iHome Flow Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring and Timer Function, Wireless Wi-Fi Outlet Socket with On/Off Button, No Hub Required, Compatible with Alexa, Echo, and Google Home, 2-Pack

One week after retrieving my first 2-pack, one stopped working (would no longer connect to network and couldnt reinstall). Received a replacement. Three months later the same exact behavior. Not reliable at all.

As others have mentioned, this isnt compatible with Apple HomeKit, though its earlier version were. I have three of the older iHome SPX6, works flawlessly with HomeKit. Returning this. I shouldve read the product description better. Any reason why the product creators dropped HomeKit support?

I really like this Wi-Fi smart plug. Its extremely easy to operate with a smart phone using the Geeni App. I use this to operate my wifes holiday decoration, but it could be easily used every day to turn on lights and anything capable of being plugged into a normal 110V socket. This device is made from quality plastic. It feel very robust and solid in your hand. Its definitely not a cheap knock off. It comes with instructions that walk you through downloading the app and setting up the smart plug. Its very easy. The app makes this plug very capable as you can set up a schedule in it to turn the plug on and off at specific times of the day through out the week and month. I really enjoy this function. This makes turning on lights when the sun goes down a breeze. It also is very helpful if you are away and want to have lights come on for securing at night. I would definitely recommend this smart plug to friends and family. Its a value at current price and once you get one you will want everything on them as you will have total control of your home at your finger tips no matter where you are in the world.

I recommend this item !!!

This is one of the easiest smart plugs weve ever used. You just install the Geeni app if you havent already and then add a new device, it took maybe 10 or 15 seconds to recognize the plug, and then I assigned to the name and set up the schedule and I was done. Its very responsive and works flawlessly. Were using it for our Christmas tree and Christmas lights outside. Its so nice to be able to have the timer set for those. Love it!

These plugs are great. The Geeni app is very simple to setup, and within seconds of plugging the new smart plugs in, the app found them and they connected without issue. BN-Link makes similar Smart Plugs, but they do not have Energy Monitoring, which is ridiculous. Its nice to be able to turn the switches off/on with your phone, but seeing how much power the device plugged into the smart plug is drawing, in real time, and over a period of a year is a crucial feature that many competitors are lacking as of late. The blame is the chip shortage (of course it is, funny how others like this product dont have that issue and include Energy Monitoring, I think its a way to make a cheaper product for the same price). Make sure you allow Bluetooth with the app so it can easily find the new plugs. Also, you can use the Device Widget to turn the switches on/off on iOS, which is awesome. You can also add a picture icon for the plugs. BN-Link also removed this feature. This is nice because you can take a picture of whatever the plug is powering and use it as your icon. Small, but nice feature. There are few reviews because this product was released 4 months ago, so its new. So far, I highly recommend, and the price is very reasonable. The picture I included is the Device Widget showing the icons.

About a year later, I am updating my review from 3 to 4 stars. I did originally purchase these with the expectation that they would work with my iHome app and they didnt, which disappointed me. However, I did keep these plugs and they have been working great. I even purchased two more recently to have more available smart plugs in the house. I love that I can set schedules for the plug to turn on and off and turn the plug on and off with my phone app. The entire reason I chose these is because I already have an iHome plug & the iHome app and I didnt want to have to download another app. These plugs are not compatible with the iHome app. You will be forced to download another random app to use them. However, separate from the app frustration, the plugs have been working just fine.

I got this to control my outdoor patio lights, and I initially had difficulty setting it up. Frustrated, I gave up and brought it inside. About a week later I thought Id try it again, this time for an indoor light. This time it set up extremely easily. Upon hindsight, I believe the outdoor outlet was too far away from my router, because it was so easy the last time. So as long as youre close to your router, this device is awesome! I would also like to point out (as I was initially wondering), you do NOT need to have Alexa, Echo, or Google Home to use this device. All you need is wi-fi.

This smart plug is a great buy! I have 6 of them they are very user friendly and easy to set up. I can activate them from my phone app as well as Google home. I definitely recommend this product and would buy again!

I already had several smart plugs that use the Smart Home app and these worked great with that app, even though it says they use a different app. It was extremely easy to add them to the app too.