Kasa Smart Plug Mini, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Works with Alexa & Google Home, Wi-Fi Simple Setup, No Hub Required – A Certified for Humans Device (HS105)

After growing frustrated with how pathetically bad WEMO is, I opted for this less expensive option. And Im so glad I did. The WEMO devices, of which I have 3, were a headache to get installed (and this coming from a tech guy who is the one everyone calls for help setting things up...yes, WEMO is THAT bad, that even if you know what youre doing, it still involves a bit of luck to get it set up properly). The Kasa mini plug (and the same goes for the RGB bulb by Kasa I also bought) was a BREEZE to set up. Seriously, if all tech were this easy to set up, my family and friends would leave me alone with all the can you come help me set this up calls Im routinely bombarded with. Within 5 minutes, I had set up the app and installed and used both the mini plug AND the smart bulb AND had already integrated them with Google Home (cant speak to the Alexa setup since I dont own one). Its THAT easy. Super impressed. If the durability on these devices is good (Ill update if I ever have any failures or other issues) then seriously, Kasa are the smart devices everyone should be flocking to. All-in-all...color me impressed. Will DEFINITELY be adding more Kasa devices in the coming weeks and months. Thanks TP-Link for an amazing set of devices. :)

Ive used a lot of variations on Smart Plugs over the years. Some of them you have to set up to your Wi-Fi. Some you have to scan. But, these? These are the first plug and play devices Ive tried. Now, it probably helps that I already had an older KASA device in my home (a plug that was not as easy to set up), but what that does mean is I already had the App installed on my phone. But, as soon as I plugged one of these new plugs into the wall, Kasa already had it set up and Alexa instantly knew what it was. Im not a big review writer...but this plug and play ease of use inspired me to sit here at my computer and type this up. Well done.

Could never have set it up myself - I am not techy. My daughter set it up and it took her quite awhile. I suggest the manufacturers make installation quite a bit easier if they expect to sell more of these in the future. I’d bought a second one but my daughtet is in no rush to open the box!!

The Kasa smart plugs have all been very reliable and easy to set up. I bought them after throwing out(returning but seriously wanted to just chuck them) multiple Wemo minis. Not sure if its the particular mesh router I use(eero) but I just could not get the Wemos to work. Not with the Kasa smart plug. It easily set up on first try, and was rock solid throughout. I use them for my bedside lamp and set a schedule to have them turn on around bed time so I never go up to a dark room. They also worked like a champ for indoor christmas lights and random lighting when Im out of town. I havent gone all out with smart home products, but if you just want a couple here or there for lighting, this is such a great product, no fuss and rock solid reliable.

I bought this for my mom to use to help her turn on her Bedroom light with Living room Dot. So far it has done everything expected. Alexa always seems to have delays or forget devices still, but in an attempt of the AI in the consumer baby stages. I believe there is much hope and endless possibilities to the future. Unboxing and syncing them both were very easy and understandable instructions and steps. If you remember to keep all IoT devices on the same network Alexa becomes more manageable. However, I notice the more I put into my Automation the more delays in between using devices becomes. ATT is so fragile and empty promises for 2 years now to offer Fibre, so 50 Mbs and my devices are bottlenecked at such an Overrated price. Makes the Future have the appearance that The Big Carriers can not handle what the future offers at a reasonable price, or that their price gouging of American Citizens for simple things is more of a priority than meeting a 20 Years customers needs. Amazon it seems is stepping up to the plate and I believe may offer internet connectivity at the best price of all of them in the future thus Claiming the Crown in Total internet Subscribers... for the long term.. We will See if I am correct as I will continue to order more automation from Amazon thus far a satisfied consumer. I wouldnt even mind testing their Items as New Egg and other companies offer consumers like me.

This Smart Plug does everything you need it to do. I bought this for $5 on a Amazon deal. I always thought these were gimmicky items and never saw a need for one but I couldnt pass it up for the price. Used it for first time for our Christmas Tree. Its pretty convienet to just tell Alexa to turn off the lights to the Christmas Tree instead of having to get down on all fours and fumble with the hidden surge protector. I like to hide all my cables and surge protectors so they are out of sight. This allowed me to keep everything hidden. For $5 dollars its not a bum deal

Great smart plug. I use mine for a grow light, which I have turn on and off at set times. Consider getting an in-wall smart outlet instead because they look better. I debated between the two for a while but ultimately chose this because I wanted to be able move the plug around the house.

I bought this for a specific purpose - to be able to power cycle our smart TV when it became unresponsive, without needing to get to the outlet behind the TV. Once set-up problems had been resolved, it does this very well through the app. I havent yet set up Alexa integration, so cant comment on that. Setup appears simple - plug in, and use the app to guide through the stages, following flashing lights on the unit. Despite following to the letter, it kept stalling at the stage when the app was trying to communicate via the wifi network to the smart plug and (I think) trying to establish direct communication with my phone via its own SSID. It kept getting stuck at that stage, taking me down one of two routes, the app asking if I could see blue and amber alternate flashing and if so, trying to select its SSID on my phone or otherwise doing a reset. Neither were successful. I sent the first back, suspecting a bad radio after talking to support. Same with the second, and having decided that it was unlikely I received two bad units, I spoke to TP Link support directly. They were very good, considering the low price of this item and got things going after a router and phone reset and a long (30 sec) reset of the smart plug. However there is nothing odd about my network - a single Linksys WRT series 802.11ac device or phone (Pixel 4). So why was this so difficult? A puzzle given the large number of excellent ratings.

So we got this to work with our Alexa. For the most part it is great. The setup wasnt crazy easy, but it was simple enough. What I dont like is that I have to have a completely separate app on my phone to set it up before it will connect with Alexa. Also, when we changed our wi-fi password, it was easier to delete the whole device and set it up again than to change the current one. That wouldnt be a big deal except we had that device in a couple Alexa routines, so those had to be re-done. Overall, for everyday use, its great. Just a couple minor inconveniences.

I’ve owned a lot of smart plugs over the years, and I think I can safely say this is the easiest to set up (took...maybe 2 mins...maybe less?) and has so far proven to be the most reliable. It also has a very nice small footprint. Why on earth anybody still uses Wemo smart plugs (bulky, unreliable, often decide they don’t want to be controlled by Alexa anymore - “unresponsive”, and take a really long time...and a prayer... to set them up), is anyone’s guess. But I have finally given up on them, and will probably use this brand from now on.