TREATLIFE Smart Dimmer Plug Outdoor Smart Plug Works with Alexa and Google Home Light Dimmer APP Remote Control

So good that I ordered a second for another set of lights, and may order a third! For those of you wondering, this does have a physical switch / dimmer you can use without your phone. There's a single button that you tap to turn the lights on and off, or hold down to dim/brighten (it starts going one direction until it maxes out then goes the other direction). Wifi setup was very simple, and, while I haven't looked into the fancier settings yet, the basic controls on the app more than meet my needs of manual on/off and a brightness slider. I've made use of the timer feature as well to make sure we don't forget to turn the lights off after a night of partying. The construction seems solid and pretty rugged. I expect it will last a long time, even outside. I also like that it provides a slot to hook onto a screw or nail for easy wall mounting. My one suggested update is to have a longer power cord. Unless you have an outlet within about a foot of where you want this switch to be, you'll need an extension. In my particular scenario, we had to run an extension along the side of the house. That extension goes to a triple outlet staked into the ground because I need at least 2 switches at this location and want to keep the connections off the ground to avoid potential issues with puddles. However, if I connect this switch directly to that staked outlet it will only be about 1.5 feet off the ground, which is pretty inconvenient for using the physical button. This means that I need to either live with that; buy and install another 3-6 ft outdoor extension, causing a setup of extension -> landscape outlet -> extension -> switch -> extension -> lights; mount the switch and leave the outlet hanging (ghetto and probably not 100% weather safe); or, hopefully, find a different cheap outdoor splitter that can be mounted to the wall right beneath the switch. I feel like the power cord should be 3-4 ft, which is long enough to go from the floor, where most extension cords reside, to a normal & convenient height to use the button. Read more

Bought twice to control.outdoor lights. Love the app and its easy to use. Be sure its within range of your house wifi. Read more

I had some initial user errors but in the end, the product worked great. Read more

This is a really good product. The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is that it’s kinda bulky. But it works great. I purchased two to use with our outdoor lighting. I can set it on a timer to light up & turn off at specific times. I can also set the dimmer adjusting the lights with my iPhone. Super easy to use. Read more

I've been using this to control my lava lamps for a while now and it has done its job well. Easy to setup and control brightness and set a schedule for them. Read more

I attempted to use this device for some outdoor string lights. Set up was easy and quick, and I was able to set the timer on them easily using the Treatlife app on my phone. I was also able to integrate it with Alexa fairly easily at first. Dimming feature was simple enough, and even dimming them through voice commands to Alexa worked great. After the first full day of use, though, the plug (and lights plugged in to them) kept showing up as offline/disconnected. I reset (and unplugged/re-plugged), and they worked fine, until later in the day when they went offline/were disconnected again. This happened over and over - the device would be online and functional for perhaps half the day, then go offline/get disconnected/be entirely undiscoverable. This was quite the hassle, as the outlet I have the device plugged in to is quite high up in an awning on my back deck, so I'd need to bring out the ladder to reset/unplug. When the device is offline, Alexa can't do anything and only physically fiddling with the device itself would get it back online (for part of a day, before it disconnected yet again). I know my wifi signal in the yard and on the back deck is good, and I have a mesh point just inside the back door less than 15 feet from the device itself. My wifi lets me check the strength of signals to connected devices, and the 2.4ghz signal to this device is consistently strong - it just doesn't want to stay connected. I'll likely just ditch this thing, and try another Alexa/Wifi-compatible device, while also buying a simple remote-controlled device as a back up. While remote-control devices rarely have Alexa compatibility, at least I know I can use the remote to control it from a distance as desired, rather than having to pull out the ladder again to fix this one when it doesn't want to turn off or on. Read more

Note: I've upgraded my review from 2 stars to 5 stars. After reading my review the company sent a replacement. While I still would not use this device for heavy loads (such as I did) their willingness to provide a replacement is certainly admirable! I ordered several of these. The first couple were used for a dimmer for some LED lights. They connected better than some of the other smart switch devices I had tried in the past. On my 3rd unit, out of 4, I plugged in a small-ish air compressor. I had no intention of trying to use the dimmer function. I simply wanted an ON-OFF switch. The compressor probably pulled more than 10 amps on cold start. When it kicked on it fried the switch. I think these are rated for 10 amps (not sure), but you aren’t going to switch any heavy loads with this. Read more