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yoldave
> 3 dayYou need a good wifi router or extender to reach through walls and outside. If too far from your source it may not work. Mine does. Good luck..
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Winfield Borer
> 3 dayI have 3 of these now and 6 of the Wion outlets, works great running my Christmas light display. Bought this one to replace the last mechanical timer. So great to adjust the time if necessary from anywhere you have a wifi connection.
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Michael J. Neil
> 3 dayRead the instructions. Like 10 times. Just read them until it makes sense lol. This thing was a pain but it works. Just make sure you are not super far from your wifi, think mine is about 30 feet from an access point and never had a problem. Good value for the money but without integration into Google Home (my prefence) or Alexa, you still have to open this manually to turn it on and off via smart phone. Not that much of a hassle but would add more value to this product.
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mh
Greater than one weekGreat product
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Peter Castaldi
> 3 dayI have just installed the WiOn outdoor Wi-Fi power stake and LOVE its functionality: my Android Smart Phone controls the outdoor lights reliably, and the app allows setting up an automated on-off schedule easily. The initial adding of the device to my home network however was a BEAR (and I have worked with computers for over 30 years and LOVE to play with technology). What I learned: 1) the included directions suggest using their scannable link to download the WiON app to my adroid phone which did not work (I went to Google Play and downloaded the WiON app manually); 2) you are instructed to choose the WiON stake from available devices on your SmartPhone WiFi settings BUT it is not made clear that what you are looking for is a device which begins with ECO- followed by a string of random numbers; 3) You are then told to select in the WiON app the router you wish to connect the power stake to which suggests a hardware name (each router does in fact have a hardware name) when what is meant is the network name (sometime called the SSID); 4)You are then told to enter information in the app (zip code, device name (the name you wish to associate with the power stake you are installing, for example Stake1), followed by the WiFi router password (which really means the network password of the SSID in step 3); 4) When done you select SAVE SETTINGS in the app but this option did not appear on the SmartPhone screen until I blanked out the keyboard used to enter zip code, etc. Having written instructions I know it is hard, but these instructions make the task seem impossible. It is not, but you have to be careful to say what you mean. Thanks for a great product (I hope); please improve documentation; and I have set a calendar reminder to update this on January 10 to see if I remain cautiously supportive.
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Laura Delgadillo
> 3 dayI would rate this 5 stars, except it is not compatible with Google Assistant. It is a decent product, I bought it for my X-mas decorations and use it during the rest of the year to control the bedroom fan.
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David Groff
> 3 dayworks good -- This is either ALL ON or ALL OFF.. you cannot control each plug individually. ( I was hoping you should )
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joy watson
> 3 dayGave my iPad to my neighbor so he could turn on and off heater cords on my roof....so I do not get an ice jam...while I was in Florida for a month. Worked great he did not even have to go over to house
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Jamie
Greater than one weekGreat wifi plug. Love being able to set times for outside lights and decorations. I have had a few connectivity issues with this previously, but I get it to work each time and love it for the price. Highly recommend. Ordering more now.
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Tony Stefani
> 3 dayTo start, the instructions are poorly written which made the install time consuming. The instructions also indicate that the product is not for continuous outdoor use although the box indicates Outdoor Wi-Fi Yard Stake. Most import for me is that each of the three outlets CAN NOT be programmed separately. So if you plug in a water fountain and a string of lights, they will turn on and off at the same time which is useless as the lights are not needed until the evening. Better off buying a mechanical timer for $10 as it does the same thing. What value is there in having it connected to Wi-Fi?