Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip HS300, Surge Protector with 6 Individually Controlled Smart Outlets and 3 USB Ports, Works with Alexa & Google Home, No Hub Required , White

For some reason the option to turn off the led indicator lights doesnt work and the bright lights are always on. Even in the night.

When I first received this and I plugged it in the units power measurement didnt work right. It would say 3700 watts and was not correct at all when its on for a period of time. It was on firmware 1.09 I checked for a firmware upgrade but none were available. I dont know how long it takes for the app to see there is an update but eventually it did. It went to firmware 1.12 and the issues with power measurement was fixed. It is nice having a power supply you can program to turn on and off, and also measure the power being used currently and over time. You find some devices in your home are energy vampires even when the power button says its off. My computer speakers for example consumer 25 watts when the power button is off, and 43 when its on. Thats like having several LED light bulbs turned on all the time. Pc monitors and even your desktop PC will also consume r a lot of powered even when it looks like its in a low power state.

I havent used any other brand for smart power bars but I enjoy using my Kasa with my Google home. You can schedule when to turn on and off your devices or if youre away from home for some time just to shut the power off for everything. Just wish I could do that with the USB outlets. I own quite a few of these and would definitely recommend them.

If you are not able to setup or trouble shoot yourself, consider calling KASA support. Wow wow and wow! Person was so patient with me. I had tried to fix the problem for hours. The person’s knowledge and expertise made it step by step easy and successful for me. THANK YOU!

This works great with Google home and Samsung smart things, no issues, no complaints.

This is a great, well-made product. Its very easy to setup using the Kasa phone app. The ability to name each plug and attach a photo is a nice touch. But one of the nicest features is the individual power-usage monitoring on each of the 6 outlets. You can easily look at the real-time power usage for each 0lug as well as its daily and monthly usage. 4 stars only because it would be great if it had a power-cycle feature for a plug (useful for when you need to reset power on the wireless router plugged into the device that the device uses to attach to the internet - if you power off the router, there will be no way to power it back on since connectivity is lost). One sort of clumsy work-around is to set a schedule to turn it off for a minute and then back on the next minute.

This my second of these to own. I have had it about a year. One of the things I love is the ability to monitor energy usage of the devices plugged. One monitors my Television, Satellite TV and a few small electronics. I have the other one on several battery chargers for my regular batteries and the batteries for my power tools. I have each plug socket on a schedule to only come on during the night when power costs are lower and only to run for a small amount of time per day. My batteries are always charged and I use less power to keep them fresh. The app is also really well designed. You can turn devices on or off manually from the app or look at the power consumption for the day, week, or month. It has never failed to stay connected to my wifi or to respond immediately to the app. I dont use home voice controls so I dont know about that.

A person can get back what s/he pays for this smart power strip in savings from electric utilities in about 1 to 3 months. This is how I use the power strip to hunt down which of my home appliance and electronic device uses the most power. It turns out to be my large screen TV, which consumes 100W. I used to have my TV on most of the day even when I am just playing music from Spotify or YouTube. In San Diego, electricity costs $0.42 to $0.52 per kWh. Over 30 days at 24 hours per day, the TV was sucking in (30x24x100)/1000 = 72kWh or $29 to $36 a month. Over a period of 2 months, I simply made sure to turn off the TV when I was not watching it or when I was just listening to music. I was able to reduce $20 per month in electricity bill - $40+ over 2 months, which pays for the power strip. And the saving continues. And the saving continues...

I was looking for a power strip that had individual switchable outlets for a particular project. This one has that plus can be globally switched also. I didnt pay attention to the power use measurement, that is a cool addition that I might use. My biggest challenge was I couldnt use any of the Google/Samsung/Apple integrations because of what I wanted to do with the scheduling. I needed to use one of the open source suites. I found that very easy, TP-Link has integrations for all the major home automation software. I tested it with - openhab (the one I choose to use) - home assistant they both worked very easily. I scheduled what I needed: once per month on for 12 hours and then off until the next month. Most automation suites are based on 7 day repeating schedules. The annoying thing is you have to use the Kasa software on your phone to do initial setup of the device and for some devices (this one included) you are mandated to create a logon. I wish that was easier because I have no intention of using the software at all for automation.

I have 4 of those spread around the house. I use mostly for my plant room, cabinets and etc. It’s very easy to use, reliable and straightforward. You can set up individual commands for each plug as you wish. The only silly detail, which can be worked around, is that it’ll follow the timing of your phone. A different time zone will interfere with the schedules set