KMC Smart Tap 2-Pack, 4-Outlet Smart Plug WiFi Outlet Wall Tap, Energy Monitoring, Works with Alexa and Google Home, Remote Control Your Devices from Anywhere, No Hub Required, ETL Certified, White

Had hoped to use this to control individual outlet connections via Alexa. I spent a couple of hours repeating the instructions. While the strip finally paired with the KMC app, and the app was successfuly added to the Alexa app as a smart home skill, the power strip was never identified and paired by Alexa. So I have to control things manually via KMC app. Also WIFI compatibility issues with new WIFI 6 networking in my home. Disappointing.

Both units flashed with ESPHome first try using OTA tuya_Convert, now they are integrated into Home Assistant.

These are about average compared to other similar outlets. I flash them with Tasmota and that went well. No complaints here, they seem to be working fine. Cost was very good for a two-pack when I bought them. if I HAD to pick a downside, it would be that there isnt a screw to install it permanently into the outlet.

Works as it should and was pretty easy to set up.

At first it appears to be a great buy as you get 3 switched plugs and energy monitoring. However once you have them for awhile you quickly realize they were a waste of money. I bought the 2 pack and both will randomly switch all plugs off for no reason. I had them hooked up to some important IT gear for energy monitoring and would frequently be alerted by the alarms of our battery backups and lo and behold the plugs turned them selves off.

These replaced some smart power strips that were essential to my home automation routines. Unfortunately, those crapped out after a couple years or so. Hopefully these will last longer. I much prefer that these live on the wall, plugged directly into outlet, whereas the others sat on the floor — but there are definitely advantages to the power strip type. I also like that one outlet is always on for devices that I don’t ever need/want to automate. Best of all, while my old ones made an obnoxious buzzing/whining sound, these are much quieter. (I think the old ones were quiet initially, so time will tell how these hold up in that regard.) For the price, these are tough to beat.

Great product great price

This year our Christmas tree remote controlled plug bit the dust. Who wants to plug in the tree each morning? So I looked for something I could use in our smart home. This fit the bill perfectly. I plugged it in and set it all up with ease. Actually was one of the easier smart plugs I have set up. Does a great job. And you can’t beat the 2 for 18 dollars or so price. I was very impressed with the price.

I mistakenly purchased 8 of these smart taps in total. The first 2 installed OK... little finicky compared to any other Tuya Smart compatible products but not the worst setup I have gone through. Everything seemed to work OK with Tuya app and with SmartLife app on both Android and iOS. Additionally the taps were useable in Home Assistant and provided individual control over 3 of 4 outlets and power monitoring detail. Since they were cheap and worked I ended up ordering 6 more over course of several days. These 8 total were added to 37 other smart devices which included 8 other different types of power monitor plugs I have accumulated over past several years. Maybe I am being too critical but with so many different devices and the easily 40 other returned devices that either didnt work or had fatal flaws I have an insane amount of data to compare against and have ended up with a pretty good testing regimen. I am sure I spend too much time messing with smart home stuff but lets just chalk it up to a hobby (or a developing addiction?) :) Here is what I ended up realizing after I put the taps in use: They do not stay connected. Not when connected to network with 50+ other devices that are stable. Not when connected individually to network with all other devices powered off and less than 5 feet from the WiFi Router. Not when moved around to different locations in the house. Best experience has been actually connected to WiFi Extender (in AP mode) rather than directly to router. The energy monitoring data is so far off it might be closer to random than terribly calibrated. The amount off is not consistent making it impossible to just offset or compensate with a standard factor. Two of the taps (1 each from different purchases) would routinely show 0.7 V and then never reset. (Both returned as defective). The other 6 all show over 130V... which I wish was true since I actually have issues with ComEd (Illinois) being able to supply 120V consistently. I have measured the same few outlets on different breakers in different areas of house to confirm. Using a kil-a-watt device and 4 different power monitor plugs from 4 different companies (using different internals)... there is less than 1V variance across the 4 other plugs and the kil-a-watt -- all showing between 116-119.5 V over long periods of time. Each of the 6 taps I have not yet returned show 127-133V. The values seem stable until a device is reset and then used again... first time might hover around 127... then after rest 131... 2nd reset... 133. Having the V read high in turn causes the power to be calculated high... somewhat defeating the purpose of collecting energy monitoring data from the tap. The taps shut off randomly... often if there is a network reset (reboot router, power outage, internet outage... etc). There is not setting to retain relay status or force on as default mode. Even a dip that does not trigger a UPS or flicker other smart plugs/taps will power off these taps. The always on outlet power use is not part of the power monitoring. If you use the 3 managed outlets you can get inaccurate power data and you have to manually button switch the device on periodically due to the random shutoffs. If you use the always on outlet no power data is measured and at that point you are just doing exact same thing as not using the tap and using the wall outlet. There is no over current protection or it exists well above what can be hit from a standard residential outlet. I have 1 outlet I know I can trip on demand with a toaster and an electric kettle. The toaster starts at 800W and levels to 750W and the kettle starts within few seconds at 1700W and settles to 1550-1600W. One in each plug is an almost immediate 2500W pull which will trip the breaker in a few minutes. Any other smart plug or tap I use will auto-shutoff before both can get to full power... except when plugged into this tap where it runs for a min then breaker trips. In fact the kettle alone shuts off most other smart taps/plugs except on marketed as heavy duty. All have same 1875W max most smart devices in US have in their specs. Last point is kinda funny as the tap wont shut off to save you but if you use it with a reasonable load (1 LED bulb lamp or a USB phone/tablet charger)... it will shut off intermittently for no reason. I will probably return these though I might also attempt to reflash the firmware and see if this is an actual hardware issue or a software/firmware issue with this company (KMC). I fully expected buying sketchy smart home devices would come with issues... but for the most part it has been easy to figure out immediately something works or not. Things that work have worked as expected until these taps. If you are afflicted with same problems I have and waste an inappropriate amount of time on smart home hacking/tinkering the price of these taps and the challenge of working around a poorly manufactured or poorly coded device might be a use case. If you want an inexpensive smart home device supported by Tuya or SmartLife app which in turn integrates with Google Home, Alexa and even Homekit (if you use Home Assistant server)... there are at least 2 other taps and 10-15 other similarly inexpensive 1 or 2 outlet plugs that wont disappoint. I am not going to tell anyone not to buy something but I did want to provide something more than the typical this sucks review for those who want to know why something is rated low by someone.