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

Its easy to set up with the free App Store app. It was outdoors through rain and moisture and it keeps on ticking. Handy to use and it beats rummaging through the bushes at night searching for the plug. Especially when you forget late at night that you left the Christmas lights plugged in.

I now have four of these and regret buying them. They worked ok with an old wifi router I had. The connections were always a little temperamental though. UPDATE: I bought a new router, a top of the line, top rated TP-Link model that is great. I have fast, strong connections with as many devices as I need. BUT... the WiON outlets are not really working with it. I tried both the 2.4 and 5 GHz and at best I get one of them connected, sometimes two. But then its always a mystery which ones will appear in the app when I open it. Half the time its none, sometimes one, and on a very rare occasion two. And Im using the same iPhone on the same wifi, and using the 2.4 GHz connection. Some of them just will not connect no matter what, so they are essentially useless. I can no longer program them because I cant connect to them. DO NOT BUY THESE if you plan on controlling them using your phone, which is really the only reason to buy them.

I was excited when I found this Outdoor Wi-Fi Plug-In Yard Stake for the amazing low price. I unpacked it and downloaded the App to begin the installation process. For some unfortunate reason, the App could not find or connect to my network no matter what I tied. Gave up after an hour of trying and ordered a different brand and model at a higher price. I was able to connect the replacement easily. In short, you get what you pay for.

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.

My least favorite of the WiOn product line. I want to like it, but the WiFi reception is spotty at best. This is most likely due to it being so low to the ground and partially blocked by the house foundation.

Been working great outside for the entire time ive had it. 4 months in Wisconsin weather!

Used for controlling outside water fountain.

I was hoping these would do the trick. Wanted a set of stakes to plug in outside to automate my Christmas lights. I purchased 2 and received 2 quickly with prime. I opened the first and was able to link to my router. Then when I opened the app it would not find the stake and asked to check my connection. I reboot the stake after checking my internet connectivity and received the same result. So I opened the second box thinking I may have received a defective product. I got the same outcome from the second stake. I am sending these back and purchasing only products that connect with iPhone home kit. I received 3 other items that are home kit ready and was able to connect those in minutes.

The device itself works great. The app is a little clunky, but it works.

I already have a number of ECO plugs and this outlet works with the same app.