Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Works with Alexa, Echo, Google Home & IFTTT, No Hub Required, Remote Control, 15 Amp, UL Certified, 1-Pack(HS103) , WHITE

This is a decent smart plug considering the price. It works, and it will connect w/Alexa. The side button for manual operation works better than a front button for applications where it might be behind a dresser, appliance, etc. The downsides, and the reasons I consider it an average product are: - Requires an app to configure. Really, the last thing I want is another app on my phone, especially to control smart devices in my house when my goal is to consolidate in Alexa or Smartthings. None of my other smart plugs require a third-party app to connect, they are simply discoverable. - Significant lag w/Alexa. I have this plug controlling an LED light strip under my kitchen cabinets and its grouped with my other kitchen lights. While every other light comes on immediately, there is always a lag of several seconds before this plug responds. More of an irritation. - Tends to start falling out of the outlet if you have something bulky plugged into it, perhaps with a transformer integrated in the plug vs an everyday plug (like for a lamp). I think this is because of its primarily horizontal orientation vs a vertical orientation like other smart plugs I have. It hasnt fallen out altogether yet, but whenever I look at it I wind up pushing it fully back in to the socket.

I ordered this because I got special pricing by ordering through Alexa. It was cheap enough to try something new out. It was easy to integrate with my cellphone and our home wireless internet. I like that I can turn on the bedside lamp in my room prior to entering the room and then I can turn it off from my phone before I go to sleep. It has some other features like timers and energy monitoring that I dont really use that often, but the timers may be useful for times we are away for an extended trip. Its a convenient and nice little gadget.

Great product! In my situation it’s hard to reach where I have my night lights plugged in. This smart plug makes it super easy to turn on the lights at dusk without struggling to reach the outlet. I did not connect to Alexa nor did I need tech support so I have no comment on that. The installation steps were easy to follow but just a little frustrating waiting for it to connect. I had to retry several times.

I use it on a lamp that is turned on and off quite often. telling Alexa to do it is much easiefr than gettin up and down over and over! ;-)

Ive used astronomical timers for some time but have noticed the ones I currently have (Intermatic brand) are pretty sucky. Two of my outdoor ones failed after several years, the replacements dont correctly adjust with daylight savings (sunset/sunrise times stupidly dont adjust), and now my indoor timer just flat out switched time zones to one halfway around the world. The best thing with Kasa plugs is THEY JUST WORK! the outdoor timers were replaced with KASA outdoor plugs, and I love how they just properly work based on what Ive set them too (5 min post sunset). With my luck, it was a no brainer to replace the flaky indoor timer with KASA as well. They have great customization and again, JUST WORK! :)

Ive used several of these now for the past year. They integrate seamlessly with Alexa, so I can use Alexa to turn my lights on or off using voice commands. You can also set up the Kasa Smart Plug to work like a timer, to turn your lights on or off at specific times or simulate being home with random on and off times. Ive replace most of my previous timers with these and plan to add a few more to eliminate all my prior old-fashioned timers. They have no problem finding my WiFi network. These have a nice small size, so they leave the other outlet on duplex outlets free. Once you have them set up, you can pretty much forget them. They just work like youd expect.

This smart plug was really good, i can control the light in my closet as well as my desk lamp by voice control via alexa. It’s so great not having to reach to the remote every time i want to turn on the lamp. Make sure you have a really good wifi connection so your alexa has no problem connecting, but other than that i definitely recommend!

I have a sealed crawlspace under the house, in which I run a dehumidifier. It isnt necessary to run it more than a few hours a day, but gong underneath twice a day isnt an option. With this, I have full control of the power to the unit. I have a schedule set, so that I dont have to worry about it. Range is surprisingly good: through the floor and down the house a ways to the router. Wasnt expecting it to reach. Very happy.

Great so far. But you have to turn off the VPN during install. Other than that its a piece of cake to install. Oh in the network goes down they wont work.

i like the easiness of turning on/ off a device using this Smart Plug. Have to follow thru the sequence on the two Apps. I now have purchased 4 Mini Plugs which had not intended to do but since with an Alexa command, it is so technical to make life better. I recommend this Seller and their Smart Plugs.