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 bought this for my mom to use to help her turn on her Bedroom light with Living room Dot. So far it has done everything expected. Alexa always seems to have delays or forget devices still, but in an attempt of the AI in the consumer baby stages. I believe there is much hope and endless possibilities to the future. Unboxing and syncing them both were very easy and understandable instructions and steps. If you remember to keep all IoT devices on the same network Alexa becomes more manageable. However, I notice the more I put into my Automation the more delays in between using devices becomes. ATT is so fragile and empty promises for 2 years now to offer Fibre, so 50 Mbs and my devices are bottlenecked at such an Overrated price. Makes the Future have the appearance that The Big Carriers can not handle what the future offers at a reasonable price, or that their price gouging of American Citizens for simple things is more of a priority than meeting a 20 Years customers needs. Amazon it seems is stepping up to the plate and I believe may offer internet connectivity at the best price of all of them in the future thus Claiming the Crown in Total internet Subscribers... for the long term.. We will See if I am correct as I will continue to order more automation from Amazon thus far a satisfied consumer. I wouldnt even mind testing their Items as New Egg and other companies offer consumers like me.

I use it to set a timer to have my lamp turn on to wake me up in the morning. I love how well it works with Alexa. I have two, one for my desk lamp and another for my bed lamp. I honestly can’t remember the last time I actually touched the light to turn it on because all I do is say “Alexa turn on the light”. Makes my life so much more simpler. It’s also so easy to set up. Get the app, scan and done! Easy.

Weve set it up as then intermediary connection for the hot water pump that sends the hot water to the far reaches of our house (MBR). Its been a Godsend for that purpose. On a couple of occasions weve had wifi connectivity issues, but thats been rare. I havent used the timer function, but I may buy a couple more of these to use for lamps, etc. for when we travel. Good product though so far.

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.

Though I use the Kasa smart bulbs in most areas of my home, I bought this plug to use for string lights (no on/off switch) that are on top of my upper cabinets in the kitchen. The plug for the lights is in a cabinet above the microwave, and was a pain to turn them on and off. Installed the smart plug on that outlet and now only have to ask Alexa to turn them on and off, and no longer have to get the step stool out and move things around to access the outlet in the back of the cabinet to plug them in/out. Smart anything is a great convenience in our homes, but in hard to reach areas these make so much sense. And set up is a breeze!

Easy to install, versatile programmibg. I purchased 3 and glad I did! As a person with low vision,, I dont have to stumble into a room and fumble for lights! I can turn them on - and off - as I desire, right from the app! Also, when I arrived home after my old-time timers were already off, I was entering in the dark. Not so with Kasa; I can turn on inside lights while Im still in my car!

Perfect!

The plug does what it does. The reason for the low rating it the app you are required to download and install. In order to get anything to work, even with alexa, you HAVE to create an online account with the Kava app and the EULA says they can basically sell all your data. There is no reason at all for the online account once you have it connected to alexa. After you set it up and connect it to Alexa you can delete the app or sandbox it on the phone so it cant do any more damage to your privacy. For some reason it requires location access to get to the WiFi. BE WARE: If you have a firewall app installed, be sure to turn it off while you configure the plug. it needs to switch wifi networks to get to the plug.

So we got this to work with our Alexa. For the most part it is great. The setup wasnt crazy easy, but it was simple enough. What I dont like is that I have to have a completely separate app on my phone to set it up before it will connect with Alexa. Also, when we changed our wi-fi password, it was easier to delete the whole device and set it up again than to change the current one. That wouldnt be a big deal except we had that device in a couple Alexa routines, so those had to be re-done. Overall, for everyday use, its great. Just a couple minor inconveniences.

Used to control fans. A pain to install compared to Alexa. Trying to forget it, but If I remember right, you need a cellphone to set up a Kasa acct (Ill never need that again, had to borrow the wifes phone just for the install), and then go into Alexas acct to let her know about the new device (easy and quick). A few minutes to install? No, not always. Took me much, much longer, maybe an hour because Im cellphone illiterate. Once working, Alexa handles the switch with no issues, or it can also be easily turned off/on on the wall. A good substitute for a device without builtin remote control. I love our Alexa, her friends not so much. Without Alexa I would not have purchased this switch.