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)

Love this!! Bought 2 Echo Dots at Christmas and was offered a package deal with one of them that included this plug. Got it for my daughter. Her lamp is on the far side of the bedroom and it’s so difficult fumbling in the dark to get to it. She plugged her lamp into this plug and now, when we’re near the door, we just ask Echo to turn on or off the light for us. Wish I had more!! Setup was so easy. Best product to buy if you have Alexa products!

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

I got several of these to use with non-smart lights around the house, including two strings of Christmas lights and an overhead lamp. The plugs are easy to set up in the Kasa software and to import into the Google Home app for use with Google Assistant. the plugs also have a manual on-off switch on the side of the plug for when you dont want to use voice control. Ive had a couple of these for two years and use them on a daily basis. The only thing that could be better is that they are wide and if your plugging into a power strip they may cover up other outlets (depending on the orientation of the outlets on the power strip), but thats easy enough to work around. T-P Link is a decent brand and the price is right on these -- since every brand of device will likely require its own app to set up and manage them, picking one brand and sticking with it is a good idea. Once you have it set up in Google Assitant or Alexa, you probably will only need to use the Kasa app if you want to re-set the device, just fyi.

Not that it doesnt work or that it does, I have no idea if it works or not. I got it bundled with the Dot and I keep looking at it and wondering what I should plug into it. Honestly I have no clue what I should plug into it. I can see well at night and dont need to plug it into a lamp. If I plugged it into a TV or computer I would still have to turn those only manually. Im not about to become the clapper commercial so I really dont know what all the cost is worthy of the very expensive plug. I think that is half the problem I paid so much for the plug Im not thinking that I dont have anything that is plug worthy. Maybe Ill just put the stupid thing on Craigslist or Ebay. I dont really see the need for this thing. The only thing I can think of is a lamp and have the light come on when it gets dark out or when Im out of town so it looks like someone is home but I dont know. I have close neighbors who keep tabs on my house so I dont know. I would plug it in the radio but I have the echo dots that can wake me up with music that I actually want to listen to. I also have an echo that I can use as an alarm clock even though I have never used an alarm clock. I know when I need to wake up and I wake up at the appointed time. Maybe someone in Amazon land can give me an idea what is expensive plug worthy of the expensive plug.

I looked for reviews that said whether or not this integrates with Smartthings before purchasing, but didn’t find any, so I’m writing one. The Smartthings website seemed to say that it would integrate without issue. I just got it yesterday and went to connect to Smartthings. It does work, BUT you must install the Kasa Smart app first and you need to connect the device through that app in order to get Smartthings to recognize it. The Kasa app was relatively straightforward and I was able to get it hooked up pretty quickly. It’s not the end of the world. It works. I got it set up with a timer, etc, but I wish you could add it straight through Smartthings.

This little plug is fantastic. No more running around to turn off lights at night. You can just ask Alexa to do it. One big bonus for me was being disabled it makes a lot easier on me and safer. This would be ideal if you have a family member or yourself that has mobility issues. A real nice bonuses if youre out and it gets dark you can just go to your Kasa app and turn on the lights. No more walking in to a dark house. Definitely a excellent buy for me.

The plug does what it does. The reason for the low rating it the app you are required to download and install. In order to get anything to work, even with alexa, you HAVE to create an online account with the Kava app and the EULA says they can basically sell all your data. There is no reason at all for the online account once you have it connected to alexa. After you set it up and connect it to Alexa you can delete the app or sandbox it on the phone so it cant do any more damage to your privacy. For some reason it requires location access to get to the WiFi. BE WARE: If you have a firewall app installed, be sure to turn it off while you configure the plug. it needs to switch wifi networks to get to the plug.

They work good but you have to set everything for them in the Kasa app not the Alexa app

ME KASA or your KASA these bad boys work really well with my lamps and electronic air freshers to turn them off at certain times well done. connected to my wifi and Alexa integration was a snap.

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. :)