Which smart plug brand do you prefer and why?

[Renegade]

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

 

[ronnie_gogs]

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.

GitHub - petretiandrea/home-assistant-tapo-p100: A custom integration to control Tapo devices from home assistant.

A custom integration to control Tapo devices from home assistant. - petretiandrea/home-assistant-tapo-p100

github.com

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