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 looked for reviews that said whether or not this integrates with Smartthings before purchasing, but didn’t find any, so I’m writing one. The Smartthings website seemed to say that it would integrate without issue. I just got it yesterday and went to connect to Smartthings. It does work, BUT you must install the Kasa Smart app first and you need to connect the device through that app in order to get Smartthings to recognize it. The Kasa app was relatively straightforward and I was able to get it hooked up pretty quickly. It’s not the end of the world. It works. I got it set up with a timer, etc, but I wish you could add it straight through Smartthings.

I have 4 of these and used them to control all of my inside Christmas lights. What a time saver! Works with Alexa beautifully and the app is really user friendly also. You can set timers for each plug to turn on and off whenever you want. The app also shows you On Time so you can track energy usage. Really cool product.

ME KASA or your KASA these bad boys work really well with my lamps and electronic air freshers to turn them off at certain times well done. connected to my wifi and Alexa integration was a snap.

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!!!

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I have quite few Kasa devices around the house as well as some other brands. I like Kasa because they seem to be reliable. I dont seem to have the connection issues Ive had with other brands. I like that I can just give it a name and then tell Alexa to control it by name. It makes it easy to set things up for my wife in a way that she will remember and actually use and lets her replace all the old style rotary timers she was always asking me to tweak. Plus we have enough of them around the house these days that its easy to make the house look occupied when we are away. I like this particular model as its smaller than some of the earlier Kasa outlets I have but other than that thery all work pretty much that same and thats been pretty good for me so Ill probably be back if and when I need more.

Could never have set it up myself - I am not techy. My daughter set it up and it took her quite awhile. I suggest the manufacturers make installation quite a bit easier if they expect to sell more of these in the future. I’d bought a second one but my daughtet is in no rush to open the box!!

Attached my lights so Alexa can turn them on when asked to. Or you can program when you’d like to turn on what’s plugged in. I set it to turn on when my alarm wakes me up I’m the morning. Easy to figure out, I’m not the best with setting up electronics. And this was a breeze.

No Hassle install is simple to install on the Phone app similar to WeMo. Longtime TP-Link user of multiple routers and switches in my home. Decided to Jump from WeMos newer Plug being it does not work with SmartThings. Ordering Kasa Dimmer switches today since WeMo has the same issue now. (my older WeMo gen plugs work). I use Samsung Smart Things to manage all my Automation of turning on and off vs having to manage all of the different device apps. If it is not supported on SmartThings, it goes back. And WeMo seems to be stuck in the Mud and all of their newer Gen devices are not supported. I returned the Plugs.

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.