideContainer = true,
+}) {
+  if (!container || !attributeName || !options) {
+    throw new Error(usage);
+  }
+
+  const containerNode = getContainerNode(container);
+
+  const cssClasses = {
+    root: cx(bem(null), userCssClasses.root),
+    header: cx(bem('header'), userCssClasses.header),
+    body: cx(bem('body'), userCssClasses.body),
+    footer: cx(bem('footer'), userCssClasses.footer),
+    list: cx(bem('list'), userCssClasses.list),
+    item: cx(bem('item'), userCssClasses.item),
+    label: cx(bem('label'), userCssClasses.label),
+    radio: cx(bem('radio'), userCssClasses.radio),
+    active: cx(bem('item', 'active'), userCssClasses.active),
+  };
+
+  const specializedRenderer = renderer({
+    containerNode,
+    collapsible,
+    autoHideContainer,
+    cssClasses,
+    renderState: {},
+    transformData,
+    templates,
+  });
+  try {
+    const makeNumericRefinementList = connectNumericRefinementList(specializedRenderer);
+    return makeNumericRefinementList({
+      attributeName,
+      options,
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(usage);
+  }
 }