Minoston Z-Wave Plus Smart Plug, Outdoor On/Off Outlet Switch, ZWave Hub Required, Weather-Resistant, Built-in Repeater, Work with SmartThings, Wink, Alexa, Black(MP22Z)

Things I loved: The outdoor rating and energy monitoring capabilities. Compact size for outdoor unit Things I am disappointed by: It didnt make it 6 months before dying. It randomly was turning off, and now it turns off immediately after turning on. Product range was not as good as other zwave devices. It would occasionally completely lose contact with my hub Difficult pairing in smartthings Despite installation at the end of 2022, no Edge driver in smartthings

I am using the newer series 700 Silicon Labs hub with Home Assistant, and this device allowed me to reliably connect to my pool house about 100 feet away through 2 walls. Had it out in very heavy rains and so far no issues with water.

This originally did not install as two separate controllable outlets in SmartThings. I contacted the seller and promptly received a response with instructions to install an edge driver. I had follow-up questions and each time appreciated quick answers.

Im disappointed with Home Seer and Z-Wave overall. The connection is unreliable and intermittent.

It either connects immediately or it doesnt connect at all. I purchased a total of five and three worked fine, and I returned the two that did not.

This outdoor Z-Wave switch is great for water fountains and outdoor lights. The unit can handle extreme hot and cold temperatures, has a very long distance range compared to other devices that Ive tested

I was very happy this plug just worked. No smartthings firmware BS, I just plugged it in and searched Minoston in smartthings. Very Nice!

Has worked the way its supposed to. Integrated with Alarm.com app.

I was able to pair this plug to my SmartThings hub when placed in close proximity. However, once I placed it in my backyard there was no connectivity. I then added 2 z-wave smart plugs nearby to act as repeaters, and connection was very spotty. Id say on/off commands would register only 20% of the time. On/off status was incorrect most of the time too. I placed an Enlighten/GE outdoor z-wave plug in the same location, and have no issues. Im sending the Minoston back

This applies to a SmartThings (ST) ecosystem. TL;DR use ST IDE and select Zwave Metering Switch Secure. ST also has went to edge drivers and no more device handlers so avoid this til they get real support. I bought this to control and monitor energy usage of outdoor seasonal lights. It easily paired to ST but was only showing as a simple z wave ON OFF device. Reading the fine print of the box it says to email or visit the website for a Custom Device Handler (DH) to get the advertised functions. This wasn’t totally strange as Zooz products often require this. I was bummed since DH mean it will be cloud based and not local but oh well. Low and behold, nothing on their garbage website. Think you’d find it on the actual product page for the device? Nope. Only downloads are three links to named products that is nothing currently listed. Also emailed and no response. Shocker. I played around in ST IDE and finally got its metering functions to show with the preset Zwave Metering Switch Secure. It’s a cheaper smaller profile outdoor Zwave outlet that are hard to come by now it seems. Only reason not returning.