Smart Outdoor Plug YoLink 1/4 Mile Worlds Longest Range Smart Plug Work w/Alexa Google Assistant IFTTT Individual Control 2 Outlets IP44 Waterproof for Garden Watering Lighting, YoLink Hub Required

I purchased two of these to use with outside fountains. I can control the light and water feature with via the app from anywhere. They work so well that I will buy more as my needs grow. Yolink is the best and easiest system to setup and use.

I now have three of these controlling devices on the deck. Fountains, lighting features, etc. This is a solid product and I keep adding it to different projects in the house.

Functionally, the YoLink Smart Outdoor Plug timer is another welcome addition to the YoLink enterprise of IOT. Designed for outside use and outside plugs, it has a short length of cabling to plug it into a protected outside outlet, allowing it to dangle below the outlet and close the outdoor outlet cover. See picture I have several older mechanical plug-in timers I cannot use outside because they will not fit inside the outdoor plug outlet cover. Each YoLink Smart Outdoor Plug has two outlets, each of which can be individually programmed with Schedules to come on and go off at separate times. Or you can ignore the scheduling portion and just use it as a 2-plug outlet addition with the YoLink Plug outlets live at all times. Programming them was intuitive, just remembering when creating a schedule, to tap the white check mark in the app, turning the check mark green, before leaving the “creating-a-Schedule” screen. The green check mark prompts a save of the newly created schedule. If you are new to the YoLink environment, remember you have to set up and establish a working hub to manage your YoLink “network”. I have 2 hubs. As YoLink advertises, they will not work on a 5 GH channel, just 2.4 GH channel. Secondly, a continuing frustration is that they absolutely will not ride on my house WiFi, but must be connected to the router or router satellite station via ethernet. Perhaps some people have succeeded with hubs being incorporated via house WiFi, but despite phone conversations and lengthy e-mails, WiFi is just not part of the YoLink solution at my house. YoLink also warns of this WiFi-less possibility. Repositioning the hub away from router without WiFi is limited by the length of the ethernet cable. The cable I got from YoLink was 3 feet. I bought the new Plug specifically to handle Holiday Lights on the house. Specific negative comments on the physical design of the Smart Outdoor Plug: 1. There are rubber plug covers so if you’re not using one plug, it can stay covered. The covers are not attached via a flap to the Plug unit. So when they come off, you have to remember where they are. I’ve already resigned to the fact that they’ll never be used again because I’ll lose them. 2 Most holiday lights come equipped with a two-prong plug which means that the ground plug hole in the YoLink Plug will not be covered. See pictures. 3. The end of the Outdoor Plug that contains the 2 plug outlets has a raised perimeter which limits the size of the plug that can be inserted into the Outdoor Plug. One of my outdoor holiday lights had a plug that was 1 inch X 1.3 inches and I was just at the limit of using it in the YoLink Plug. You can tell from the picture that the holiday light plug it is actually riding up from the YoLink Plug, so it is not flush with the unit. But just long enough to make contact and be usable. If the plug were any larger in either dimension I would not be able to plug it into the YoLink Plug.

Seems to be of good quality and is very easy to set up. The timer feature is useful.

YoLink integrates well with my Alexa based smart home. The range of these products are great for outdoor use too.

I’ll start off by saying that I really like all of the Yolink products that I own I have a lot of temperature sensors and all work quite well, indoors and out. However, this product has a HUGE design flaw. It is an outdoor, weatherproof switch that doesn’t work with GFCI outlets. When plugged into a GFCI outlet, it trips the breaker as soon as the switch is turned on. All outdoor outlets are supposed to be GFCI for safety. Why would you design a product for outdoor use that doesn’t support outdoor rated outlets? I contacted support and they promptly replied that this is true and that the product doesn’t in fact support GFCI outlets. Great customer support, generally great products, but a total miss on product design on this item.

Tried to use this outdoors in a rain proof box. Despite being only 100 ft away from the controller, the signal was not sufficient for a reliable signal. Also, found out the hard way that it only will handle the rated 15amps as a steady load. Peak startup amps blew something inside and it never worked again. Contacted support and they recommended adding a relay to resolve.

These work and are reliable. YoLink is a reliable hub with easy to use devices like this one.

I put this in my greenhouse with the Yolink Temp and humidity sensor! Set it up in 10 min! Now I dont have to run to my greenhouse to turn the fan or heater on or off. Everything is automated! I love how the Yolink devices work with each other. I set the scene or automation and dont have to worry about it! Also works with Alexa, always a plus. Super easy to set up and use. Cant wait to add more Yolink devices to see what else I can do with them! Cant beat the range and accuracy from Yolink!

I already had the Hub and some other devices installed with YoLink. The Plug worked as soon as I scanned the code on the plug as did my other devices. Its a little hard to get the devices set up with Alexa but if you understand how to use Alexas Settings, it works great.