Power Failure Alarm, Power Failure Detector, with Email, Text Message, and Audio Alerts(2nd Generation)

I needed a device that could tell me when a circuit loses power, especially if I'm not at home. This little device is a jewel! I ordered it yesterday and it arrived today. I just set it up and tested it. It works perfectly.Setup was easy when following the directions. I used my laptop to connect to the device's Wi-Fi hotspot; I'm terrible at thumb typing on a phone. Once the information was entered, everything seemed to work.The test was easy. I plugged the RisingLink device into a GFCI receptacle, and the receptacle was providing power. I tried the ground fault test on the receptacle, killing the power. Shortly after that, I received both an email and a text message indicating, "POWER OFF". When I reset the GFCI, power returned, and I received another email and text saying, "POWER ON". I did not try the audible alarm as it won't really help me.Here's a note about my home network. I'm on Verizon FiOS, on their 5GHz service. My router is two floors up from the RisingLink device. There appear to be no issues with the RisingLink device connecting with my home network.So far I'm impressed with the device and the service.

Was skeptical being there’s no subscription fee involved, but this thing does exactly what it says. I plugged it into the same outlet as my freezer so that I’d know if the power was out long enough to put the contents at risk. It alerts via text nearly instantly when the power goes out.The key is to have your modem / router / wireless access point on a UPS so that it can send the alert message. All of these reviews that say it only alerted when the power came back on probably are because the whole house power went out and without a battery backup on your WiFi setup this thing can’t send a power out alert.

I bought the Risinglink power failure detector so I would know if the circuit breaker powering our garage refrigerator ever went out. On the Amazon reviews, I had seen that some others had trouble with wifi connectivity. I'm an electrical engineer and thought it shouldn't be an issue for me.But, in fact I did have trouble and could not get it to connect to my wifi router. After a few hours of trying various methods, I emailed the Risinglink support team for advice. They responded quickly and together we tried to get to the bottom of my problem. It took a while, but we eventually discovered a problem with my iPhone setting that corrupted the wifi password entry. Once that obscure problem was identified and corrected, the power failure detector now works like a champ.As it turns out, there was never been a problem with the device itself. It's now working perfectly in my garage.I can't say enough about the support team. I had an obscure issue, not really due to a problem with the Risinglink device, but the support team stayed in contact with me with recommendations to try. I've never seen this level of dedication to finding a solution, not a workaround. Risinglink should be the model for all tech support teams.

Don't buy this. I've had nothing but problems with it from the beginning. Offline notifications have been sporadic and has resulted in my septic pump, which it was monitoring, to have stopped twice and backed up plumbing into my house. And flooded my floors.And there is supposedly an alarm that I have set up to alert me when power is lost but it has never worked.I've contacted customer service multiple times with my issues.Apparently, I have not been online since April and when I was trying to refresh and set it up I was not able to. And now, despite repeated contacts with the customer support, they are now saying I am out of warranty.I have since found A better device that I recommend and that is Necto Cellular Temperature & Humidity Monitor. It will do the same thing to notify you with the loss of power however it is constantly connected to a cellular service without having to pay for such service. I just started it but I already recommend it because it seems to work as I need it to work to notify me of a loss of power of my circuit. For some reason my GFCI likes to trip and I have already had a professional plumber try to fix it.

Found these here on Amazon while looking for a "connected" power monitor. When they arrived I excitedly tried to get them connected to my home network. Upon failing, I then connected them to my cellular phone hot spot and they worked seamlessly. Devices worked as expected. This led me to digging in to my home network. I of course emailed support at the same time. Throughout the day support and I exchanged emails as they suggested possible items within my network that I could check on. Finally after a lot of back and forth and my own investigation, I found a router rule that was blocking the communication. FYI - I have a sonic wall SOHO 250 and simply put in an "allowed" rule for the IP address of the device. Oh, I should tell you that support was able to provide me the MAC address that allowed me to find the IP address for my rule. I have test these now many times and have not had a failure. Bottom line, chances are its a setting on your network that may cause the devices to appear not to function. DO reach out to support - they are very helpful. I like the peace of mind knowing if the power is on/off while I am away from my home.