The plug was easy to install and integrate to Apple’s Home app. After the first one, I spent less than 2 minutes each on the following ones. Unfortunately, 1 out of 4 in the pack failed. It would not be recognized by my home network multiple times, and I noticed the power button was not able to manually switch on/off a connected table lamp. I contacted Meross and provided the HomeKit ID of the defective plug and finally gained approval from its customer services to send me a replacement under warranty (!?). The new one works fine.

these plugs are mostly great. i’ve been using 4-6 of them for a couple of years now, and they connect easily to homekit so no complaints there. however, they increasingly become disconnected from homekit at random times. for instance, i’ll turn on a lamp using homekit and when i go to turn it off, the plug isn’t responding. so then i need to remove the plug and go through the whole process again. it doesn’t happen with my other homekit accessories. it’s not the end of the world, but it is annoying

It was a bit difficult to set up with Apple Home. Once it connected, the installation/setup went fine.

The pairing process was a bit goofy (it is easier to just plug the outlets in and then join the ad-hoc wifi network from the device before doing anything else). I now have these devices working 100% reliably with both HomeKit as well as the Meross App. The low price, relatively compact size, and (now that they are working) instant response via HomeKit make these a winner in my view. HomeKit Problem and Solution: Via the Meross app, everything was working great, but the HomeKit status and control was very spotty. It would work for a few minutes and then the outlet would randomly be declared no response via HomeKit. After a bit of research and fiddling, I realized that my network was not playing well with the low level communication that Apple uses for HomeKit. In general: - Your wifi access points need to forward multicast DNS (mDNS) between 2.4g and 5g networks - Your wired network needs to forward mDNS between the wifi devices and any wired devices you are using with HomeKit (such as an AppleTV). - If you have an advanced home network with separate VLANs for IOT devices such as these outlets, then you will need a multicast reflector to forward the multicast traffic from the IOT VLAN to the VLAN where your mobile devices are located (for example, your iPhone / iPad / AppleTV). This can be as easy as ticking a box in the router/switch, or it could be a very long journey. Depending on how complicated your home network is, this will all just work without any effort, might require finding the correct setting in a WiFi AP or router, or might not work at all. In my case, I had to go into my UniFi controller and select Enable multicast enhancement (IGMPv3) under Wireless Settings > Advanced Settings. After this setting was pushed out to my UniFi APs, HomeKit was working perfectly from all of my iPhones and these outlets. Update: I also had to disable “airtime fairness” on my UniFi 2.4g radio settings.

I have purchased about a dozen of these for different houses. They are generally easy to set up with HomeKIt. However, there are a number of inconsistencies that seem to point to manufacturing issues: 1) Out of the box, some dont set up easily, others do. Same wifi, same location. 2) Some seem to lose connectivity once set up, others dont. Again, same wifi and same location. A few will frequently be updating when I want to control them. I like them, like the price point and buy in sets of, but may have to look for alternatives if 25-50% of the pack arent useable.

Weve used it to control all of our indoor Christmas lights and tree. I have zero complaints about the hardware. Setup is easy, especially if youve used any other Meross device. The app allows for device schedules based on sunrise/sunset. Creating scenes is the easiest way to turn multiple devices on/off. For instance, our Christmas setup is accomplished by setting each device to turn on at sunset, with a scene (with all devices off) set to run late at night.

When I had first purchased, I had some problems with wifi reliability and I left a dissatisfied review. The company reached out to me and offered to replace the plugs with a more recent version. Everything works great now. I used to buy my smart light bulbs from a different manufacturer, but I had problems with those too. So from now on, I am buying my smart bulbs from Meross, they stand behind their products.

I have been slowly adding HomeKit products to my house and these might be my favorite! I wanted something easy to use for my window Christmas candles and these were honestly perfect. I was able to add each plug through the HomeKit app directly (no need to use the Meross app), grouped them together and now all of my candles come on at sunset and turn off either at midnight or when I tell Siri goodnight. Very happy!

I use this to automate a lot of my appliances and extras that are plugged in all the time but don’t need to be. This plug works great 98% of the time occasionally I have issues where it says it’s unreachable and in order to fix it I have to unplug it and then replug it back in and it works fine after that. I have a hunch it could be because it’s too far from the router but not positive. As far as the size of the plug goes it’s a little large and sticks out from the wall a ways I would say if the plug continues to be made in this size it might be nice to Have a side plug instead of from the front but this is only an issue for some of my plugs like behind a dresser or other plugs that I have an 3 plug extension plugged into it for multiple inputs. Meross gets at this with their double plug smart plug but it doesn’t fully fix a couple of my problems. I also enjoy that the plug has a manual button on it in case the plug is easy enough to just turn on rather than opening the app. I also like the ability to name each plug something different and create multiple automations for my different schedules. Overall this smart plug works really well for what I bought it for. I’m really pleased.

Ordered these to control some indoor Christmas lights. I was excited about them until a coworker told me he had had many issues with them disconnecting from the WiFi and you had to unplug/replug them ever few days. Sure enough, this started happening to me within the first few days. However, I noticed there was a firmware update that needed installing. Once I installed that, everything worked perfectly and we never lost wifi signal again. I told my coworker and he updated his, and although he was skeptical and said he had already been through several firmware updates that never fixed the problem, a few days later he admitted that things now seemed fine on his end too. So now that the firmware is taken care of these seem to work great. If you have issues, make sure you update the firmware via the app.