Kasa Smart Plug Mini, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Works with Alexa & Google Home, Wi-Fi Simple Setup, No Hub Required – A Certified for Humans Device (HS105)

Love that I can turn on a light from downstairs. Currently using for a bedroom lamp - so easy being able to turn on before going upstairs with a toddler or baby. Also can turn off the lamp from in bed so I dont disturb my husband since the lamp is on his side. Will be getting more to use when out of town to have lights turn on and off at random to make the house look lived in. Setup took about 5 minutes including the time necessary downloading the app. Havent tried with Alexa or Google Home yet but seems like it should be easy there as well.

The device is working, is fairly easy to setup, and the app is decent. However, I need to emphasize that the whole Kasa app/cloud comes with a big privacy caveat. First of all, the app needs your location data in order for it to setup a new device, ie. a new smart plug. You can’t get pass it, though it allows you to disable location access after setup. This is completely unnecessary. Second, it stores your WiFi password in the app and possibly online. This does make setting up easier, but again, unnecessary. Third, there’s no way for you to tell TPLink to delete these kinds of sensitive data without also deleting your account. So, be aware of these before you make the purchase.

So far this is the absolute best smart plug that weve used! The setup is insanely easy and it works perfectly with Google Home. I cannot attest to Alexa integration because we dont have her in our home. But I highly recommend these plugs. In fact, not only do I use only these Kasa smart plugs but I also use Kasa smart lightbulbs. They too are the best Ive used and I have tried several manufacturers! I know I sound like a walking billboard but thats because I really love Kasas products. I did not get paid in any way to say these things - their products are just that good!

No Hassle install is simple to install on the Phone app similar to WeMo. Longtime TP-Link user of multiple routers and switches in my home. Decided to Jump from WeMos newer Plug being it does not work with SmartThings. Ordering Kasa Dimmer switches today since WeMo has the same issue now. (my older WeMo gen plugs work). I use Samsung Smart Things to manage all my Automation of turning on and off vs having to manage all of the different device apps. If it is not supported on SmartThings, it goes back. And WeMo seems to be stuck in the Mud and all of their newer Gen devices are not supported. I returned the Plugs.

Let me tell you... this device; amongst other similar devices comes in handy! When I leave out of the state I can still control the settings and pretend as if I or another family member are still at home. So funny story... my daughter was on restriction and sometimes she likes to sneak and watch TV while I am not home. What did I do? I turned that light on with my phone and watched her (hidden cam in livingroom) get startled, jump up and turn that TV off and shoot straight to her room to get in bed. Lol.

Easy to setup. Only caveat is we have to have a common account for two of us to control the outlet. Unless I’m missing something on how to share this device with others in the household. Replaced a difficult to use manual timer. If this continues to be solid, I will order more.

I got one last Christmas and never used it, but this year I thought about buying smart bulbs for the electric candles in the windows and they were too expensive. Then I saw the one I got last year and plugged it in and set up the timer on my iPhone and it worked perfectly. So I bought one for each window on both floors of the house. Now we dont have to go up and down to turn them off each night. I also just bought 4 more for our oldest son and they love them as well.

The product works but is probably a little bigger than it really needs to be and makes a rather audible click when changing from on to off. Greatest complaint is probably the software which for most will probably be a set and forget if your connecting it to a hub. The software looks nice but experiences tons of extremely frustrating bugs. I have 3 and 1 set up perfectly with no issues took like 30 seconds the next two though... they each took 5 to 10 minutes of just closing the app and running through the entire process again until it just magically worked.

It took forever for the app to work for me. Once I finally got it to work,though, I love how I can turn on & off lights from my bed & schedule it to randomly turn on lights when Im out of town. I bought another so I can also have a radio playing when Im gone but am still trying to get this one set up!

Could never have set it up myself - I am not techy. My daughter set it up and it took her quite awhile. I suggest the manufacturers make installation quite a bit easier if they expect to sell more of these in the future. I’d bought a second one but my daughtet is in no rush to open the box!!