Kasa Smart Plug Mini 15A, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Works with Alexa, Google Home & IFTTT, No Hub Required, UL Certified, 2.4G WiFi Only, 4-Pack(EP10P4) , White

The product worked great for a wide variety of audiences. It integrates with Google Home/Assistant nicely, in addition to the native Kasa app. Theres also a pretty active community supporting the development of 3rd party integrations such as python and command line interfaces. After 8 months or so, one of my plug started to malfunction and couldnt be turned off. Despite the 1-year warranty claim, TP-Link actually asked the customer to pay of the cost of shipping the defective product back to them. That makes very little sense and basically renders the warranty claim useless. Update: After contacting customer support, I was offered a free shipping label.

I have a few of these now and I couldnt be happier with them. They are small and take up just one space on a two connection outlet so I can still plug in something else with no problem. The Kasa App is easy to use too and I have no complaints with it. In the App tap on the device to open it and then I can see the power usage now and over time, run time, schedule on and off times for the plug and then a settings gear where I can change the name of the plug and add my own picture from my camera roll or from the camera itself. It also has device information. It has a grouping feature that I have never played with. One thing to note on setup. When setting up a new plug it asks you to connect to the device WiFi in the the phone settings. On the iPhone, after the device connects, I get a popup at the top of the screen that says Im connected and if I tap on this popup to go back to the App it has always failed to connect to my network after that and I dont know why. The way I have success is after I connect to the device I exit settings and open the Kasa App again and continue from there. I have always had success with connecting to my home network this way as I continue setup of the plug. For me Im using these inside the house to control night lights on a timer and an away light for security while we arent home. I have one plug that amazingly can connect to my WiFi about 200 feet away at my garage to control a security light mounted on the outside. I also have three plugs in a little solar shed about 60 feet away from the house that are on all the time to tell me how much power my solar panels are producing. This is why I like these plugs so much. They just work and work well.

Actually pretty easy to set up. Challenge to the pros, get at me when you set up 3 at once ;). 1. Install TP-Links Kasa app on your phone. 2. In the app, click the + to add a Smart Plug, then Smart Plug Lite / Mini 3. Plug in 1 of these into the wall, it should start flashing blue and orange without you touching it. 4. After a time, the app will prompt you to join the smart plugs network *note* Each plug has its own WiFi network at first youll need to connect to wirelessly using your phone. This is a different network than your existing home wireless network. 4.1. the plugs default network will be called something like Smart_Plug_0123 5. After connecting your mobile to THAT network, return to the Kasa app so it can speak to this device wirelessly. 6. After initial talks between the plug and your phone, the app will prompt you to teach the plug which WiFi network it should use instead of its own default network. Specify your home network through the mobile app and enter the password you use for devices to connect to it. 6.1 The app will send the WiFi name and password over to the plug, which will then be authenticated and joined to your home network in the background. 7. On your mobile, rejoin your home network (the normal one you started on) and validate your plug is now on that same home network as well. 8. Using the Kasa app, try turning the outlet on and off. If it works you should hear a click as it turns on and off, indicating the internal relay device inside the outlet is switching on and off from your apps instructions. Power usage note: Even when the relay is switched off, this device uses 0.5w at idle. This means plugged in 24/7/365, one outlet will be responsible for a yearly usage of 4.38kW. That is, 0.5w * (365*24) / 1000.

Easy to install and works well.