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 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.

Sets up easily and works great when working directly with it. The Alexa integration is USUALLY great. But if it’s in an Alexa Group that has a dimmer, it’ll sometimes turn on when you tell it to or sometimes require you to tell it to set the group to 100. It might be this device or it might be Alexa. I haven’t figured that out yet. Still a great product

Ive used a lot of variations on Smart Plugs over the years. Some of them you have to set up to your Wi-Fi. Some you have to scan. But, these? These are the first plug and play devices Ive tried. Now, it probably helps that I already had an older KASA device in my home (a plug that was not as easy to set up), but what that does mean is I already had the App installed on my phone. But, as soon as I plugged one of these new plugs into the wall, Kasa already had it set up and Alexa instantly knew what it was. Im not a big review writer...but this plug and play ease of use inspired me to sit here at my computer and type this up. Well done.

Ive used these switches all over my home for the lights I have the plug directly into the wall. Being able to tell Alexa to turn those lights on is lovely, especially when you are lazy after a hard day haha. I have used these switches around my home for over a year now, and have not had a problem with any of them. They are easy to setup, and simply forget about. Which I absolutely love. The Kasa app allows you to control what ever is connected to this switch from anywhere you have an internet connection. The app is intuitive and simple. Personally I think these are the best Alexa outlets on the market.

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.

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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)

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!

I have had several different smart plugs and Kasa are by far the absolute best. I dont understand why people are saying it doesnt work with Alexa, my Show picks it up as soon as I get it on the wifi when first setting it up and adds it in. Google got it easily too, I just relink Kasa and its good to go. I have a Wemo thats just about useless (it wouldnt update last year and I gave up trying) and a Samsung plug that is so sad with no features... But the Kasa never fails. Stays connected to the wifi and connects back quickly if the power goes out, I can tell it to turn off or on at sunrise/sunset, the timers actually work, it always does its firmware updates, and works after the updates. Kasa has never given me a problem. Its big, yeah, but one plug doesnt take up the whole outlet (theyre smart plug/wifi extender I got a few years ago does... Which I hate). I really have had the best experiences with Kasa (we got a smart bulb too, so my son could change the color of his bedroom light, Im going to replace another companys smart bulbs with Kasa bulbs)

These plugs are easy to install initially but if you ever have to unplug them and reinstall, it becomes a bit more complicated. Alexa doesnt really like these. She refers to them as an outside application. LOL!!!