Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip HS300, Surge Protector with 6 Individually Controlled Smart Outlets and 3 USB Ports, Works with Alexa & Google Home, No Hub Required , White

My entire reef tank runs on this . You can use a Kasa camera as well for live monitor . The energy usage feature is so important as I can monitor the usage as well if a device is functional or not.

All ports and plugs work! Perfect for me to control multiple devices! Highly recommended!

Why is it great for tinkerers/homelabs you may ask? Its a power strip thats regularly on sale for $45. You may think thats a lot for a power strip, but once you realize that it has not only INDIVIDUAL CONTROL on each outlet, but also power monitoring on each outlet? Thats an INSANE feature to have. Currently, I have one on a 3D printer. It controls the printer itself, the light, and the monitor (which doesnt always have to be on) - the ability to see a rough estimate (I havent verified the accuracy of the power usage) of the power usage, and integrate with OctoPrint to automatically turn the printer and light on/off is amazing. I ordered a second one to use for the server rack and be able to monitor the power usage of the core network (Modem, Router, Switch) as well as a quick remote reboot for them all. Its plastic, so its not the most sturdy power strip ever. WiFi signal is actually pretty good, never had communication issues with it even when other devices struggle. The firmware is old enough that it can be directly accessed/toggled, though this isnt guaranteed to be the case for long - the smart plug minis have been updated (so I hear) to disable it due to security concerns, who knows if that affects or will be applied to this. Sure, you can get more open ones, or even ones that work better with your setup. But for the price, and the feature set, Id 100% recommend this hidden gem just because it has much more than you expect at first glance. But only on sale, I dont believe its worth the full price of $80.

4 Stars because this helps with scheduling of lights and airstones on my 4 aquariums so they are automatically consistant everyday. I would give this product 5 stars but some days the schedule is not accurate e.g. today my light had to be turned on in the app manually but the other 6 days this week it was completely automated. Not sure why it blips but I wouldnt trust it to automate my filters or anything critical like that.

This worked great for a few months, then I changed my router. It still honestly worked fine as a powerstrip/surge protector until recently when I tried making it a smart strip again. My pc is plugged into it(mostly to monitor power usage) along with some other stuff like a normal lamp, fan etc. normally all off. Since I got a re650 tp-link wireless extender to strengthen my network connect around 6ft away from the strip, it has been randomly shutting itself down for an instant effectively shorting anything connected... (testing my network on my pc the signal is 300mbps, regardless wifi shouldn’t be triggering a reset if it wasn’t a problem when I hd no router for a full month) 3 times just today and I refuse to continue using it for fear of damage to my electronics. It’s not even about this being a good smart strip this is literally not even a good power strip anymore. I opted to go for tp-link because they have a lot great reviews and if this was still the product I got when I opened the box I’d agree but now I’m shopping for a simple surge protector to replace this hemorrhage of wasted money. I’m usually about reading every level of reviews and am very careful with my purchases so I hope this review helps people. Not all bad reviews are reflective of performance but I’d definitely take risks with something else, this didn’t even make a year. After my recent problems with my extender and router I’d suggest avoiding the tp-brand altogether as their 5 star reviews seem inflated compared to my own experiences. My fault for banking on 3 devices all from the same company. Either a lot of the better reviews are bots or there’s a huge silicon lottery with these things.

Love this one

I bought this power strip for my aquarium and Im glad that I did. It makes aquarium maintenance very easy. I can press the power button next to the plug that I want to turn off/on as needed. I also really like being able to schedule when some items (lights) are on. I liked it so much, I bought another one. The only downside is if an item is on a schedule, you cannot use its own power button to turn it on/off. For example I have my aquarium lights on a schedule. Sometimes I want to take a look in the aquarium for some reason while the lights are off according to the schedule. When I press the power button on the lights to turn them on nothing happens. I have to use the app to turn on the light. Its not that big of a deal, but something you should be aware of. Lastly, I wish I could get a bigger version of this strip.

This little gem was a life saver while I was away on a trip. Had all my bearded dragons accessories plugged in to this power strip. I was able to turn lights and heater on and off while I was away.

***another update 3/1/22 Red circle of doom twice a week. This started after the last firmware update for me. The thing was running about as well as stated in previous comments. The strip is now losing connection to network, but no matter how many soft resets you try it doesnt respond. Also if you try resetting and re-adding to network, you cant connect to the strips wifi. It seems to me like the wifi module in this strip is dying or the firmware is causing it to hard lock. I fully regret buying these.*** Well, it is pretty beefy in person. It lights up nicely but its basically just dots, like the old days when you had switches that glowed when you flipped them... It could be better if you could tell which outlet was lit easier, like make the dots numbers instead... 1-6 that would be useful. Yeah yeah, I know im supposed to be staring at my phone all day... But nah. I want to set it up, bark at alexa and be able to quickly verify the voice in a box didnt screw up after saying okay. The power monitoring (whole reason I bought this overpriced power strip) is lacking. Really I expected to be able to monitor the whole strip, groups of outlets, and be able to override the auto shutdown of an outlet below certain currents. Basically all you can do is check each individual usage, one at a time, and making groups just lets you switch multiple outlets as a single name. Which frankly, I can already do in Alexa app. So that was a dud. This gets a 3 because I paid through the nose for a powerstrip that does basic power monitoring. I could have just bought one monitoring outlet and plugged my old strip into it. So this really needed to do more for the huge price premium. It does not. If you want to plug in stuff and give individual outlets names to be controlled remotely, this is probably for you. If you wanted to check on power usage of your entertainment center (for example) both total power and individual consumption, then this is not the strip you are looking for... ***Update to drop to 1star *** Wow, it is total junk. Ive only had it a few days. It basically hard locks. Refuses to respond to the app. Forcing a factory reset... Not even the soft reset works. Wow! It wipes out your settings and data from power monitoring. What is the point of this then? To make it worse, it randomly shuts off and restarts itself. I have voice control disabled so its not like Alexa misinterpreted a sneeze as shut off strip Im supposed to trust it even clamps at the supposed joule rating? This thing is going back, I havent been this P/Od at a purchase in ages. Edit* after getting replacement: I was convinced something was wrong with the strip I had. No way could my experience be the expected performance of the thing. So I tried swapping it out. The experience has been better, still almost everything I said in the original post applies. The resetting and locking up, losing data etc is much better. Sure once in a while I have to reboot a router because the whole KASA line of products in my house suddenly drop, Smartthings and Blink and others were still fine. Aside from that it performs about on par with a not so overpriced power strip. Bottom line, back to 3*s. It isnt all that usefull. I am holding out hoping TPlink updates the software to offer better monitoring. Maybe then a higher rating is justified.

So far its been great. Does exactly what is supposed to and setup was simple. I love how you can control each outlet and it has power monitoring. Wish the app was better for routines/skills but it does exactly what I need it to so oh well. I can control it through Alexa and so far no weirdness there. I havent tried the USB ports but Im glad they are there. The cord is a good length and I already had some kasa products so I was used to the features. The app is really simple though. That is both a good thing, for newbies and a not so great thing for power-users. Im already looking at other kasa products so Id definitely recommend this to others.