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
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Prof. Carlo Hessel DVM
Greater than one weekTook a little while to get them set up with google home, (didn’t include any good directions) but once it was set up, they’ve worked great. Fast response, stay connected well. It’s nice to get control of three devices from a single smart outlet.
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John Moore
> 3 dayWas able to flash tamota with tuya convert. The every monitor is great too. Was able to calibrate with tamota pretty easily
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T222T222
> 3 dayI have alot of smart items in my home. These have recently become my favorite. I have recently started a massive indoor garden. Dozens of lights, thousands of plants. While my other wifi outlets are good at turning the lights on and off on schedule. These outlets are the only ones that show me how much power Im using. I have compared the powet usage info to some KillAWatt outlets and they are accurate.
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J B
> 3 dayI ordered the 2-pack of the Smart multi-tap outlets, and just plugged the first one in this morning. The very first thing that I did was download a bunch of Smart Device apps, most of which were mentioned in different reviews here. 1. The KMC Smart App has a low 3-Star rating, but thats what I used to connect to the device. The instructions in the app kind of suck because you have to fail at your first attempt before it tells you that another option for attempting to pair the device is to turn on, wait 10 seconds, turn off, turn on hold the button until the light blinks fast, and then you can pair with the app. Its something like that, but dont quote me. lol 2. For giggles I tried the Smart Life app that someone in a review recommended... AND... it looks almost identical to the KMC Smart app. I wouldnt be surprised if there used to be a different KMC Smart app that earned the 3-Star rating, and the app I downloaded is now simply a customized for KMC version of Smart Life. 3. Someone complained about network security because you have to share the WiFi password with the app, but you HAVE TO do that so the app can send the password to the device. The device uses WiFi as the interface if you want to access the settings, so it needs a password. If youre concerned about security, which I am, I turned on the Guest WiFi network with access to my home network disabled, but it still has Internet access if I use any cloud services down the road. 4. Some people claim that all switchable plugs turn on and off together as one unit, which is why I state that the device is buggy. It seems to be a problem in the firmware of the device. Once I got the app connected to the device, which was annoying, I used the app to turn off the second plug. It went from green to black, and then I lost my connection because it also turned off the third plug, which was powering my router. The first plug stayed green, and never turned off, so Plug-1 is independent, and Plug-2+3 may be tied together. If the problem is that the device or the firmware, then its either the app or user error. Its probably user error in my case, but if not, then the issue may be random, so just be prepared if it is. 5. My main reason for buying this Smart Plug was to monitor the electricity usage of my home entertainment system, so take the following with a grain of salt. Anyone who has ever taken a physics or electrical engineering class should know that the measurement for power in Watts is the total after multiplying Current in Amperes to Voltage, AC or DC, doesnt matter. The app is telling me that the current draw on the 3 switchable plugs, or maybe going into the device itself from the AC outlet, is 2200 milliAmps (2.2 Amps). It also shows that the voltage varies from 119.4 to 120.4 Volts AC, and the voltage seems to be fairly accurate since the power transformer is maybe 50 feet away from my home. However, and this makes no sense to me, but the app states that the Power being consumed is 189.1 Watts. Dumb it down, and 2 times 120 doesnt equal 189, so Im confused. Considering that the majority of AC Voltage devices designed and manufactured in China use an 85 VAC to 140 VAC range in their designs, which makes sense from an engineering standpoint, I cant help but wonder if some programmer didnt set 85 as a static value when writing the code to do the power calculation. Divide 189 by 120, and you dont get 2.2, so I have no idea where the device is getting its numbers and measurements from, but if the Power calculation is wrong, then obviously the KWh measurement wont be right either. Again, I simply want to monitor the power consumption of my home entertainment system, so I took off a star because I cant find any documentation to explain why Power doesnt equal Current times Voltage. Im also using two power strips in Switchable Plug 1 and Switchable Plug 3 because the plug spacing isnt sufficiently wide enough for typical 3-prong power cord male plug ends, so having Switchable Plugs 2+3 tied together is a bit irritating, but I didnt deduct any stars since I knew from reading the reviews to expect it. Otherwise, if I can get a few years of use out of the Smart Plugs, I think they are a good value, even with all their quirks. lol
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Dre
Greater than one weekThese are the best deals going on multiple WiFi outlet devices. There are 3 individual WiFi outlets that can be named separately worth their own timers. And one always on outlet . Another great thing is they have their own energy use meter so you can tell the power draw on each plug. Stays connected to WiFi never had a failure Ive ordered 3 is these so far
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Jaye
Greater than one weekKind of a pain to have to clip off the plastic peg in the back. It was in the way and I couldn’t plug it in otherwise. It should be easily removable. The directions are faulty, the app they tell you to download is incorrect. The correct app is called “Smart Life”. I already had that app for some other devices I already own, so once I realized that thanks to another reviewer, it was quite simple to add this device. My other complaint is that the plugs are much too close together side-by-side. It’s very difficult to plug three things in altogether, especially since one of the items I needed to plug-in has a wider plug than most. I was able to resolve that by using a converter from two prong to three prong, even though my original plug was three prong to begin with. But it extended it out far enough that I was able to make it work. Alexa was easily able to discover the device and from that point programming was simple. Without the stupid plastic bag on the back, faulty instructions, and needing to jury rig one of the plugs in order to use all three, I would have given this five stars. If I didn’t happen to have that plug converter on hand, I would have only been able to use two of them. And even then it was pretty tight. hopefully this will get resolved in the future models.
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Mickey
23-11-2024Worked as advertised, and cheap.
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Rick R.
Greater than one weekOverall a good value.
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Karen Savage
> 3 dayI was lured by the price. Its not a terrible design. I have not found out how to name each of the 3 wifi plugs per device. Ive only been able to name the 1 device., in both the KMC app and Smart Life. In either app you can turn on or off any of the 3 wifi plugs, but not by voice. Alexa and Google can only control the whole device. All 3 plugs come on or off by voice. Setting this up with my mesh router was a headache until I figured out how to manually set 2.5 to a channel instead of on auto. I bought another device at the same time that allows me to name each plug and includes usb slots. I wish I had gotten them all as that product, but it is twice the price.
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Cordell Paucek DVM
Greater than one weekLove finally getting something to make my home a smart home. Replaces timers for my house plants. Connects well with Amazon Alexa. I found an app that connects all my different smart plugs.