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 the KASA TP-100 in-wall, wired smart outlets which work great. But these work just as well, are cheaper and can be moved without having to unwire and rewire an actual outlet. I thought I wouldnt like how it isnt part of the outlet and you can tell 2 things are plugged in.. But I was wrong.. I would have bought 10 of these and not any smart wired outlets if I could do it over again. I use this with our 2nd Christmas tree that sits upstairs in front of a window. We never go upstairs so this was so easy to just plug it in and set a schedule to turn the Christmas tree lights on and off at night.

I freakin love these things. They kinda drive my GF nuts because I have so many things hooked up to them, but I love not having to think about turning lights on when the sun goes down and being able to control all these parts from afar. Of the smart home type products Ive used so far, all the TP link ones have hands-down been my favorite. The app is intuitive and has a lot of great options.

Brand loyalty is not typically a thing for me. I look at individual products, but in this case, I have tried these plugs, and several other smart connectors from this manufacturer, and they work so flawlessly. Pairing is beyond simple, unlike many of their competitors. There is no struggle to find the right WiFi frequency, etc. The app finds them without effort. I bought several to try out from this and other brands. The others are already back at Costco. These, I will keep, and have ordered more. Thanks for such a simple setup!

Reading everyone else’s ups and downs really helped me set up my plug as a timer. Plus, since the app interface isn’t super user friendly a few days into its use it really clicked for me how to use as a timer. Must set up 2 entries stipulating turn on time, then 2nd to turn off time. All good once that was established!!

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.

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.

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. :)

So I needed a new smart plug (because my TECKIN quit working after 6 months) I looked at a few videos and decided on this one. I plugged it in and was working through the app when my Alexa Show 5 said it found a new device. I stopped working on the new software and opened the Alexa app. Sure enough there it was. I renamed it and tested its functions. It worked with no problems. Sooooo so far Im happy it works with the group settings and by itself, so its doing exactly what I wanted. If it messes up Ill do an update to this, but so far its the easiest plug Ive used yet.

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.

Bought this for my lamp in living room. Now i just tell alexa to turn on living room lamp and its on. Loving it. You can also turn it on when your away from your phone.