Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link, WiFi Outlet, Works with Amazon Alexa (Echo and Echo Dot), Google Home and Samsung SmartThings, Wireless Smart Socket Remote Control Timer Switch, No Hub Required(HS100)

An excellent addition to your smart home
Our smart home experience began several years ago, initially with a Nest thermostat, but has quickly grown since Alexa came into our lives. We now have 6 Echo Dot 3rd generations, 2 Sonos Ones with Alexa, Logitech Harmony remote control Denon AVR with Alexa dotted around house, outbuildings and garden. While our audio and visual experience is catered for, Alexa really starts to impress when given the power to control other electrical devices around the home.To do this, you need a smart socket. There is an increasing number of suppliers of these, including Amazon themselves, however, I still stick with TP-Link’s sockets as they’ve proven utterly reliable over the last two years. I currently have eleven of these sockets controlling a range of devices, and I’ve not once had any reason to doubt them.Obviously, the device needs to be something that can be operated by a switch at the socket. A pendant light, for example, won’t work. Nor would something that would go to stand-by when turned on at the mains, like a TV or radio. But desk, bedside and floor lamps are perfect. Christmas lights are common functions too. I have a particularly useful operation for them, in that I have two aquariums in which the lights are controlled by the timer function on the Kasa plugs. The App has a great function to set automatic timers for lights where they can take into account sunrise/sunset and adjust what time they come on.The App is very good, and devices can be controlled from within it, however it reaches the next level when integrated with Alexa or Google Home. Setting up macros (routines) that control multiple actions really do make sense. For example, I have a voice command that simply says “Alexa, goodnight”. With that all of the Kasa sockets turn off, except for the hallway and bedside lamps which come on to light the way to bed. At the same time my Logitech Harmony hub turns off all audio/visual equipment and Nest lowers the temperature in the house. And for good measure, Alexa wishes us a goodnight too.If I have a criticism of the product, it’s only that the socket is quite bulky. In a multi-gang socket, it can be a restriction as to what you plug in next to it. You’d certainly struggle to have two Kasas side-by-side. It just needs a bit of careful thought. The inclusion of a manual button on the front to turn the device on and off is a good feature though.With home automation you can go a long way, limited only by imagination and how much you want to spend. And these TP-Link Kasa smart sockets are a reliable part of that system.

One of the Best Smart Sockets Available
I have a small selection of smart sockets dating back to before Alexa was a glint in Jeff Bezos’ eye, inlcuding the Belkin Wemo sockets which I have always been a fan of.A few years ago I bought a TP Link Kasa socket and was so impressed with how simple and quick it is to configure these units and how user friendly their App is to work.Now we have half a dozen of these dotted around at both home and work all sitting happily in the same app.Adding a device is simple, the wizard on the smartphone app guides you though, allows you to name the socket and add an icon so you know what it’s controlling.You can easily set a schedule for on and/or off times, timers and runtimes. The only thing I preferred the Wemo schedule for was the ability to select sunset or sunrise +/- time… for example if you want your table lamp to come on 30 mins before sunset every day which TP Link didn’t have, but now they have that too, so it’s my preferred smart socket now!Integration with Amazon Echo/Alexa is flawless – as soon as you’ve added your Kasa device Alexa picks it up and adds it to her inventory of your devices and is available for integrating into Routines and control using Alexa.I picked these up on a Lightning Deal for around £12 each, which is an absolute bargain for something that works flawlessly.I’ve heard that the alternative TP Link smart sockets (not branded as Kasa) are not as good and you cannot control them using the Kasa app – so if you just want something simple, powerful and excellent value I would not hesitate in grabbing these.

Habe schon mehrere Verbrauszähler davon. War immer zufrieden. Gibt aber ein neues Modell

Excellent product. Does what it says but makes a click sound when you switch it on and off.