iHome Flow Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring and Timer Function, Wireless Wi-Fi Outlet Socket with On/Off Button, No Hub Required, Compatible with Alexa, Echo, and Google Home, 2-Pack

Picked this up for the energy monitoring and it does just that. I wanted to know how much wattage certain appliances used on a daily basis and I think this will be perfect. They are good looking plugs and well made for what they are. Set up was pretty simple. I had a hard time getting the plug to connect at first, but that was only because the geeni app does not tell you when you have your WiFi password wrong. Why? So frustrating. But once I figured that out, it connected right up easily and pretty quickly. Set up was like pretty much any other smart device. If youve done one, you can do them all. Once set up, you have a section in the app that shows your the energy use for the given plug. Not highly detailed, but pretty good and good enough for my needs. Very happy with these, the price is outstanding, would gladly recommend!

I got this to control my outdoor patio lights, and I initially had difficulty setting it up. Frustrated, I gave up and brought it inside. About a week later I thought Id try it again, this time for an indoor light. This time it set up extremely easily. Upon hindsight, I believe the outdoor outlet was too far away from my router, because it was so easy the last time. So as long as youre close to your router, this device is awesome! I would also like to point out (as I was initially wondering), you do NOT need to have Alexa, Echo, or Google Home to use this device. All you need is wi-fi.