While my sons night light is on a timer, he usually sets the timer for 8 hours so he can have the light on all night. I got this so I could set it to go off when I want. I can also turn the night light off without tripping over the dog or pile of stuffed toys he keeps next to the bed. I used it for me as well. Setting up a small string of light so I can get up in the dark of morning and take care of things without turning on a big lamp or something. It perfect because I wake up and the room is light. It can be tricky to set up if you dont have your net set up. You need a 2.4 connection, not a 5. Most people can do this by accessing their router, but all you have to do is call tech support and they can walk you through that process. Once you have the wifi set up, the rest is easy.

Ive only used 1 of the plugs out of 4 so far. Hooked up to my 3D printer, I can turn it off when my prints are done without being home. Works great.

These are awesome. These link seamlessly I believe it would be accurate to say, with Echo Dot 3rd Gen. I have not yet used one with 2nd Generation Echo Dot but 3rd Gen is childs play just about. You download their app; follow the enclosed directions and youre halfway there. You then open the Alexa app (I have an i-Phone 5 mind you; and then it is ALMOST intuitive though intuitive is relevant. I have a background in personal computers starting with Windows 3.0 and including DOS 5.0 that I feel is useful in configuring things. I use to upgrade computers when you had Legacy cards that required jumping the pins in the days before but leading up to PnP [Plug n Play} where things pretty much are today. The point is for those familiar only with modern handheld devices there MIGHT be some confusion, but NOT necessarily. Very simple really but it can get confusing and possibly appear the device is not working right. These are awesome. Great price, they make it EASY for the end-user as far as Im concerned. Up and running in no time. I dont see where these do less than the higher priced alternatives. If the competitors have somehow made it easier to connect maybe they figured out how to connect to Alexa [an Amazon Echo Dot] for example without having to do anything at all. In summary there are two phases involved in order to connect. 1st follow the instructions using the app for a smart speaker; maybe Google; but definitely Amazon Echo Dots 3rd Generation which is what I am raving about and cannot say enough good things about here. Once you follow the directions and the WiFi plug is on the network Meross configures for you you go to Alexa App on a Dot hook it up; intuitive literacy required. Best I can sum it up. Bravo! 12 Stars or better! I am probably 100% certrain you wont be disappointed. If you are Amazon has an excellent; definitely no two ways about it among the top 3 best, best return policies known to human beings and machines alike; pretty sure. More than a decade of experience with Amazon with LOTS of purchases; very few problems and the problems I DID have have ALWAYS been resolved to my satisfaction. A happy ending never fails except among the most bitter of living creatures. Addendum: Follow the instructions that come with these plugs and you will most likely NOT regret your purchase. I close with this piece of advice: Careful purchasing too many smarplugs from different manufacturers. If you plan on buying a lot of them; stick with one or two different brands and that wil reduce the number of apps you wil have to load to your phone or compicate matters with Alexa

Easy to set up, easy to set up with Alexa.

I use these for my Christmas lights and for a fan in my bedroom. I have these paired with Google home and they work well. Looking to buy more.

A problem with this smart plug is, once you’ve programmed it, if you change your wifi password, you have to delete the device from your app and add it back to start all over again. There’s no way to just edit password—which would be so much easier. It’s fine once you’ve programmed/automated it.

I have a few Amazon Echos so I purchased these plugs upon my breast cancer diagnosis. I am glad I did because they have simply been a Godsend. I developed peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy and would not have been able to turn on any of my lamps by their own turn switch. Since I had also purchased several more for around my home all I have to do is tell my Echo which group to turn on while I am walking through my house. I have several echos because I like to play music in all rooms, from time to time. In my home office, it is inconvenient to have floor lamps from each corner plugged into the one receptacle controlled by the one wall switch, which I did at one time because I could not maneuver the tiny little turn switch on each lamp, even before chemo. Now I have each lamp controlled at its nearest receptacle and turn them all on as a group (all 4 of them) with my voice from any of my Echos around my house. Additionally, with the Meross app, I can set up times for my lights to automatically turn on, or off, or turn them on manually from the app, no matter where I am. This was extremely helpful since my tiny little 5 cup coffee maker was not programmable nor had auto shutoff and yes, I returned home to nasty burned coffee smell. No longer with my Meross plug. My homes location is given to frequent electrical brown outs so once in a blue moon I have to manually unplug and replug to reset the device. On two different devices this has only happened twice in the almost year since I connected them all and I have experienced several brown outs and blackouts. Otherwise they reconnect to wi-fi on their own. I also purchased an outdoor device so I could turn on the two lighted trees that flank my front door without going outside in cold, rain or snow. After I am recovered from chemo and radiation therapy, I will be purchasing and installing the garage door adapter to alert me, open and close my garage door because, before my diagnosis, I have driven off on multiple occasions and left my garage door wide open, much to my dismay when I arrived home. Obviously, I am extremely pleased with Meross products!

A little hard to set up at first, but it works great

We have several dogs. So we sleep with a large fan on in the bedroom both for the comfortability and to keep any noise down, either us waking up dogs, or dogs waking us up. And yes, first world problem, having to get up to turn the fan on and off. So I decided to try a smart plug, and this one had tons of good reviews. And the price was amazing. It came out to be about $5 per plug when I bought the 4-pack with a coupon that was offered. The setup was extremely easy. The app is great. On the app, you can label each plug AND put a photo of the item being controlled by that particular plug. Which I just think is very neat. Once you have it set up on the WiFi, and get the app set up, its super easy to control everything. Also, you can set up an account on their app, then log into that account on other devices using the app, so you dont have to go through setting everything up. If you add a device, it will sync up between any devices you are logged into with the account. That made it easy, I just set it up, then installed the app on my beautiful girlfriends phone and logged into it, and everything was ready for her to use. It says 15 amp capacity per plug, which is decent. Im not sure I would try to test that capability. I think if you are trying to remotely control the power of any heavier-duty electronics, you should get a plug rated for higher than you plan to use. For example, we use ours for our large fan, which is only 3.5 amps, and lamps around the house. Overall, I was surprised at how well these plugs worked. The app is great. Connectivity is great. The price was great. I suppose the only detail that might detract from a more expensive smart plug is that these plugs only support 2.4Ghz WiFi. So if you dont have that running, you would not get the network connectivity. Other than that, this is an incredible product. Very happy with them. They are used every day, multiple times, with no issues whatsoever. Highly recommend these smart plugs.

These little gadgets really work.