meross Outdoor Smart Plug Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and SmartThings, Waterproof WiFi Outdoor Outlet, Remote & Voice Control, Timer, FCC and ETL Certified

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

I use this with my Home app (Apple) out front of my house. One outlet is for my car charger, the other is for decorative lights. I have peak electric hours I dont want to be charging my car, so the one outlet is set to turn off during certain hours. The other outlet I have set to turn the lights on at sunset and to turn off at sunrise. Its great being able to tell the device to do two different things. Its well build, it looks nice, and works really well.

I was worried that the plug wouldnt function very well because the wifi outside of my house can be spotty. I was pleasantly surprised that everything worked without a problem. As with the other meross products, synching the device with Amazon Alexa was easy and straightforward. The only issue I had, which is entirely on my end, was the firmware did not update when it was connected to the wifi outside. I moved the plug inside, so the signal would be stronger, updated the firmware, and moved the plug back outside where it continues to work just fine. So my suggestion would be to set up and synch the plug where your signal is stronger and then move it outside, keeping in mind that it still needs a wifi signal to operate correctly.

Ive been using this for about a week and so far its working flawlessly. Had a little trouble with the initial setup, but after resetting and trying again it was fine.

Had very hard time to set them up. Failed multiple times. Working well now.

Usually, HomeKit devices are trivial to set up. This one was just weird. But once I got it working, it has been bulletproof. A good device at a great price, as long as you’re willing to fiddle a bit to begin with.

Ive seen questions about being unable to set it up because of the 2.4GHZ. The model I have is the Homekit ready one. I had no issue setting it up using an iPhone that was connected to the 5GHZ portion of my mixed network. 2.4 is not a problem and is actually what most iot devices use because of the nature of having to connect to a network wirelessly, and often through walls. Setup was a snap and I was turning the lights on and off in my backyard like a wizard in no time.

Connecting this unit to HomeKit was very straightforward and took only a couple minutes. Works just as I expected. I have incorporated several devices into my HomeKit systems, so have some familiarity with the process. This may have been the quickest and easiest.

I liked this but it has already quit on me. I’ve had it less than a year. It wasn’t used much but it was nice to have available.

I first tried Meross when I bought a couple of their Apple Homekit compatible controllers to automate some old style garage door openers. I was impressed with how easy they were to install and how reliable they were. I bought this weatherproof outdoor outlet so I can integrate my Christmas lights with Apple Home. The controller was easy to pair and competitively priced.