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

 

[Renegade]

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

 

[ibose]

Which of these are supported 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.

 

[nitin_g3]

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

 

[kanwal.diku]

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

 

[Goutam4818]

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.