SONOFF S31 WiFi Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring, 15A Smart Outlet Socket ETL Certified, Work with Alexa & Google Home Assistant, IFTTT Supporting, 2.4 Ghz WiFi Only (2-Pack)

Disappointed. It wouldnt connect to phone. Based on what I read in email, it will only work if you use alexa or google or other platforms. I didnt want any platform. I just wanted it connected to my phone and it wouldnt do it. I spent 3 hrs working on it. Not worth my time. Their are other brands that are more friendly then this crap.

I love these smart plugs, it’s very affordable and it really works. You can monitor all your appliances for power consumption and integrate in home automation with any kind of platform - alexa or google to name a few.

I want to confirm that this product (SONOFF S40 WiFi Smart Plug) works with 220v-240v, I asked this question here in this product page if it supports 240v but all answers I got were guess work saying that it might not work (I wonder why people answer if they dont know), guesstimate was not the answer I was looking for, when it is written 110v I too can understand it might not work. I bought this one (knowing the risk of it not working) to use in my home country Nepal where electricity is on average 230v. So, yes this one worked successfully in 230v, I hope my answer will help people like me who will be looking to know about this issue.

I bought this so as display real-time power consumption. I recently purchased an electric portable heater and wanted to see real-time power consumption. Didnt happen. The picture Ive uploaded, shows the display with a 1000 watt (advertised power consumption) heater plugged in and running for 5-10 minutes. I purchased 4 of these. Tried another unit, same story. )-;

Like many other reviewers, I have purchased this particular switch to install Tasmota on. I use them for energy monitoring, and in some cases their original intent - outlet switching, in my home. I buy whatever pack is cheapest per unit at the time, be it 1, 2 or 4 pack versions. Theyre all the same in my experience. To get them installed with Tasmota, I first tried to solder leads to them. Then I tried to solder pin headers and that was a little bit easier. Im slightly beyond entry level skill with soldering, but I destroyed at least three units in this learning process. I finally graduated to micro-grabber electrical test clips and have ripped through over two dozen conversions now without incident. Lets be frank. Id rather Sonoff just offered Tasmota OS from the get-go, or made these over-the-air flashable. I will settle for nothing less than local control and Im definitely not itching for a new and different cloud solution or app. Id prefer not to hack these devices in the first place and if Sonoff works towards preventing this from a hardware or software standpoint, I will buy no more of them. At the time of this writing (March 2022), this is probably one of the cheapest way to get local energy monitoring and basic 15 amp capable on/off outlet switching. I use Home Assistant for my home automation platform. These are fully compatible with their new energy monitoring dashboard. This provides me with significant insight into my homes energy use, especially now that theyre widely distributed to the overwhelming majority of my outlets. I usually capture between 13-18 kilowatt hours per day, the bulk of my usage. To be clear, I use higher grade energy monitoring switches in mission critical applications (furnace, fridge, etc.), but these are great even for non-mission critical high amp usage scenarios up to 15 amps. Ive pushed some of mine well up to the limits and havent had any major problems or sparks fly. Out of a couple dozen, Ive had one actual device failure. Oddly enough, even with different firmware, different units operate differently on my WiFi. Some stay connected to Wifi 100% of the time, others intermittently connect throughout the day. I dont lose any granular Home Assistant data because of this, nor are they ever inaccessible and fail to turn on/off. I dont have a good answer as to why different units behave differently with the same software. Odd behavior, but it doesnt result in problems. I really cant complain anyway, Im using them well outside of the manufacturers intended use. Build quality is good enough but I wish there was a bit more consistency. Since the majority of buyers are intending to hack these, I really wish they wouldnt cinch down some of the poor-quality screws like they are Shee-Ra or the Hulk. Ive destroyed way more screws than Ive wanted, and thats with the perfect screw removal tool which Ive determined to be a 2.0mm flathead screwdriver. Again, I just wish I could buy a decent quality, super cheap, 15 amp capable smart switch product with the OS of my choice out of the gate. Ive used these to solve VERY REAL problems in my home. From triggering outlets based on other inputs to making serious dents in energy conservation, I believe the $200ish dollars Ive put into these Sonoff S31 units will eventually pay for themselves. Its fairly easy for me when Im paying almost $0.25 per kilowatt hour, others might not have as good of an ROI. If anything, Ive achieved some level of energy usage consciousness. Ive killed and/or automated quite a few parasitic energy draws I wasnt even aware of, and have easily increased my automation abilities at the same time. Its important to know that these utilize about 2 watts each, just to function. This might not seem like much, but with two+ dozen of them running 24 hours a day - were talking about a ~50 watt constant load just to monitor outlet energy. For me, Ive killed and automated much more than that, so Im in the black as it were. Its important, at least for me, to keep tabs on the cost and value of energy monitoring. Im hoping I can continue to use these to save at least $500 in energy in the next 5 years, and so far, that seems to be a reasonable goal based on how I use them. Lastly, I dont want to get too much into minutia, but you need a fairly robust WiFi network to support the internet of things over WiFi. Personally, I utilize multiple networks, including Lutron, Z-Wave, Zigbee and WiFi to get there. Put simply, I dont use these cheap and ubiquitous hacked WiFi devices to service mission critical applications in any way. If a failure would cost me a fair bit of money, I spend more than $10 to capture energy usage and (sometimes) provide switching capabilities. +4 stars for being a hackable and very useful device overall. You can debate about that last star, even I waver between 4 and 5 stars. They provide much value for not much dollar and a reasonable +/-2 year path to return on investment for many people that are trying to optimize energy consumption or provide local, automated switching controls.

My intended goal for purchasing a dozen of these ugs was to integrate them with Home Assistant. I was able to successfully integrate them without too much fuss. The plugs work as designed and advertised. Additionally, I am able to either use the eWeLink app to see the each plugs overall power usage and control each plug. I plan on flashing these with ESPHome firmware so I reduce the need to rely on the Sonoff cloud. These plugs do have a LAN Mode option which enables them to reduce the need for the cloud, which I really liked. Overall, plugs are a 9/10 on my rating.

I love everything about this outlet, except for the power monitoring function, I wish that you could download more than just the past 3 months of monitoring data, I also dont like that the data is cloud based. A great future addition would be to have an option to view when the appliance starts up & shuts off if possible? That way you could know the total running time.

Easy to pair and get it working. Alexa, lights on, Alexa lights off! This plug is very handy! I am going to use it for my Christmas tree when its time! Looking forward to not having to struggle with the outlet each night.

These plug are a nice size and appearance. They come part well if you want to flash it. Flashing it is super easy with a decent jig. Be warned the breakout test pads lift easy if you try to solder directly to the pads. It was faster to print a jig then it was to fix it after the rx pad tore off.

I am sure that others have been able to connect to this device, but I cannot. I followed the instructions exactly. I changed my wifi settings to 2.4. I have the router four inches from my phone and the device. I had order four of these devices awhile back but just got to the point where I needed to install for smart plugs so I tried just now to connect them. I went through every one and nothing. I have connected plenty of smart devices in my home. I am afraid that it was money wasted. If you buy these, I hope you have better luck than I.