Smart Plug, POWRUI Mini WiFi Outlet Compatible with Amazon Alexa & Google Home,No Hub Required Timing Function Control Your Home,ETL Certified, (4 Pack) White

I usually make my own wifi switches, but these were cheaper than it costs me to make my own. Got these for $19.97 on Prime Day and I'm pretty happy. They set up in 3 mins if you're using their app, but add a few more if you're controlling them with an Alexa device.The upside is you can plug a power strip into these and control several things are once. I used one to control the day/night cycle for the lights in a lizard enclosure.The downside is they take up too much space. When I make my own switches I put the unit somewhere inline in the cord. They are good for controlling ceiling fans. These are too big to plug more than one in a single outlet.I don't know why anyone would buy different plugs when these are so cheap and do everything the more expensive plugs do, other than make a lamp/light bulb dimmable.

Plug works great. Easy install though the Smart Life app. Push and hold the power button on the plug until the red light starts flashing fast (several seconds). Then open the app and add a new device. It will connect in less than a minute or so. You can then name the device whatever you want - default is "smart plug" but if you've got more than one you'll want a different name. Then you can connect with Alexa (mine connected automatically as I already have other Smart Life devices). Then you're good to go with Alexa voice control. Great deal for the price

UPDATE: I moved my review up to 4 stars after trying - once again - to get these plugs to work before returning them. My other plugs from this company work so well, it was a personal mission to figure these out!Turns out, I had to update the app.Then, make sure the light is flashing fastAuto detect worked brillantly!I gave 4 stars just because of the frustration I experienced before I thought to try updating the app.I have bought several single wifi plugs (not the mini), 3 plug smart plugs, and 4 plug smart power strips from this company.I was able to get them setup and connected thru my Alexa fairly easily.These mini wifi plugs I cannot setup. I think it is because I have 5g wifi - not 2.4g - and I can't work around this to connect the plugs thru the app.I had an issue with the 3 plug device and the company reached out to me after I left a sad review. I then managed to get the plug to work as I wanted, upgraded my review, and did not return the plug. Perhaps the same can happen. But, I wish I could buy the other single smart plug which no longer seems to be available.

I love these. They’ve made my life so much easier. I have a schedule set on the Smart Life App, yo where they turn on when my first alarm goes off to wake up for work and then I have them set to turn off by the time I should be out of the house.When my parents are away from their home, I like to turn on some lights from my phone to make it seem like someone is home and I live over an hour away. The timer option are great because I can set it and forget about it.They’re also fun to play jokes on or kids who are misbehaving and saying there’s a ghost in the room who plays with the lights lol!

The important factor for me is that, if this plug is On before a power outage, it will continue to be On after the outage is over. It turned out not easy to find such behavior. I went through 2 different models of plugs and had to return them because they behaved in the opposite way - they would turn my devices off after an outage was over. Note that both behaviors are valid depending on your needs. If you are concerned about leaving your home during an outage and not realizing that you had a light or appliance turned on, then you may want the plug to go to Off state when the power comes back in your absence. But if you purposefully want to keep a device on while you are away, then you don’t want the plug to go Off every time your power cycles. I needed the latter, and these plugs fit the bill. Ideally, I wish this could be a configurable app setting, so I can have both scenarios to choose from…something for the manufacturer to consider.Also, the plugs are compact size, and the app has an easy interface and many features including automation.I’m subtracting two stars because the plugs have faulty setup and gave me a lot of trouble. It was the problem with the plugs, not my wifi…my wifi is time-tested and satisfies all the necessary requirements, I double-checked….but the plugs kept timing out during setup, despite resetting them multiple times and doing everything according to the instructions. About to return them back to amazon, I reset and tried them with another wifi network just in case…and they connected. Baffled, I went back and tried it with my main wifi one more time, and that time they paired with no problem even though I did not do anything different. Really strange behavior, so obviously some odd problem with the setup process, and that’s not a good thing…. Time will tell how reliably they will stay connected…so far so good.EDIT: I left the plugs on for a long time and have not opened the app for a couple of months. Today I opened the app and the plugs are shown offline even though they are connected and the light indicator shows them on. Physically unplugged and plugged them back in and they instantly went online in the app. Submitted the support question to the customer support in the app. They better have a good explanation. If the plugs just go offline periodically then it's totally unreliable and garbage product, and not suitable for remote control. Will update the review then I hear back from them.

Enjoying these smart plugs. I had an older touch lamp that the touch sensor went out on and so the lamp would not turn on. I hooked it up to one of these smart plugs and now at least with the help of Alexa I can tell her to turn the "lamp" on and off. Also used one during Halloween for a plastic jackolantern that my son wanted on but it was in a hard to reach place. Super easy to just say, "Alexa, turn on pumpkin." Setting up does take few minutes, but worth the time. I also like being able to turn on/off from the app (in case you forget to turn off the lamp, etc).

Es buen producto pero se ha dañado 2 por temas eléctricos