Finally got around to putting the Christmas lights on an automatic dusk to dawn schedule!

I can’t say enough positive things about the quality and support for all of the yolink products that I’ve purchased. They do as advertised. They’re easy to install and easy to link to Alexa. I look forward (literally) to purchasing more products from this vendor. As to the outdoor remote outlet… works great!

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.

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

works as good as the big name brands at at lowers price.

Convenience! This product requires their hub. Works just as it is supposed to work. Works with Alexa! Great product, nice app! Great customer service!

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.

It works great in the pool pump house, for controlling the pool pump and remote heater control, with some additional hardware. I added a junction Box, and a few relays; Pump needs a high amp rated relay and heater needs a dry contact / low voltage. The app doesnt offer the flexibility to control the temp of the pool the way I envisioned it might have, but its good enough for setting schedules to run the pump and heater. And the heater is just on or off contact for either spa or pool mode which I just use the spa mode at a 92 degree set temp. If were not using the pool for a few days, I can just disable the heater from running and keep the pump in normal cycle. When I want heat, Boom, its like magic.

Was able to use outside with two controllerable plugs. Range is amazing.

I just received the outdoor plug. I plan to use it for controlling my backyard fountain, replacing a Wi-Fi plug that has been inconsistent because of distance. I have not activated the outdoor plug yet but the construction quality is great. It looks like an industrial-grade device. Ince installed I will report. This is an addition to a number of other sensors that I recently purchased from the same seller. All are flawless. This seller provides great value. Strongly recommended.