Kasa Outdoor Smart Plug, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet with 2 Sockets, IP64 Weather Resistance, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home & IFTTT, No Hub Required, ETL Certified(EP40), Black

When I started buying items to turn our home more towards being a smart home my husband was leery. Ive always been a gadget.. freak. I dony go out and buy any old thing. I research the items. I dont want a system installed by some alarm company, I want a custom setup - which means watching for incompatibility. The few items Ive installed havent impacted him much so he wasnt impressed, except that they worked & werent a waste of money. However, since he was going to soon put up Christmas lights and any timers we had he hated. Mainly because he was worried about fires when we were away for more than a couple of hours. This caught my eye. A timer (so he wouldnt have to run out in his pjs in icy cold weather to unplug it), an outlet designed for outdoor use, and it has remote access. I didnt rell him I ordered it. But when I showed it to him and got it set up and he saw how easy it was to use, well, hes a big fan. Weve had no problems with connectivity. It works easily with Alexa, and can even connect with the persnickety SmartThings on my Samsung phone! Not that I need that. Between Alexa & the Kasa app Ive got complete control, as does my husband. Well, he uses me to do any configuring. I cant convince him to install Alexa on his phone. *sigh* It is well built, sturdy, and easy to set up. It comes with hardware to secure it to the wall so that there is no stress on the houses outlet, or on it, when things pull (or people) on whatever is connected. This is one feature that my husband really liked. He gets aggrivated with cords pulling out of the outlet or the strain on the outlet causes the inner parts to warp and plugs no longer plug in as easily. And, as most outdoor outlets have, it has covers for each outlet to keep the weather - and kids - out. I havent checked these closely for being tamper resistant, but I had to work at it a bit to open it. I like that. Time will tell if they become loose.

Easy to setup and get working in 10 minutes

We have Kasa lights and switches all over. The smart plug we use outside at Christmas and program them with Google. All we have to do is say hey Google turn on Christmas lights and bam! Love it!

Works great for my backyard string lights! Very easy to connect and I can use Google to turn on/off. Gained an extra outlet as well! Highly recommend Kasa products.

Love how easy was the setup and it makes life so much easier for outdoor lights. Now, I don’t have to go outdoors to turn the lights off at night. Perfect!!

I use it outside with one plug for my lights and the other for my Green Egg. Since the plug is behind some stuff this makes it easy to use with the app. I dont use Alexa.

I got this to use with my holiday decorations. It works perfectly. If the directions are followed you do have to be aware that if water gets into it, he will either short or cause GFCI outlets to trip. When using outdoors, it’s best to make sure the plugs are facing down and are clear of the grounds of water and mud don’t splash up into them.

Used 2 of the for Christmas lighting. Worked perfectly. Love the timers.

This thing is so fast to turn off and on. Like you touch the phone screen and they turn on, is ridiculous how fast this thing is. Durability will determine the if I keep it at 5 stars (hopefully at least 2 years)

Finally I don’t have to go out in the middle of a freezing night because I forgot to turn off the decoration lights or left them running till the next day because I was too lazy or forgotten it was on. Works great. And the heavy rain this winter did no damage to it either.