The bottom lineWeatherproof and handy, but it's controlled through VeSync's cloud. In Home Assistant we hit thousands of rate-limit errors and lost four of six sockets.
What we like
- Outdoor-rated, with two independently controlled sockets
- Simple setup in the VeSync app
What we don't
- No local control. Home Assistant has to go through VeSync's servers
- We logged 9,114 'API rate limit exceeded' errors and four sockets went unavailable
- Anything important (like greenhouse power) shouldn't depend on someone else's server
What went wrong
We put these on the stuff that matters most on a farm: greenhouse lights and pumps. Then we built Home Assistant alarms to warn us if power to them dropped.
The alarms never had a chance. Home Assistant’s VeSync integration polls VeSync’s cloud, and the cloud started refusing it. Our logs show 9,114 “rate limit exceeded” errors, and four of the six sockets went “unavailable.” Our two guard automations had to be switched off because they were watching plugs that couldn’t report.
The lesson
For critical loads, buy gear that works locally: Zigbee, Z-Wave, or Wi-Fi devices with a local API. If the internet or the vendor has a bad day, your greenhouse shouldn’t.
Would we buy it again?
For holiday lights you control from your phone? Sure. For anything you’d be upset to lose? No.
Still want one?