Let me start with build quality. Its questionable. I ordered two. One came with an open crack between the two halves of the plastic body because the unit had not been assembled correctly. Fortunately, I was able to take it apart and re-assemble it. It is worth noting that there are no rubber gaskets or other seals to keep water out of the main housing. The two rubber outlet covers which were black in the product photos are actually yellow. They are very supple and seem to provide a good seal when inserted into the receptacles. (The only seal in the entire product.) However, when they are not inserted into the receptacles, they hang between the two receptacles from a very, very thin strip of rubber. It is not hard to imagine them getting accidentally torn off, but thats not even the biggest problem with them. It is almost impossible to plug in two cords at the same time because the products two receptacles are placed fairly close together and those hanging covers get in the way. You have to really pull the covers out of the way with some force to insert a second plug. It seems inevitable that the rubber covers will get torn off. If the designers had hung the covers in any other direction, this problem would have been averted. Similar products all get this right. Only meross gets it wrong. (Its worth noting that meross offers another version of this product—same model number but different housing—that does solve this problem...while creating another.) The biggest design hassle for me is the plug end of this product—the one that gets inserted into your AC receptacle. This is a product designed to be used outdoors. The designer should absolutely assume it is going to be plugged in inside a weather housing, yet meross drops the ball here too. The plug points down at a 90-degree angle. This means if you plug it into the top outlet, you cant use the bottom outlet. If you plug it into the bottom outlet, you cant close the door of the weather housing. If you want to use two of these units together, forget it. You cant. Attaching the cord to the plug at a 45-degree angle would have completely solved this problem. As is, there is no solution. So is there anything good about this product? Absolutely. It was easy to connect to HomeKit. Once you switch your iPhone over to the products ad hoc wifi signal while you set it up, everything works exactly like it should. And the product allows you to control each outlet independently. In fact, functionally, this product checks all the boxes. Unfortunately, its physical design is a deal killer.

Love: - So easy to set up. Set up in less than 5 minutes, literally. Make sure its connected to a 2.4 GHz network. - Compatible with all smart devices (Alexa/Google/Homekit/SmartThings) - Waterproof - while I didnt soak it in water, it survived two rain sessions! - Multiple plugs and can control each one in the app/by voice Dislike: - While I appreciate the light indicator that its on, I wish it had a light for each plug. However, I can see it easily through my Google Home/Meross app. - If unplugged when turned on, the app still shows as its on as it lost its WIFI signal Overall, it does exactly what I wanted, works well, and again, so easy to set up. This will be perfect for all of our decorations for the upcoming holidays.

Slow to connect to Apple HomeKit but has been good to stay connected.

Bought this device to control an outdoor fountain and LED fountain lights separately using Smartthings. Could not connect to Smartthings without first installing the Meross app and linking the plug to it. Once it was added to the Meross app, it easily connected to Smartthings. After a 1 hour power outage the plug would not reconnect to Smartthings, showed off line. The Meross app was able to control the plug however. I had to manually re-add the device to Smartthings. Returned to Amazon and ordered a Z-Wave device: Outdoor Z-Wave Plus On/Off Light and Appliance Plug, Two On/Off Smart Outlet, Zwave Hub Required, Works with SmartThings, Wink, Alexa (ZW97). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZVQXB4R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Loses connection often. Has to be re added to HomeKit. Make me unhappy. Wi fi is good. Nearby to link outlets appear rock solid.

Easily added into homekit and working without any issues at all!

I bought this a year ago for use with HomeKit (Siri) for backyard lights. It isnt perfect, but it earns the fifth star: The bad: Setting up took a few tries, and maybe twice in a year, HomeKit required me to re-pair the device for reasons unknown. Requires you to turn off 5GHz, if you have it, to set up (2.4GHz only). Also, you may have to try a couple different names for the device and the separate outlets if you want to be able to control each plug separately while retaining the ability to turn them both on and off as a single device (e.g. front yard, back yard, whole yard). The good: Does the job. Switches on and off very quickly. Wifi works fine once its set up. If it requires re-pairing, the process isnt difficult. The button on the device works reliably even before its set up. Waterproofing has been reliable for a year, even through pretty heavy storms. The best: a week ago, I had to re-pair it and discovered that I hadnt written down the HomeKit code, and the sticker that had it printed on had come off. So I wrote in to Meross through their support page with a couple pieces of info (the devices default WiFi network name and its MAC address, both available from my Eero router control app), and they got back to me in a day with the HomeKit code for re-pairing (along with an apology for taking so long). I was very pleasantly surprised with that kind of high-quality customer support.

Ive used the GE equivalent and other outdoor smart outlet plugs before. But Ive never used one where I *must* go online and register with the manufacturer (meross) to use it. I have more apps and logins than I ever want to see, but here comes another one! The meross site takes a while (10 minutes or more?) to show the device to Smartthings or HomeKit *after* I registered. I thought it would be visible immediately - it wasnt. Im moderately experienced using smart lights, switches, outlets, etc, but Ive never had to go to a separate site, install an app, create a login and password and then WAIT 10-20 minutes - all to allow my smart home app to SEE the outlet? And it looks like the outlet will not work if my smart home app isnt connected with my meross login and password? WHAT?! Next time, Ill just pay $10 or $20 more and get a smart outlet that doesnt require additional external steps. Compatible with Smartthings? Yeah, sort of.

Ive had this product for just over one year. I had to reconfigure my Apple HomeKit network and this plug needed to be reset. Unfortunately the QR code had worn off and I threw away the original box. I contacted Meross and Rosé took care of everything. I got the correct setup code and even a new image of the QR code to store in case this happens again. Overall, a great product and fantastic service!

Excellent product at a very good price. I highly recommend this for use with Apple HomeKit.