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)

I had no trouble pairing this to my Z-Wave hub (ISY994i), the instructions were fine. It worked well, too, and I appreciate the outlet cover for when it is not in use. For my purposes, the lamented lack of a right-angle plug (the product photo now shows the correct straight plug) was a slight irritation, as that would have been nice, but ultimately not a major issue for me.

Used outdoors to power spots and lights on my deck, patio and pavilion. The switch works as advertised. No issues. The low profile, 45 degree plug fits outdoor plastic fixtures perfectly.

Works great! Ive got two strings of cafe lights plugged iro mine and its fantastic very responsive, and dimming works great. Using mine with hubitat and a zooz scene controller and its a great setup.

It was easy to add this to my z-wave hub. Put my hub into add mode, press the button and it showed up. Its responsive and have been working well with the heavy rain that weve had.

Ive been trying to get some serious electrical monitoring going, sometimes also automations based switching, and these units have turned out to be my go-to for my outdoor applications. For the most part, I have one of these on every outdoor outlet in my home so I can capture electrical usage. I use Home Assistant for my home automation platform and generally prefer the Z-Wave protocol. When I first started buying these, the units were not fully enumerated in HAs Z-Wave-JS platform, but those issues have since been resolved. They are fully compatible with the energy monitoring features of HA and also work well for switching applications. The units have been generally reliable, quick to respond and meet most of my expectations. I have run into issues with devices that have a high startup/inrush current, these things are not compatible with this particular switch. When using them in these cases (e.g. air compressor, shop-vac, etc.), these units will pop and automatically turn off. This is probably good in some cases, but I am certain these situations are nowhere near the danger zone of popping breakers. Ive had to find other energy monitoring switches for these applications. Despite the limitation above, I have tested these units up to about 1200 watts with no troubles. They appear to handle serious electrical loads, even though they they dont deal with high inrush current well. One other con? As mentioned, I have several of these (about 8) and all of them do intermittently go offline for unknown reasons. I get unavailable events in HA several times a day. My Z-Wave network is very robust, so I know its not that, nor do I see this on any of my other 40 some-odd Z-Wave devices. Despite these events, this problem has never affected the operations of these devices. They continue to supply power and it hasnt (yet) interfered with any of my automations. Im guessing this might be a firmware fault, or some other issue, but it hasnt caused me any troubles. A few examples of how I use them? I switch on/off Christmas lights for the holidays, based on sunset and sunrise times, as well as time of day. Ive also started using these to control my block heaters for my vehicles. I can now apply a ton of intelligence to this by taking into account outdoor temperatures, specific times, work schedules and so forth. (Or, just start my block heater manually without going outside!) I also monitor heat tape on my home, allowing alerts if no electricity is used when temperatures are below certain values and the heat tape should be running. I also really like that these units monitor & report on over-voltage, over-current and general over-load situations. These events are enumerated in HA. I actually used these capabilities to troubleshoot a faulty extension cord recently, a situation that had escaped other diagnostics. You can almost think of it like a smart circuit breaker of sorts, a step well beyond standard breakers and even GFCI circuits. Overall, these are solid 4-star outdoor rated switches with built-in energy monitoring. Despite a few problems I have observed, they perform well for me and provide me with robust automation and energy capture capabilities. If youre looking for robust outdoor monitoring & switching capabilities based around Z-Wave, these arent a bad way to go!

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

Used insteon version for years. It was never very reliable. This Zwave unit has never missed a command, which is really all i wanted

I connected this with my smartthings and it works great. Makes it super easy to automate outlets with smartthings and alexa. Im planning on getting a few more in the future.

It just works. Easy to pair (if you know zwave) and has a dimmer built in as well. The dimmer really has to be turned all the way down to 25% before you notice a difference on my lights, but thats more a function of the lights I have attached to it. Has been rock solid for months now,

Did not connect reliably to SmartThings. Showed it was added as a device but had trouble connecting/using device and broken “cloud” icons. Returned.