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Belkin WeMo F7C029FC Insight Plug: Monitor your energy usage and control your home electronics from almost anywhere using your Android or Apple® smartphone or tablet. Receive personalized notifications about your devices from the WeMo App.
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5
Works as advertised!
on August 29, 2014
Posted by: wrz0170
As stated in the title, works as adverised. When I got it, I followed the instructions inside the box. Downloaded the WeMO app. Plugged the Insight Switch in. Through the app, I pointed it to my network and it was able to connect fairly quickly. Next thing I did was let it go through firmware updates. Apparently there were two updates. After that, it was ready to go. To note, as of this review and since I got it, there were two app updates. So it appears they are active with the app and switch.
I bought it for my espresso machine, a Rocket Giotto Evoluzione V2. It is 15amp/110v and 1200 watts. It takes a good hour to warm up before pulling the first shot. I wake up at 4:30am and I don't have time to wait for it to warm up so I started research for timers and chose the WeMo. Once set up, I went back into the app and set the rules (your on and off times). You can set a bunch of different rules. For example, my Weekday rule is the machine will turn on an hour before I get up and turn off about an hour after I leave. I set up an After Work rule to come on an hour before I get home and stay on til about 6p.m. (not a good idea to drink espresso after 6 unless you want to write operas at 2am). I then have a Weekend rule set up to turn on and basically stay on during the day. You can pretty much set any type of rule you want. Select days and select times. If I was in a situation where I got to go home early before a rule started, I can go in the app and manually turn on the machine from wherever I am and I have and it works. By the same token, I can manually turn the machine off, overriding a rule.
The range seems to be pretty good. My router is located in the living room and obviously the machine in the kitchen. A room away with a wall separating the router and switch. I also have the WeMo plugged into a surge protector which is located underneath a coffee cart where my machine resides. So it's not even out in the open. So the range for me is very good. Even impressive.
Some minor nitpicks. Little pricey. The directions were minimal. I didn't see any instructions on how to set up rules but it appeared intuitive enough.
What's great about it: Program options and range
What's not so great: Pricey. Directions are a bit weak
I would recommend this to a friend!
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