WiOn 50053 Outdoor Wi-Fi Plug-In Yard Stake With Smartphone Or Tablet Automation for up to 12 devices; 3 Grounded Outlets And 6 Foot Cord

These are awesome. We used them for our Christmas yard decorations this year and I was able to control the light from 2500 miles away.

We have an outdoor fountain that I wanted to control from my phone, so I started looking for a smart outlet on Amazon. I tried two or three standard models with no success--the main problem is that the outlets kept losing wifi connectivity after a few days and needed to be rebooted, which is a huge pain when the outlet is outside the house and around the corner. In contrast, this Wi-on outlet never loses connectivity and has always worked flawlessly, for about 9 months now. The software is very simple and easy to use, and my wife and I can both control it at any time from her Android phone and my iPhone with no problems. Thats exactly what I was looking for. I like this outlet so much I just ordered a second one to hook our outdoor lights into--although we have a transformer for our lights that has an auto-timer feature built in, the Wi-on outlets timer is so much more reliable and functional that Im just going to disable the automatic timer on our transformer and plug the transformer into the Wi-on instead. Then Ill have one Wi-on running the fountain and another running the lights, all working through a single app on my phone (and my wifes phone), and turning the lights on automatically at sunset and off around the time we go to bed.

I use C9 incandescents that suck significant power so being able to make sure everything shuts down after hours and during daylight is important to my setup. These wifi stakes and outlet switches by WiOn have the features I need: ability to handle the current load of a couple hundred C9s, easy smartphone remote control with in-app on/off confirmation for each WiOn device, and simple timer setup that works. These things are so far just great. Setup is genius. The device first sets up a local wifi connection with your wireless device. Then it searches for your home wifi signal and asks for your password when you choose it. In two shakes you are turning your stuff on and off with your phone. Ive only had these long enough to test setup and timers. NE Wisconsin cold has not hit yet and havent had enough precip to test weatherproofing. So my five star rating is for initial bulletproof quality and dead simple setup. If anything happens to change my rating I will update as needed.

I have it setup in my backyard and it worked fine, then one day, I had to unplug it to to move it somewhere else. As soon as I unplug it, and plug it back in, the wifi no longer works, so I cant even reprogram it anymore. Dont get me wrong, the outlet WORKS as intended when it worked, I guess I expected a better WIFI module in this since its plugged into the power. But this has one of the shortest range wifi I have seen. When it worked, my phone had to literally be right next to it to see the signal, and when it worked, the unit will not see my houses wifi network, and I have Google Wifi, the mesh network setup in my house. Anyway, the wifi no longer works, its nothing more than a surge proctector at this point, and since I have to manually either leave it ON all the time of turn it OFF all the time, it really beats the entire purpose of this thing being (outdoors) now. Not happy about that the wifi breaks within less than a years usage. And just incase someone is wondering, there was a insect zapping light plugged into it, and I had the timer setup to turn on and off 2 times in a day, thats all. Not happy, very not happy about this. And if anyone is also wondering, yes, I have tried multiple phones, multiple Android phones and multiple IPhones, and differerent version of iOS and Android, nothing, the wifi signal never shows up when I search for the wifi signal, as instructed that suppose begins with ECO-. And yes, I have tried restarting my phones and yes, I have tried unplugging the outlet for 30 seconds, hoping it will clear some kind of cache or something, nothing. Also, as soon as I unplug it, the programmed times are erased, thats where it rendered the thing into nothing but a regular surge protector, which I dont even know if it actually protect electrical surges.

Easy set up! I bought this one, which is my second for my Xmas lights!

I have a WINK hub2 and I thought it would have work with it but it didnt yet bought it for it being able to automate it and indeed it works flawlessly with my Note4 enabled app

This item is cool...i know its just a plug, but being able to manage it from our phone is really cool. easy set up, i figured it out, so most can. set it like an alarm clock sets, really simple. Using for Christmas lights, will buy more for other outdoor needs

Nice product. Woulf be great if you could control each socket individually. In general great way to control my ponds pumps.

Does what I need it to do. Has lost connectivity a couple times. But not very often.

Would have rated it a five last year but changed my router (different internet provider) now the signal doesnt show up on .phone AND no way to reset the WiOn. NO RESET. CRAZY. Wrote the company to ask what to do and NO REPLY. RIDICULOUS. Now I have an outdoor paper weight, but no paper out there. I found a phone number on the website they finally called me back after my second call a week after the first call. A reset exists. Just hold the switch button down when plugging in the power. When blue light stops flashing it is reset then release. Works fine now. 3 stars for poor instructions, slow service, and no info on website.