Minoston Zwave Smart Plug, Z-Wave Outdoor Plug with Energy Monitoring, Zwave Outlet Built-in Repeater Range Extender, Z-Wave Hub Required, Compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant (MP22ZP)

I really like that this has two independent switches in one device. It added to my Ring system quickly and easily and worked right out of the box. The only "issue" I had was my own fault. I "fixed" it myself after actually using my brain AND after sending a semi-snide note to Minoston Tech Support. Minoston Tech Support responded immediately and gave me a series of steps to try ... which were not needed. All I needed to do was move the device out of a radio "dead spot." Anyway - 2 weeks in and I'm really pleased with this device and I'm looking for places in my system where a "two-fer" switch could replace my existing setup. Stay tuned!

I had a couple of minoston door sensors early on that weren't very good, but they took care of my issues. However I have since gotten a few of their plug in dimmers and most work fine. This outdoor dimmer was doing great for for almost a year then suddenly stopped. I reached out to see if they would help and they did, within DAYS I had a new device. But it only worked for a week? What the heck! So I took apart the original and the replacement to find out insects, notably earwigs, had gotten inside and shorted out between the line voltage side and the electronics. Presumably they entered through the ground plug hole as I was using a two prong device. Since I already had an email from them going for the replacement, I sent them pics in hopes they'd improve their device, but with no expectations since it clearly wasn't their fault. The NEXT DAY they advised me that not only had they already advised engineering of the issue, and apologized for the inconvenience, but had already sent ANOTHER replacement. Absolutely amazing.For now I added a piece of gaff tape to keep the bugs out.

I'm using this to control my string lights around my front porch. Because it has two outlets, I'm going to also use it to control my Christmas lights when I put those up in a few weeks.I manage all of my Z-Wave devices with Hubitat and, although many Minoston outlets are supported automatically Hubitat, this 2-outlet device is not among them. Thankfully, Minoston offers the driver to make this work on their website free of charge. You just have to copy-paste the code from their website into a custom driver in Hubitat.This was my first time adding a custom driver in Hubitat and it was pretty straight forward. Minoston made it pretty easy. However, if the idea of this seems intimidating to you, you may want to try something else.Minoston provides the driver, so I can't fault them for it not being available natively on Hubitat. This seems more like a Hubitat problem, so I'm not going to knock this Minoston device down a star for that.

I've been trying to get some serious electrical monitoring going, sometimes also automations based switching, and these units have turned out to be my go-to for my outdoor applications. For the most part, I have one of these on every outdoor outlet in my home so I can capture electrical usage.I use Home Assistant for my home automation platform and generally prefer the Z-Wave protocol. When I first started buying these, the units were not fully enumerated in HA's Z-Wave-JS platform, but those issues have since been resolved. They are fully compatible with the energy monitoring features of HA and also work well for switching applications.The units have been generally reliable, quick to respond and meet most of my expectations. I have run into issues with devices that have a high startup/inrush current, these things are not compatible with this particular switch. When using them in these cases (e.g. air compressor, shop-vac, etc.), these units will "pop" and automatically turn off. This is probably good in some cases, but I am certain these situations are nowhere near the danger zone of popping breakers. I've had to find other energy monitoring switches for these applications. Despite the limitation above, I have tested these units up to about 1200 watts with no troubles. They appear to handle serious electrical loads, even though they they don't deal with high inrush current well.One other con? As mentioned, I have several of these (about 8) and all of them do intermittently go offline for unknown reasons. I get "unavailable" events in HA several times a day. My Z-Wave network is very robust, so I know it's not that, nor do I see this on any of my other 40 some-odd Z-Wave devices. Despite these events, this problem has never affected the operations of these devices. They continue to supply power and it hasn't (yet) interfered with any of my automations. I'm guessing this might be a firmware fault, or some other issue, but it hasn't caused me any troubles.A few examples of how I use them? I switch on/off Christmas lights for the holidays, based on sunset and sunrise times, as well as time of day. I've also started using these to control my block heaters for my vehicles. I can now apply a ton of intelligence to this by taking into account outdoor temperatures, specific times, work schedules and so forth. (Or, just start my block heater manually without going outside!) I also monitor heat tape on my home, allowing alerts if no electricity is used when temperatures are below certain values and the heat tape "should" be running.I also really like that these units monitor & report on over-voltage, over-current and general over-load situations. These events are enumerated in HA. I actually used these capabilities to troubleshoot a faulty extension cord recently, a situation that had escaped other diagnostics. You can almost think of it like a "smart circuit breaker" of sorts, a step well beyond standard breakers and even GFCI circuits.Overall, these are solid 4-star outdoor rated switches with built-in energy monitoring. Despite a few problems I have observed, they perform well for me and provide me with robust automation and energy capture capabilities. If you're looking for robust outdoor monitoring & switching capabilities based around Z-Wave, these aren't a bad way to go!

Z-Wave might be the best smart home protocol and this device is no exception. If you're looking for an affordable outdoor plug pair then just get it. Works really well with home assistant and is an excellent repeater on the network!

A couple weeks into using this product and it won’t stay connected. My hub loses connection constantly and will only reconnect when I unplug and plug it back in.

I bought this to use only on the holidays. I thought it wasn't working but forgot, you have to press the switch 3 times to connect to your Z Wave system. Still works great after 3 years!

I needed a Z-Wave switch to control our outside landscape lights. I tried using 2 different light sensing switches, but they don't always work the way I would like. This Z-Wave switch connected easily to my old hub, Vera Lite, on the first try. I've had it for less than a week, but it works flawlessly so far. I programmed the controller to turn it on just before sunset and off a few hours later. Works I L ke a charm!

Super simple to connect to Smartthing and even easier with my Alexa Echo.Using it outside for my Christmas lights. Fully automated, without any fail

Works great! Easily paired and working with my ST hub

Easy to add to the ISY994Has been performing for a week,with no issues.

I added it to my ST setup....worked first time....very quickly.....very impressed since most of my devices I've added in the past have been finicky to tricky to setup. I'd buy it again....

Works OKWas discovered very easily by the Vera