WiOn 50049 Outdoor Wi-Fi Wireless Plug-In Switch; Smartphone And Tablet Automation For Up To 12 Devices 2 Grounded Outlets Weather Resistant Energy Saving Wifi Controlled Switch

I purchased three of these as single devices since they were out of the bundle pack and received them yesterday. They were easy to connect to Alexa and have a pretty good wifi range. I am using them for Christmas lights and it makes it very convenient to turn them on and off with Alexa instead of the old wireless remote devices I had. The batteries for the old ones were $5-6 each. The only two things I would ask for is to add the usage functionality to them as the competitors have and to add it to the IFTTT app. With IFTTT, you can trigger the devices to turn on and off at sunset and sunrise, just like the competitors do. I bought these for price and function since the competitors dont seem to have an outdoor unit available. It seems like a great product.

I wanted to add lights to our backporch pergola, but didnt have easy access to any way to tap into the existing power that comes off of our switch that controls the other exterior lights. This little guy made for an easy solution of just running a new outlet down from the second floor to the top of the pergola and using the WiOn to control the lights instead of a physical switch. It works perfectly! The setup took under two minutes, and the app fires up on my phone instantly and always finds the device right away. This is my first piece of home automation and its pretty easy to geek out at how cool it is to be able to control my lighting from the middle of the backyard when it starts to get dark. Ive had this running outside in all sorts of weather for more than a month and have had no issues. Couldnt be happier with the product.

This review is for the Wifi enabled, WiOn 2 plug outlet. On this unit, as well as the three outlet garden stake by WiOn, the outlets can NOT be controlled individually. Which is why I am marking down a star. After all, what is the point in all outlets being on the same timer on a so called smart device?! Other then that issue, hookup is easy and similar to any of the other wifi enabled devices nowadays. Was disappointed that there is not a quick way (that I have found) to just turn the item plugged in on for a little longer if you are staying up later for instance, without changing your settings. But, it isnt hard to change the settings so perhaps Im getting a little too lazy with the conveniences.

Worked great for a while, then we had to unplug and re-plug several times a week to get it to connect with Alexa. This week NONE of the 3 we have worked with Alexa and would not connect no matter what we tried. Checked the WiOn app and saw several people had the same problem starting THIS week. No longer compatible with Alexa. I ordered 3 OTHER brand plugs that I have had success with. LOOK ELSEWHERE!! If you are OK with just using the WiOn app it works fine. We bought specifically on the promise to work with Alexa. *UPDATE: Returned these plugs and purchased the Kasa plugs. SO easy to I install and work like a charm with Alexa! Also, BOTH plugs on each unit can be controlled separately. ( Not so with the WiOn plugs.)

This is a really good product for the price. I got mine at a very low price as a Lightning Deal, but even at the regular price its cheaper than any indoor single tap Wi-Fi plug. Really simple to set up and use. Plugged it in, loaded the WiOn app, discovered the device, then added it to Alexa with the name Christmas Lights. Plugged my outdoor Christmas lighting into it, and voila, I could tell Alexa to turn on the Christmas Lights. Worked perfectly every time! (I would intentionally forget to turn them on when my grandson was coming over, so he could tell Alexa to turn them on--he was quite entertained by that.)

Works great for our outdoor lights. Only downside is if the wifi goes out, its a bit of a pain to reconnect this unit. Itd be nice to just have it remember the network and rejoin itself. The WiOn app is easy to use, and this units been running great.

used on outdoor plug that controls a fountain. wanted to be able to turn off fountain remotely if I left for weekend, etc. and forgot to turn off. ( dont want to ruing pump with no water). Works great. App was easy to install on iphone and easy to connect to Wi-fi. would work well for Christmas lights too. Since I have a couple different home automation items I have combined them in their own folder on iphone so they are easy to find.

This 15A outlet is Wi-Fi controlled so I can turn it on an off using an app on my phone. I can also control it using my voice with Amazon Alexa and if my network goes down for some reason I can control it with an onboard switch. A great and versatile addition to my life.

This was easy to set up and is easy to use. The only problem that I have is that it is not accessible from outside of your home wifi network. I use this on my covered back porch to turn my string lights on and off instead of having to unplug them each time. I am looking into buying another one for my front porch. EDIT: 2 years later and I am still using this. I have it set to turn on some porch lights on my front porch every day at 6pm and turn off at 11 every night. This has been used daily for 2 years and works perfectly.