WiOn 50053 Outdoor Wi-Fi Plug-In Yard Stake With Smartphone Or Tablet Automation for up to 12 devices; 3 Grounded Outlets And 6 Foot Cord

We have an outdoor fountain that I wanted to control from my phone, so I started looking for a smart outlet on Amazon. I tried two or three standard models with no success--the main problem is that the outlets kept losing wifi connectivity after a few days and needed to be rebooted, which is a huge pain when the outlet is outside the house and around the corner. In contrast, this Wi-on outlet never loses connectivity and has always worked flawlessly, for about 9 months now. The software is very simple and easy to use, and my wife and I can both control it at any time from her Android phone and my iPhone with no problems. Thats exactly what I was looking for. I like this outlet so much I just ordered a second one to hook our outdoor lights into--although we have a transformer for our lights that has an auto-timer feature built in, the Wi-on outlets timer is so much more reliable and functional that Im just going to disable the automatic timer on our transformer and plug the transformer into the Wi-on instead. Then Ill have one Wi-on running the fountain and another running the lights, all working through a single app on my phone (and my wifes phone), and turning the lights on automatically at sunset and off around the time we go to bed.

I have it setup in my backyard and it worked fine, then one day, I had to unplug it to to move it somewhere else. As soon as I unplug it, and plug it back in, the wifi no longer works, so I cant even reprogram it anymore. Dont get me wrong, the outlet WORKS as intended when it worked, I guess I expected a better WIFI module in this since its plugged into the power. But this has one of the shortest range wifi I have seen. When it worked, my phone had to literally be right next to it to see the signal, and when it worked, the unit will not see my houses wifi network, and I have Google Wifi, the mesh network setup in my house. Anyway, the wifi no longer works, its nothing more than a surge proctector at this point, and since I have to manually either leave it ON all the time of turn it OFF all the time, it really beats the entire purpose of this thing being (outdoors) now. Not happy about that the wifi breaks within less than a years usage. And just incase someone is wondering, there was a insect zapping light plugged into it, and I had the timer setup to turn on and off 2 times in a day, thats all. Not happy, very not happy about this. And if anyone is also wondering, yes, I have tried multiple phones, multiple Android phones and multiple IPhones, and differerent version of iOS and Android, nothing, the wifi signal never shows up when I search for the wifi signal, as instructed that suppose begins with ECO-. And yes, I have tried restarting my phones and yes, I have tried unplugging the outlet for 30 seconds, hoping it will clear some kind of cache or something, nothing. Also, as soon as I unplug it, the programmed times are erased, thats where it rendered the thing into nothing but a regular surge protector, which I dont even know if it actually protect electrical surges.

I upgraded from an old-school timer for my outdoor lights, and I love the ability to set different programs for different days. And I thought that since I could turn off cloud capabilities, it wouldnt be able to get to the Internet and be susceptible to hacking. BUT - every 15 or 20 seconds it tries to connect to a server in Taiwan, sending who-knows-what data. Ive confirmed that it doesnt need that connection to function, so I just blocked it from going out at my firewall, but if I didnt have the ability to do that, Id be very concerned about having it on my network.

I have purchased three wions over the past three years, two of those were replaced by the manufacturer and now a third one is gone out. I bought it December 7, 2017 so it is out of warranty and honestly, I don’t want a replacement of the same useless product. Never buying again from this company. It really is upsetting when companies use cheap components and sell items at a premium.

I now have four of these and regret buying them. They worked ok with an old wifi router I had. The connections were always a little temperamental though. UPDATE: I bought a new router, a top of the line, top rated TP-Link model that is great. I have fast, strong connections with as many devices as I need. BUT... the WiON outlets are not really working with it. I tried both the 2.4 and 5 GHz and at best I get one of them connected, sometimes two. But then its always a mystery which ones will appear in the app when I open it. Half the time its none, sometimes one, and on a very rare occasion two. And Im using the same iPhone on the same wifi, and using the 2.4 GHz connection. Some of them just will not connect no matter what, so they are essentially useless. I can no longer program them because I cant connect to them. DO NOT BUY THESE if you plan on controlling them using your phone, which is really the only reason to buy them.

Missing the ground steak can I get a replacement part.

This has been nothing short of amazing. I love that it hooks up to the wifi, and using an app on my phone to turn it on or off has made things so simple. The timer works beautifully as well.

These are awesome. We used them for our Christmas yard decorations this year and I was able to control the light from 2500 miles away.