WiOn 50050 Indoor WiFi Plug With 1 Grounded Outlet; White

The WiOn WiFi 50050 Wall Plug is a great item that is easy to set up for a timer, or to be controlled from a remote location where a WiFi signal is available, using a Smart phone! These have worked so well for me, that I bought about one dozen of them and gave them away this year at Christmas! The price has dropped considerably on these, and they are a real bargain.

Overall it seems to work well. The only issues have been when we are away and the icons for the items we have plugged up disappear from the app on our phone.

I bought this for the count down timer feature to turn on a recirculating hot water pump on demand, then have it go off automatically after 20 minutes. The count down timer feature on the app is lame. It must be programmed for start and stop times each time you use it. That will never happen. While the app lets you program for specific set times each day, that is not what I need for my application.

Ive had it for a few months and its holding up well so far.

10 minutes to install and test the system. My original low voltage landscape lighting unit is ole school dial timer switch. Each season I would painstakingly remove the timer pegs to align with the new dusk/dawn (sunrise-sunfall). Most times it was miss instead of hit. I would play with these pegs and finally get it right-so lights come on just at night fall. Just as I got it timed right, it is time to change seasons(daylight savings central time-zone USA). 1.Installed the free app. 2. Plugged the WiON directly in electrical outlet where landscape light box was previously plugged 3. Plugged light box into Wion 4. In App setup the on & off times according to local sunset-sunrise data. 5 Sit back enjoy hands- free control of landscape lights. First attempt in getting this item to function was highly successful. Also noticed that I could manually control the lights with my smartphone through the free APP. This coming Fall season, I can simply see what time it gets dark and go to the app and set that time for each day of the week. Awesome function, convenience & price for automating my exterior lighting!

I have been using these WiOn wifi plugs for over a year now and they are awesome,,,easy to install and so user friendly.. If yo want to control lights and any other electrical devices from anywhere, this is what you need!

Used for Christmas lights and now to control entryway lamp. Easy to set up a d use. I like the astronomic and programmable times best!

I already had an outdoor Wion outlet, so it was a no-brainer to get these indoor models. Set up is so easy, and you can set a timer for the outlet. App is easy to use.

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I had high hopes for this smart outlet. My home has been completely renovated as a smart home, so Ive tried just about all of these types of outlets on the market. This is one of the bulkiest hunks of junk Ive tried. This one at first took 3 days to pair with my Wifi router. I thoroughly consulted the poorly worded troubleshooting section of the manual. Keep in mind, Im a computer scientist. Most of the manual did not make sense (broken English, poor sentence structures). After I finally got this thing to work, a slew of other problems arose. The app would constantly freeze or crash (Yes, my iPhone is updated). Eventually, after a month the device completely stopped working. No lights, no pairing, nothing. I am now outside of my Amazon return window. Quite frankly, Im so frustrated with this thing, I wouldnt even waste my time driving it to the post office.