meross Outdoor Smart Plug Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and SmartThings, Waterproof WiFi Outdoor Outlet, Remote & Voice Control, Timer, FCC and ETL Certified

Works well and you can control each outlet in the plug separately, which the WeMo can not do. It has a bit of a struggle connecting to your 2.4GHz WiFi, so be patient. You may need to “disable” your 5GHz WiFi during the pairing process. The WeMo found the 2.4GHz WiFi just fun even with the 5GHz turned on, but not this one. I had to turn off my 5GHz WiFi band then plug in the adapter, then begging the pairing process.

I use this with my Home app (Apple) out front of my house. One outlet is for my car charger, the other is for decorative lights. I have peak electric hours I dont want to be charging my car, so the one outlet is set to turn off during certain hours. The other outlet I have set to turn the lights on at sunset and to turn off at sunrise. Its great being able to tell the device to do two different things. Its well build, it looks nice, and works really well.

I tried all the steps to install including checking the Gateway Router to see if the MAC address was recognized (it was). The plug never connected even when I was going through the setup in the office with my router next to it. The instructions then stated to remove the MAC address, reboot the router, and re-enter the address. Forget about this.

I just wanted it to work in coordination with my iPad, I could not achieve that you need some kind of a linking home device to fully set this up. I gave up, sent it back.

I have several Meross products, and pairing this to my home system was simple, in part thanks to the clear feedback given through the light behind the power switch. I was surprised at how nice and compact the unit is, and the flat plug is perfect for my setup. Its great to be able to control either outlet independently, or you can use your preferred home automation software to group both together as one device. My only complaint is the outlet covers. Because of their placement and shape, they get in the way if you are trying to plug in two heavy duty outdoor power cords. Fortunately they are made of a soft silicone type material, rather than hard plastic, so they can be pushed out of the way or compressed, but it might require a little dexterity. Since they are IP44, they should be allowed to hang down so rain does not enter the outlet.

We utilize this for some outdoor lighting and I love that it has two outlet plugs. Not only do we use this all year, but we also use it for christmas lighting. Has never given any issue, even in -30F weather! Highly recommend.

I’ve spent about 3 hrs getting this setup and I found out the hard way that it does not support WPA3 security. I have about 12 Meross smart light switches and they all support WPA3 so I had no reason to think that this plug wouldn’t. Surprise, it does not. Once I turned off WPA3 on my router the setup completed. I checked for firmware updates and it says that I’m up to date. I turn back on WPA3 and it loses connection to the router. This is probably the issue that most everyone has run into who said that it would not connect to their routers. Edit: A new firmware update to ver 4.1.33 makes this outlet compatible with WPA3. You may have to revert to WPA2 in order to connect to the device and update the firmware and then turn WPA3 back on.

No need to read the instructions, just open home app and scan.

I was worried that the plug wouldnt function very well because the wifi outside of my house can be spotty. I was pleasantly surprised that everything worked without a problem. As with the other meross products, synching the device with Amazon Alexa was easy and straightforward. The only issue I had, which is entirely on my end, was the firmware did not update when it was connected to the wifi outside. I moved the plug inside, so the signal would be stronger, updated the firmware, and moved the plug back outside where it continues to work just fine. So my suggestion would be to set up and synch the plug where your signal is stronger and then move it outside, keeping in mind that it still needs a wifi signal to operate correctly.

We needed an easy way to control our outdoor lighting. Once these were connected to our Apple HomeKit, they worked flawlessly. Great design.