These WIFI plugs are great. Setup thru the app (UltraPRO) was a breeze. This is my second set of of WIFI plugs which I use for my bedroom and living room floor lamps. I also enable ALEXA in which I can verbally give commands to turn on or off each individual devices. I purchased this second set in order to automate my Christmas decorations and setup a schedule to have them turn on and off thru out the season without having to turn them all on individually. As for security, when I am away from my home, I setup a schedule to turn on lights at different times which makes it seem as though someone is home. For the price, these plugs are worth it and work great. What I most like is the small profile which does not take up much space on my dial gang electric outlets and allows me to plug other items without wasting space. The accompanying App, while easy to use, allows for an easy setup and setting up and controls to automate all items plugged into them. Highly recommended. Read more
I picked up two of these devices based on their ability to work with dual band networks to replace some older WiFi smart plugs from another vendor. Initially, the setup was quick and easy. Download the Android app, discover the plugs, configure the plugs, add UltraPro to a linked connection with Google Home, and done! The first device took all of 5 minutes start to finish. The second one however was much more of a challenge, but not because of the plug itself, but because of my WiFi. My WiFi is powered by an Asus ZenMax WiFi mesh router with a single satellite router to connect the other end of the house from the main router. I configured both plugs in my front room (closest to the main router) and they both worked fine. Moved one plug to it's permanent home (even closer to the main router) and it worked fine. The second plug was to be furthest from the main router, but very close to the satellite router. Best I can figure is that the satellite router, despite broadcasting both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wireless bands, was broadcasting something just different enough that I could not utilize the plug in the location I wanted to with the wireless being setup as is. My solution was to enable a Guest WiFi network which only broadcasted at 2.4Ghz, connect my phone to that network, go into the UltraPro app and then I was finally able to add and configure the second plug in the location where it was to stay. It functions correctly through both the app on my phone over the 5Ghz network as well as through my Google Home. While annoying, I do not place blame on the smart plug. This was a challenge with my particular WiFi setup. Hopefully this will help others in the future. We plan to pick up a couple more as well. Read more
I initially thought Alexa would find it. I needed their app. Read more
These work super well! Highly recommend for things you want to turn on and off easily without getting up (ex. bedside lamps, Christmas tree lights, etc.). They’re easy to install and connecting them to the app is easy. Haven’t had any problems with the app interface either over the past year. Read more
Connects to he UltraPro app easily and automatically connects to Alexa Read more
I have 13-14 Ultrapro wifi toggle switches in my house and after experimenting with the "scene" setting in the app, I decided to try these Ultrapro smart outlets. Im familiar with the Ultrapro app and integration with Alexa is flawless. With my previous experience I expected no difficulty in adding these smart plugs. I was wrong..... At first the plugs auto populated in the app to "add new device", my wifi info is already on the app so it started connecting. I did this several time and ended up with the app "timeout" as I guess it took too long to connect to these new plugs. I reset these several times per the app instructions and no luck. I attempted several time to "manually" add the plugs and it still was either undiscoverable or timed out. Now I have one of those big boi tri-band router and the devices connect to it with out an issue whether its 2.4, 5, or the few 6ghz that are connected to my network. Most of these smart home devices I have are 2.4ghz including all of my Ultrapro switches and have auto connected to which band the required without issue. After probably close to an hour, I decided to dumb down my router and disabled the 5ghz and 6ghz bands temporarily so my phone and Ultrapro plug can only connect to the remaining 2.4ghz band as required. Still can't get it to connect. So thats a wrap, back to amazon these go. Read more
Dust to dawn doesn't work constantly. Disconnects occasionally and is finicky about reconnecting. Read more
My first smart plug. I am over there,moon. Install was easy. Setup a breeze. The app is great. Paired with the Echo Dot and they work perfectly. Total setup for both 10 minutes. Yipee! Read more
