Meross Outdoor Smart Plug vs YoLink Mini Plug

The YoLink Mini Plug wins overall thanks to its lower price, higher owner rating, built-in overheat/overload protection and real-time energy monitoring. The Meross Outdoor Smart Plug is the better pick for weatherproof outdoor installs and hub-free Wi-Fi connectivity with wider integrations like Apple HomeKit and SmartThings.

Safety and monitoring versus weatherproofing. The YoLink Mini Plug adds overheat/overload protection and real-time energy monitoring on top of long-range LoRa through the YoLink hub, while the Meross Outdoor Smart Plug is a self-contained IP44 Wi-Fi plug built to survive outdoors with two independent outlets but no energy monitoring or overload protection.

The YoLink Mini Plug requires the YoLink hub because it uses LoRa, whereas the Meross Outdoor Smart Plug connects directly over Wi-Fi. Only the Meross Outdoor Smart Plug is IP44-rated for outdoor use; the YoLink Mini Plug is indoor-only.

Only the YoLink Mini Plug includes energy monitoring and overheat/overload protection. The Meross Outdoor Smart Plug has neither, focusing instead on weatherproof outdoor control with two independently controllable outlets.

Choose the YoLink Mini Plug if you want a higher-rated, more affordable, energy-tracking plug with overload protection for controlling an outlet far from the router, in a basement or detached building, and you already own or plan to add the YoLink hub.

Choose the Meross Outdoor Smart Plug if you need a weatherproof plug for outdoor lights or pumps, want two independently controllable outlets and HomeKit support, and prefer a hub-free Wi-Fi setup.