Reviews for Belkin WeMo Switch

Love the concept, bought two for the office. Lots of issues getting it to connect to our Wireless N only network (connected to others ok) which has a very long Key. Never did connect. Once connected to another WLAN sort of works but isn't reliable and saving schedules on the APP is quite buggy too.

Love the quality of the device but it's not ready for prime time just yet.

I have 3 WeMo switches and have used them for around 3 months. The WeMo app is on 3x iPhones (2x 5's and 1x 4S) and 2x iPods (2 and 4).

He WeMo is a great concept, set up is easy and the app is nice and simple. Setting up rules is easy too (eg to activate at a certain time of day or day of week). Also the Internet (rather thang just local WiFi) is. Really neat easy to use feature.

However there is a major problem.

At least one of the three WeMo switches over the three month period i have had them goes wrong and needs manually re-booting every week. The reliability just isn't there for any remotely serious use.

Come on Belkin - get your act together! Great concept but very poor execution. You can, and must, do better.

Nice hardware and functionality but this is not a robust product. I've had the same problems as several other reviewers :- switch disappears from app after a short time and has to be power-cycled; remote access could not be enabled. Documentation and help are inadequate. I also think that the app's user interface also needs a lot more work...

I'm surprised that Apple is currently promoting such an inadequately tested product.

These switches couldn't be easier to set up. After reading the included leaflet, it takes literally 30 seconds to get them going. I understand those having some issues on MAC-address filtered networks, but those people should also be clued-in enough to diagnose issues easily. MAC filtering has its place but usually suggests someone with a clue is in charge.

I've used many of these types of switches before, both IR and RF based. These are fantastic for those of us who are constantly glued to our iPhones or iPads. Beats having to walk around with another remote.

It would be nice if Belkin made a version with built-in dimmer. I imagine (much) more than half of these will be used with lamps, and many CFLs and LED bulbs are dimmable now, so it would be fairly useful to have a slider next to the on/off button.

I'd also like to see proper iPad graphics put into the existing app (making it universal). I think it's lazy when large companies won't spend the extra couple of grand to develop a pretty ipad interface for functionality which already exists in the app.

Very simple to setup and use. I just wish there was a wall switch version.

Bought 2 of these. 1st one worked fine. I then made the big mistake of installing the second. What a shame I did. The dreaded "cannot find device" comes up every two days or so. I've given up rebooting the devcie as I have far more important things to do in my life.
Schedule can only be setup incorporating BOTH switches. What use is that?
Firmware keeps updating on one of the switches but it never completes.
Wifi range is very poor. Belkin state: "WeMo devices should have the same or better range than most other Wi-Fi devices". This is not true in reality. Another Belkin statement: "Some routers take multiple attempts to acquire a connection". That's right blame it on other equipment. I've NEVER had to try and connect other devcies multiple times.

If you have a boring life and need something to occupy your free time I strongly suggest you buy 3 of these. You will NEVER be bored again as instaaling them will take you ages and they cause errors every few days just to keep you active.

Does exactly what it says on the packet. I will be buying more.

Traipsing through the house in the dark to get to the light in the corner is no fun; especially when you're prone to trip on toys the dog left in your path. However, with the Belkin WeMo app I can activate the light from my iPhone ... simply brilliant. The device is inexpensive enough that I've picked up a few for other rooms and added one module with the motion detection feature to the garage.

Setup was a breeze and I like the ability to be able to schedule on/off times. The only issue I've run into was the light came on after I turned it off manually because there was a schedule that was supposed to turn off the light a few hours later. However, I just have to remember to disable the schedule if I go to bed early; and re-enable the schedule the next day. But that's a small inconvenience. Fix this issue and I'll gladly increase my rating to 5 stars.

Work well in a wifi area with phone apps, but did not work at all when away from my wifi, liked the way to turn off and on and a timer set programme work well. But am going to take this back as it did not work as it was describe eg work any ware ?? Well it doesn't it a lot of money if it doesn't work

A good advertisement of the raw product. He worked for only two weeks. Then suddenly stopped working.