HBN WiFi Heavy Duty Dual Outlet Smart Plug with Individual Control, No Hub RequiredWhite, Compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, 2.4 Ghz Network Only

This is a pack of 2 devices, each with 2 outlets. There are 4 outlets total that you can control individually. For the price, this is a great buy. Setup is also very very easy with your phone and Smart Life app. Of course, if your Smart Life app is registered with Alexa, you can control them with Alexa as well. You can set schedule for on/off via Alexa or device app. Like most of these types of smart devices, they only use 2.4ghz Wi-Fi which is very common in today’s home. Other things: + when each outlet is on, a red arrow light turns on, pointing to the active outlet. Not too bright. + when each outlet is off, the device switches on a single blue indicator arrow. Again, not too bright. + there is an audible click as each outlet is switched on/off + pressing the same individual arrows as stated above will manually switch each outlet on/off. + pairs easily with Alexa app. Alexa adds it as 3 devices. (1 device with 2 outlets = 3) Example: Living room with lamp1 and lamp2 Overall, a great deal vs buying 4 individual smart plugs/outlet . I do have single smart plugs and inevitably I wish there was a second outlet on it to use as an always on. These help deal with that and more.

Bear with me, and I’ll explain four stars when in the specifics I rate as three stars. For a Internet / Bluetooth integrated home automation switch that does not require any mainstream voice activated device; these are fabulous. 2.4GHz WiFi, a smartphone or tablet on the same network, and your good to go. These work great, the app is simple enough to use or as complex as you may require. I now have eight of these, with six in use, and two that I haven’t found a spot for yet (bought in the 2/pack option as it is the most economical at the time). My initial purchase, with NetGear wireless router was easy to set up with the Tulia app. But this was an old router and we were having other issues, so I replaced it with a Linksys. This is where my issues with this product begin. You CANNOT just change network connection devices, the plugs have to be removed from the old one and added to the new one. Also, the first four I bought worked with the Tulia app, the second purchase of four more will not. I had to change to the companies other app, SmartLife. Same layout, same features, just a different name in the surface; yet, obviously, different programmatically. As I had named each plug, and each individual socket, changing apps and routers was a giant pain. Honestly, this didn’t take a long time, but it’s 30-45 minutes wasted for lack of thought. And longer wasted renaming and setting back up the schedules I had created. Once configured, these things are awesome! 1 outside for Christmas Lights (at the time I’m writing this) 1 in the front room for the tree 2 in the living room for standup lamps on opposite sides of the room 1 in the bedroom for night stand lamps 1 in the back bedroom for decorations All of the Christmas lights are in a group, with a schedule to come on twenty minutes before sunset (local time by location) and go off at 2230. My wife night stand lamp comes on and goes off at a set time, so she doesn’t have to turn on the overhead light when going to bed. The living room lights are set to come on thirty minutes before sunset, and off 2230. And a second schedule to come on before we get up in the morning, and go off after we leave for work. Plus, these are on different schedules for the weekend vs week days. These are perfect for giving the house a lived in look of people being home, even when we’re not. We don’t usually stay out late, so we come in to a lit home. Now that things are set up, I can control the switch or individual socket from anywhere in the world that I have internet service. Or they’ll run their schedule for the days set. *My MAJOR Gripe* The switch in the master bedroom has two lamps, both with low wattage LED bulbs. They will not both stay on at the same time. I don’t know if this is due to an overload and auto shutoff safety feature, or I have a bad switch. But I can turn both on, and a few minutes later they shut off. Turn one on, and it stays on until scheduled off time or manually turned off.

I use these with Smart Things and IFTTT to create a remote trigger to control room heaters. I think they work perfectly.

So I plugged it in and tried to get it to connect to my wifi took a bit but I had to connect it to the outlet near my router first and then move it to the outlet I wanted which was a bit further away and now works fine, but as for the Alexa integration, when I tried to connect it directly from the app I would get an error message that my Alexa app was not updated and I had to go through the Alexa app itself to add my devices but over all works great I would honestly get more once I need them

I bought 2 sets of these. The genius 12 yr old had no problems setting it up with his Alexa in his room. I wasnt able to set up the one for my living room.. it requires downloading an app, then marrying up Alexa and the app. Too complicated for me. I gave up and bought another kind that didnt require a separate app to work through Alexa in my living room.

I spent over an hour trying to get this to sync with my Wi-Fi. I know I have 2.4 because I have other things linked to it. Little disappointment, will be returning

I bought this so two electric toothbrushes could be plugged in and only use one outlet. My toothbrush stopped charging, so working with the toothbrush company, they issued another toothbrush. Then the other stopped working, and thats when I started doing research on the smart plug. I think its a stupid plug, and now its past the return date. Update: the company reached out to me and apologized for my experience and refunded me the full amount. They are a company of integrity and I applaud them for that. I would consider their product in the future, using it how its intended to be used.

This item was pretty easy to figure out, and easy to install. I wish the app had a way to put the plug in the room or area of your home it is installed in to make it easier to control with Alexa, but thats not extremely important. I can control it, I just have to take a few extra steps. Double sided plug makes it easier to control two devices with one plug. Not great if you only have one thing to control in an area. For example, if you want to use a fan in your bedroom and have nothing else to plug in the socket to control with Alexa, I dont suggest using this socket. Maybe use a lamp or something in the other side. Its wasted with nothing in it.

I got this plug for my bearded dragons lights as I will be out of state for a weekend and I cant torment her with keeping the lights on 24/7. I tried to see if I could turn the lights on and off from my office at work (literally not even 5 minutes away from my apartment) and it says the plug is offline. The automation I set up to turn the lights off at 12am and on at 9am, did not work. I was so excited for this to arrive because I would feel confident her lights would go on and off each morning and night but now I am terrified I will come back from my trip and my bearded dragon will be frozen to death if the lights havent turned on. If someone would be kind enough to help, that would be great but in the meantime...might have to put her through the pain of having her heat lamps and UVB light on for the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I am gone. Wifi and internet speed consistently show they are top notch and full speed so there is no reason for this to be happening. Might have to return this and just go for a manual timer plug. I liked the remote one as I could have the security of knowing her lights were on and off every night.