Minoston Z-Wave Plus Smart Plug, Outdoor On/Off Outlet Switch, ZWave Hub Required, Weather-Resistant, Built-in Repeater, Work with SmartThings, Wink, Alexa, Black(MP22Z)

The product added into my VERA controller fine with using Generic Zwave Device. Shows as urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:BinaryLight:1 . Since my VERA is already synced with Alexa showed up there and can control with my 3 Alexa Show 8s. Cheaper the GE outdoor unit and has worked flawlessly out in the weather.

I had a fairly easy time setting this up in SmartThings using the QR code provided with the unit. In SmartThings, I can see it as an outlet, and I can see the cumulative electricity used. In Google Home, I can only see it as an outlet that I can turn off or on. I dont see where the company that manufactures the unit has any app with additional features or information. So I think its just the information you get though whichever Z-wave home hub you use. But its staying connected and doing what I want it to do (which is tell me how much power my outdoor plug-in hybrid car outlet is using so I know my cost per mile).

Product from manufacture is not the same as product shown on box and in listing. It does NOT have the 45 degree plug or the 90 degree angle for the wall for strain relief. It is simply a straight plug, nothing special. (See Attached Photos) The box the product came in shows the angle plug features but the included item although the make, model all match the box the product itself does not match. The product itself works GREAT and I will consider buying more but the seller should open a few of these boxes first and then update their listing (This is fault of the manufacture not the seller) but regardless they should update the listing. I wanted the 90 degree angle plug and this was one of the reasons I was excited about the product but it isnt a deal breaker for me so only slightly disappointed but want to make it clear for others what to expect.

Good performance. No problems

Easy to add to my Google home. Handles the load of my pool filter. I gas exceeded my expectations.

Easy set up

Product connected to Vera Edge but get “Failed at: Setting Special Association”. Switch will still turn on and off but app thinks there are failed devices. Cannot find anything on Vera’s help about what a special association is. Resolve the special association error by changing Automatically configure to “No”

I use this with my ring ala hub. Install quickly, it was easy to write a routine for . I purchased this one for the Christmas lights outside.

The plug is not 45 degrees offset... its just a straight old plug, which means the cord does not hug the wall but rather sticks rather far out from it. On top of that, joining to a Z-Wave network using Hubitat, this item is recognized as a Zooz double outlet. After research in the Hubitat user community forums, found how to connect this properly (its quite a workaround), but it shouldnt be that difficult.

The product has a hard time reaching the Smartthings hub. I had to bring it into the house to pair it up and it works outside about 50% of the time. The unit is placed in the garden lighting transformer box, so leaving the door open to the box, works great. Closing the door on the box, can connect. Just barely on the cusps. All my all devices work fine around this unit. I will need to modify the placement of this and then it should be fine. Other than that, product materials look well made and product came to me pretty quick.