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)

I have used the Kasa app for over a year. Later it started to ask me for my password even if I exit and then go right back it. Now, it just deleted every smart plug I own. Virtually everything electric in my house and office is controlled by the app and now all gone as far as control goes. I asked for help three times via the Kada app and each plea for help goes unanswered. It is like once they got my money, now no service. Come on tech support, how about support after the sale? Check your emails and help a customer.

This Smart Plug does everything you need it to do. I bought this for $5 on a Amazon deal. I always thought these were gimmicky items and never saw a need for one but I couldnt pass it up for the price. Used it for first time for our Christmas Tree. Its pretty convienet to just tell Alexa to turn off the lights to the Christmas Tree instead of having to get down on all fours and fumble with the hidden surge protector. I like to hide all my cables and surge protectors so they are out of sight. This allowed me to keep everything hidden. For $5 dollars its not a bum deal

We bought this as an addition for our 2 pack we previously bought. Set up was a little more cumbersome than I remembered but still easy. Perfect for the holiday season and our Christmas tree. We use the schedule feature to have our Christmas lights on when we arrive home. Its a little bulky and hard to hide behind large furniture once you have a plug plugged in. Close to 2-3 inches total.

Easy to use. After downloading the Kasa app and setting up the plug on my wifi, it set itself up on Alexa. Plugged my bedroom lamp in and now I can turn it on/off from the phone app or via voice w/my Alexa dot. Honestly only purchased because Amazon offered this device for 99cents. Really good value. Unsure if Id spend the almost $20 listed as normal price for 1 smart plug. I only have Alexa devices in my bedroom. Personally I dont find it that difficult to manually turn the lamp on and off. This was honestly the only item in my room that I can use the plug with. Biggest benefit is I dont have to get out of bed at night to turn off the light.

As I recall, this was somewhat easy to install, and link to Alexa. Generally, a good device. However, for various reasons it took me an hour to link the device to another WiFi address as it couldn’t detect my new networks. Completed after much troubleshooting. Next, I tried to update my Kasa account e-mail address as I had an ISP change. I was startled to discover that their instructions are to remove all devices from the prior account, and then start a new account! This is ridiculous! I should be able to update the e-mail address associated with this account versus going through this process yet again! I doubt I will ever buy this product again.

The Kasa plugs are fantastic. You download their app for setup. Alexa immediately recognizes the plugs. I just got a third Kasa smart plug and when I opened the Kasa app, it added the new plug immediately, I did not push on anything, BOOM. Then I opened Alexa, gave it a new name and added it to a group. Easey Peasey! Snatch them up if you see them on sale.

We hooked this to our Christmas tree. The kids loved getting up and telling Alexa to turn off the Christmas tree. Then when it got dark they would just say “Alexa, merry Christmas “ and it would turn on. This is very very cool. And great to use if you have to plug your tree in behind a couch like we did this year. I believe this plug will be for the tree next year too.

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!

If you are buying this to work with Alexa, you should know That you are going to have to setup a second account with Kasa that then enables you to connect it to Alexa. It also uses an old school method of requiring you to use your cell phone to use WIFI to directly connect to the device during configuration to set it up to talk with your hone WiFi network. I’m an IT guy so while this stuff comes easily to me, the setup failed several times until I restarted the device. The setup process is painfully slow compared to the Alexa devices. You might want to buy the Amazon smart plug instead. This purchase was a promo one or I would likely have purchased the Alexa plug to avoid multiple online accounts.

i kinda have a love/hate relationship with these plugs. Most the time they work however its always when Im in bed and I ask Alexa to turn something off that they malfunction. Getting outta bed to reset them completely defeats the purpose. Would I buy them again ? Yes. Would I pay more for superior ones ? Yes. they still are nicer than NOT having them just wish they were more consistent in their functioning.