Kasa Outdoor Smart Plug, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Timer, Max Load 15A/1875W, IP64 Weather Resistance, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home & SmartThings, No Hub Required, ETL Certified(KP401)

This is used to control outdoor led dimmable string lights on our gazebo. Being outdoors, there is no issues with staying connected to our router which is inside our home.

I use them for string lights in the backyard and clear Christmas lights on bushes for accent. They’re excellent for this use. The only negative: Alexa can’t find any grouped items. If you group something and ask her to switch it, she complains that the item can’t be located. She can find every device, but no group names.

If you are using this for incandescent bulbs, just know the lowest setting is about 75% brightness. Otherwise, everything about it is great.

I ordered 2 plugs which I received and installed yesterday. This review is on the setup process. I may add more later after some experience in use. The plugs had little documentation other than to download the app and follow instructions. That was enough though. With the app running, you plug in the device, connect to the wifi network the device has started, find your wifi network and log in. I had to type in my wifi password to the app for the first setup but the app remembered it for the 2nd. My plugs control lights in 2 sections of my garden, and I needed to program on/off times. The app interface was so much easier than the boxes I have used in the past. There are settings for dimming levels that I have not yet explored. I was pleased that I was able to plug each one in in my home, program it, unplug it, take it outside and plug it in, and the programming was not lost. Much easier to program in the comfort of my home rather than standing in the flower bed swatting off the mosquitoes. Update After we lost power due to Hurricane Ian, my 3rd timer failed and I bought another plug. I was concerned that this one may not work because all the wiring was in a metal enclosure which Wi-Fi could not penetrate. The plug worked. Though outside it is about 60 feet from my router. A nice thing with all my garden lights on the same plug is they all turn on at the same time. When I had 3 independent timers they came on one at a time over a 10 minute period.

I have 2ft led black lights and this Kasa outlet could dim all of them. It didn’t dim them much so I returned them but other outlets couldn’t handle two. It worked really well with 3. If you need a smart outlet get kasa

Works as expected. I followed the advice in the directions about is facing downwards and it has been through some crazy rain storms and still is functioning. My only issue is the rubber plug cover broke off when I was trying to open it up. Oh well. It doesnt really matter since I will have a cord plugged into it anyways. It was just a way to keep the cover with the unit. I will just have to see if I will every remember to find the cover in the junk drawer when I store the smart plug. The picture attached shows where the little rubber tether broke. I would recommend this product thus far. I did not try any Alexa integrations. Though I do link this through the Samsung Smartthings App, and that works. Though you get a little more information in the Kasa App about the usage. I will say I have an disappointment in the smart plugs I find now versus the ones I used to get. I am not really finding any that give power usage.

Bad heather didn’t matter for this guy. Keep working never an issue.

works great for my window-AC, My window AC is 5,000 BTU 115-Volt, runs around 500 watts.

I schedule my lights to fade in after sunset, which looks really nice. I didn’t do my homework and found out it wasn’t HomeKit compatible upon arrival, which is mostly why I got it. But also, the Kasa ecosystem has been pretty acceptable to I’m not too worried about being stuck with their app for this device.

Got this to run some outdoor string lights. It was easy to connect via the app and Alexa. It will turn on the lights and dim them as expected. I dont really use the app but it seems ok. Alexa voice control works perfectly. Seems well built but if you it is out by the time you read this I would get the KP401M for the Matter support. But this works well enough on my current Smart home setup.