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 this!! Bought 2 Echo Dots at Christmas and was offered a package deal with one of them that included this plug. Got it for my daughter. Her lamp is on the far side of the bedroom and it’s so difficult fumbling in the dark to get to it. She plugged her lamp into this plug and now, when we’re near the door, we just ask Echo to turn on or off the light for us. Wish I had more!! Setup was so easy. Best product to buy if you have Alexa products!

I got two of these with Echo dots I bought as gifts. Gifted the dots, kept the plugs as the dot recipient wouldnt have used them anyway. Purchasing with the echo brought the price down to about $5 each which is fair. I think full price is too much. To use these you do have to install the Kasa App which at first I didnt like till I realized I can now operate the lights from my phone and can also create groups of devices which can be operated all at once from the phone. I used one plug to operate two lamps in one room and the other plug for a lamp in another room. Using the phone or Alexa I can turn them on and off. Using the phone only I grouped them and can turn all off and on at once if needed. I wouldnt bother with fixtures that are readily accessible but these are great for out of the way fixtures or lights in more distant rooms. Its nice to walk in and just say turn on the lights. My girlfriend likes that she does not have to walk into a dark house.

Love it I have 3 for my ac window units and they are simple to use. They connect immediately and the app is very user friendly

No more fighting who has to get out of bed to flip the light switch.... Alexa turn off the light No more having to reach back in the awkward corner to plug in the Christmas Tree... Alexa turn on/off the Christmas Tree No more having to run upstairs to plug in the Christmas lights on the hand rail... Alexa turn on/off the Christmas lights No more having to toggle the light switch hidden behind the door in my office... Alexa turn on/off the office light Alexa app could be a little smarter. You can set up a group in Kasa (such as Christmas) but the app isnt smart enough to recognize the group Alexa turn on/off Christmas to turn on/off the group. (This is available in the Kasa phone app)

We bought this smart plug to enable us to use our Google Home device to turn our Christmas tree on and off. It saved us so much time! Instead of trying to climb under the tree and fool around with the outlet, we simply instructed Google to turn on the tree. We would definitely recommend this product and would purchase another one. :)

These smart plugs have some useful features thru its app, such as Scenes & Timers. It is compatible with Alexa. I can set an aromatherapy Scene to turn on all oil diffusers. Using the Timer feature, I can then set the diffusers to auto-shutoff in 2 hours any time its been used. I can use Scenes or Timers to have lamps turn on at a specific time on certain days, or everyday at sunset, then shut off at sunrise or what not. They do jut out from the wall quite a bit (almost 2 inches), but you are able to use 2 of these onto a regular 2-plug outlet with no space issues. If you use them on a surge protector/strip or on an outlet with regular cords plugged in next to it, this can get in the way, depending on the surrounding cords bulk. Most regular 2-prong cords (lamps etc) will fit next to an outlet with this plugged in, some will be a tight squeeze next to each other. (Air fresheners & 3-prong cords will definitely not fit next to this.) These dont work with devices that have an auto-shutoff or timed-shutoff safety feature, but that is more of an issue with those devices and not this smart plug. For instance, my bed warmer & light-therapy lamp wont work with any smart plug. Think of it this way: if your device is powered on & you have a power outage, does your device kick back on automatically when power is restored (like lights do)? If not, then it wont work with ANY smart plug. These smart plugs do NOT offer any other special features such as energy-use monitoring, parental controls, etc. It merely turns an existing outlet into a wifi-enabled smart outlet without having to do any electrical wiring. Alexa will, however, be able to give you energy use estimates thru its own app, but that is an Alexa feature, not the smart plugs. The only issue I had with these is that Alexa mistakenly sees them as a light source even though I have it set up to NOT be listed as a light source. For instance, I use these on an oil diffuser and a desk fan. When I tell Alexa to turn on the lights, it turns on the diffuser and fan as well. I then have to tell Alexa to turn off the diffuser and fan individually from there. But this is more of an issue on Alexas end, not the smart plug. Overall, Ive bought several of these and it works great for what I need, plus theyre very affordable!