Which smart plug brand do you prefer and why?

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With the plethora of devices available from so many brands. Just wanted to check what is the preferred brand among the TE members when it comes to Smart Plugs.

Please cast your vote and drop in a comment if you can. You can consider the following points while casting your vote or while replying with your rating for a particular brand/product.

  1. Smart home system compatibility.

  2. WiFi enabled or requires dedicated hub from same company.

  3. Matter compatible.

  4. Alexa/Google/HomeKit compatible

  5. Size/design - does it block adjacent outlets and switches.

  6. Power Rating

  7. Feature rich - such as Scheduling/Monitoring/Away Mode/Surge protection

  8. App usability

  9. Long term durability

  10. Firmware updates

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I am also looking for a smart plug to experiment with home assistant. Tapo P110 for around 899 currently seems to be compatible with home assistant.

I need to is to basically have a device that can calculate the energy consumption. Both realtime and over time. Planning to test for consumer products. Basically something which can calculate energy consumption for say a raspberry pi SBC all the way upto a electric water kettle. Would be great to know if the Tapo smart plug is suited for it. Qubo smart plug also seems to be capable of 16A like the Tapo.

Anyone has any insights ?

Also seems like Tplink is on the crosshairs of America authorities so if tplink is banned then the tapo may become useless if the app is removed from app store.
Even Indian authorities seems to be checking on IOT devices from China.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/china-s-internet-of-things-vendors-under-india-radar-centre-mulling-national-security-directive-for-iot-ecosystem-report-12891056.html

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So few votes! We don’t have enough smart plug users on TE?

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Which of these are [supported](’

Plugs and Sockets’

) by Tasmota/Open source firmware ? I suppose most members roll their own with open source firmware, which avoids vendor cloud apps and then integrate with HA.

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TP-Link Tapo, because it just works, I also have other tplink equipments including routers and cameras. One app to operate all.

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this . what nitin_g3 said … the only issue that i have with tp link that there plugs are 16 amp and only work in those power sockets

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im Using the Wipro One , my first smart plug , works well tbh , and also can control my syska and Wipro bulbs as well with the same app.
So its basically whichever ecosystem u get into, ud like to use more items which can be configured and controlled using the same ecosystem. I Think all these products are basically mostly similar in features/cost/function.

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As suggested earlier on this thread

https://techenclave.com/threads/teardown-and-preparation-of-polycabs-16a-wi-fi-smart-plug-for-tasmota.214995/post-2473301

Wipro 16A and zunpulse 10A smart plug can be flashed with ESPHome or OpenBeken (I prefer openbeken) via tuya cloudcutter. select device LSPA7 plug under Tuya brand. Once flashed and wifi configured, paste this profile under import tab

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Any recommendations for 10A plugs that can later on work with Home Assistant if need be? I love the Tapo ones but they sadly only seem to come in 16A sizes.

EDIT: I use 2 × P110 for two water heaters, just to prove to my parents they don’t consume more electricity once they’re done heating up :smiley:

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I use Tapo ones with a converter on mostly my home server and WFH setup.

Picked this one because it was the most visible one with energy tracking. Primarily used it to track if the server is hibernating properly :slight_smile:

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Thinking of going that route too in the worst case but ugh, it already is so bulky hanging off the sockets and wanted to avoid that if at all possible.

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Since I purchase it only when it drops to 699, there was nothing else in this price range and except for Solimo and Amazon Basics ones but they didn’t have energy tracking.

I’m happy for an ugly setup as long as the price is right :disguised_face:

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I was looking at one, but the P110 has a terrible failure rate and cannot handle geyser loads for long. Wouldn’t really trust it for high power usage.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Tapo/comments/1atnjeg/is_this_p110_plug_permanently_broken/

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Guess I’m about to find out the hard way lol.

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Fingers crossed then. General discussion on their forums is that it starts failing at loads above 1.8 kW. Any home geyser is usually at least 2 kW, so you might indeed find it out the hard way in a few months. :slight_smile:

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im using these never had issues

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This is interesting. Would be keen to know about the experience of others who have used it for 16A workloads.

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Currently using a pre owned qubo 16a unit bought from a fellow TE member on an old AC. My requirements are minimal. Auto on and off, scheduling, timer and monitoring of energy used. Works without much issue

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i dont like qubo . i have a qubo with me. the problem being once you have no internet the app doesnt even open, the whole point of bluetooth connectivity and operatability is lost

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