Wifi Smart Plug Set of 2 Mini Smart Outlet Compatible with Alexa Remote Control By Smart Phone from Anywhere Anytime (2 Packs)

I used WeMo for 6 years and hated its slow sluggish response. The WeMo app is a piece of crap where it constantly freezes and fails to find devices. WeMo device themselves drops wifi connection aggressively. This new smart plug immediately connected to the wifi in 3 seconds and was ready in 4 seconds. WeMo took me 5 minutes to setup where this took 7 seconds max. I installed the app login and adding new device just took me 7 seconds. Warning there are lots of fake ones with the same name and the QR codes takes you to the wrong one. You are looking for Smart Life app. Then in Alaxa app I added the Skills called Smart Life from Alaxa skills market. Then after 20 seconds the linking was done. After scan it was all ready and connected. Both with the Android app and with Alaxa training on and off is 8 times faster then WeMo. Sooooooooo happy I bought this. Small, fast, and cheap.

I was really excited about getting these outlets. My room is really dark and I wanted a quick and easy way to turn on numerous lamps at once. The set up was relatively easy and when the outlets work it is great. The biggest problem is that one of my outlets will regularly just turn off, therefore turning off the lamp. Then I have to go back into the app and turn it back on. This is quite annoying and frustrating. The app is a little slow to load too. My other outlet in the same room does not have this issue though and has been great.

Not compatible with 5 GHz, but works great on 2.4.

Works OK so far, but this device worries me from a security point of view. Cheap but scary. I disabled all the Android Smart Life apps permissions in Settings->Apps after configuring the device. Why did the app literally need every permission known to man on my Android phone to simply configure the device? What REALLY worries me is the amount of data the device moves to/from The Cloud---constantly. Is it eavesdropping on my local LAN traffic? Or, is it a Trojan Horse waiting for instructions from hackers lurking in the shadows in another country? Over the last 7 days the device downloaded 18 Mbytes and uploaded 135 MBytes of data (see photo)! More than a bit worrisome. The rate has slowed down to ~120 Kbyte/6 MBytes down/up per 24 hour period over the last few days, but what possibly can be going on? I dont want a rogue IOT device in my house participating in botnet shenanigans!

UPDATE: 10-27 Stopped working with Alexa. I had to factory reset delete the skill re enable the skill still wont work. Basically a POS. Really sad because at first I thought these were junk, then they worked (after some effort) now they stopped working with Alexa and I cannot get them to function properly. Crap, stay away from this product you get what you pay for. I had trouble getting one of the devices to connect to wifi even though they were both in the same place when I was setting them up. A second plug barely fits if it has a ground. Will update after usage.

I love these plugs. I realize that sometimes an electronic device may not work correctly and anything will have a bad review from time to time, but these are legit. Be patient setting up and read first and they will connect just fine. The app is awesome and then enable alexa and your golden. I have many of these in my house and they are all on a schedule, plus the app will override whenever you want from anywhere, and then when you home just ask your device to turn on or off and it is pretty sweet. On a few of these I have plugged in more than one thing as well and still have no trouble.

Worked great for about six weeks. Now...they are rather sporadic. They connect with Alexa only when they want and connect with my cell phone in the same manner, only when they wish to do so.

This is the second kinds of plugs I ordered to go with my echo dot. First kind I could not get set up, these set up so easily. And Alexa does just what I want her to do with them. Will be ordering more

Really great to have and use however, within a week one failed. Couldve been that the heater it was attached too was over the current rating? I have another Jina of remote plug (outdoor version) that has no problem with a heater.

I work nights. A lot of times its dark when I get home. Its nice to turn a light on so Im not walking in in the dark. I dont like to leave a light on all day, so Im able to turn it on right before I walk in my apt.