Reviews for Belkin WeMo Switch and Motion

Went on a trip to barbados and was able to remote my switches from there.
Bought 3 of them, one with motion, sends me an email when someone walks by, neat.
Only problem I have is cannot see them on my home network until i replug them, but on 3g or any other wifi work great.

I have two of the Belkin WeMo switches and had them running for about 2 months now.

General
they are a bit on the larger side, 4.5in high/3in wide and 1.5in deep (at the thickest part), but will not occupy both outlets on your typical wall outlet. Installed on the top, the lower could be still used.

Setup
Well it is easy, but also very limited:
- Download the application from the App Store onto your iOS device
- PlugIn the WeMo Switch into the AC Outlet
- Go to Settings, WiFi and connect to the WeMo network
- Launch the WeMo app and select your WiFi Network, add password if required.
- When you're successfully connected to your WiFi network, the Remote Access is enabled automatically and you can personalize your device with a specific name, a device icon, add your email (to get future product updates or just more advertisement in your inbox) and you can select to remember your WiFi settings, which will make the addition of further WeMo devices easier.

Experience so far:
Beside delays in the app to discover the switches they also have a tendency to loose connection to the Belkin Cloud - which is needed to access them remotely.
Also one thing important to know: The WeMo app is just supporting one network, that means if you have switches in your house and your vacation home you won't be able to control them all together from the app.
I also linked the switches to the IFTTT website - which is a great idea BUT does just support one switch at the time and has the same problem with them loosing connection/their remote accessibility.

Conclusion
As said in the title, it's a good idea but could be improved very much. The connection issues is a main concern but also the limited control a user has on the security on this devices makes me not recommending them.

I need to replace some wireless switches that are starting to fail and this seems like the next better thing. However I have about 10 different devices which I would like to control and at $100.00 a shot, that's way too much $$. The WeMo works really well however and I like the simple App (in my case used with an iPhone) which allows a number of different ways to set it up. Just bring the price down and perhaps sell the "Switches" separately from the motion sensor and I may buy more.

I have three of these in my home. Setup is simple and the devices are reliable. In one instance I have it turn on my yard lights at sunset (i use an ifttt.com trigger that computes my sunset time so i don't have to adjust weekly as the days get longer/shorter) and off a couple of hours later. Another turns on a heater in a child's bedroom shortly before her bedtime and then cycles the heater a few times during the night.

I like the fingertip control I get with my iPhone/iPad as well as the easy editability of the rules.

I can see why setup may be hard for some people -- the documentation is good but the setup process is not trivial yet (I'm an EE).

They should also improve the boot up speed.

However I like where this is going and I believe that Belkin has a real winner on their hands. I can see this category heating up with all kinds of I/O devices -- thermometers, cameras, dimmers, fan speed controls,... With ifttt and similar services or drag-drop programming, setting these up would be child's play and just as much fun!

This product is truly amazing and works just the way it's supposed to. You just have to know what your doing. And saying a product is junk just because YOU can't get it to work properly is not fair. Did you ever think maybe the Internet in your house isn't working well? Or on your phone? Or your phone is not running the app properly? You can also change the sensitivity of your motion sensor to work the way you need it to. It just takes a little time and common sense. There are a lot of variables that can cause this product to not work the way you expect but most of the time it is NOT because of the product but because of the Internet connection or the router your using or the phone your using. Bottom line this product does perform properly and does make life more convenient

The iPhone App will only work with one location (one Router). I try to set it up with my home and vacation home, failed. Otherwise, it's working really well.

This thing is, unfortunately, a piece of junk. IF, and I mean IF, you're able to get it to connect to your wifi at all it will intermittently lose the connection and completely never connect again until reset. This includes if you move plugs and thus power cycle it.

The range of the device is terrible, it loses signal a mere 30 feet away from my Airport Extreme...at the same location my other devices show full signal strength.

The application used to control and configure crashes regularly and requires you to intermittently reboot your iOS device to even get it to work at all.

Once the device is configured, if you make it that far, it leaves a no-authentication required open wifi SSID published in your house PER device (one for the switch, one for the motion device, etc.)

The idea is great. The execution is horrible. A huge disappointment. Returning it today after multiple days of mucking and false hope.

The switch is OK, not a big deal anyways. The motion sensor is way out of scale. The sensitivity is far to high. I put it in a box, the box in a second box, still seeing motion. I am returning it. Waist of time! The packaging is nice, it deseves one star.