Kasa Outdoor Smart Plug, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Timer, Max Load 15A/1875W, IP64 Weather Resistance, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home & SmartThings, No Hub Required, ETL Certified(KP401)

I like the way this holds up in rain.

With our electricity having recently increased 40% per kWh, I knew this season, I needed to run our pool on a timer rather than 24/7 given it drawing 16amps (@124VAC). Rather than having to go to the trouble and cost of wiring up an actual pool pump timed, I figured I’d just by a heavy duty extension cord, cut the end off to wire to the pump motor, and use this since I already have a ton of Kasa gear. It’s been working perfectly! This unit seems to have no issue handling the nearly 2000w load of the pool motor. The brief startup load is even higher which has not been a problem. The signal range is rather exceptional as well.

Ive installed numerous TP-Link Kasa smart plugs and switches to integrate my home lighting with my Alexa Echos and Show 8 as well as my Ring doorbells and cameras. Im amazed at how well all these different systems work together. I needed an outdoor smart plug to control both some outside Christmas lights as well as a bird bath heater. This Kasa Smart K400 Outdoor Smart Plug works perfectly. Since the two outlets on the plug can be controlled independently, I plugged my heated bird bath into one and my Christmas lights into the other. I especially like the Kasa Android app, which allows you to easily set what time you want the lights to come on and go off. You can also set it to come on at Sunset (or a prescribed number of minutes before or after sunset) (similarly with Sunrise). You can set different times for each day of the week if you want. A very nice and easy to use app. Installation of the Smart Plug was also very straightforward with step-by-step guidance from the app. For my heated bird bath, I set up a routine using the If This Then That (IFTTT) app. I set the heater to turn on if the outside temperature drops below 35 deg F and turn off if the outside temp goes above 35 deg F. One thing to be aware of - the Kasa outlet must not be limited to Local control if you want outside apps such as IFTTT to work with it. For some reason, my outdoor smart plug reverted to local control and there is no obvious way to get out of this state using the app. After researching this on the web, the one solution that seemed to work was to assign the smart plug a reserved DHCP IP address on your home router. I did this and then reset the switch. All works fine now. Bottom line is this is a waterproof outdoor smart outlet that works well, has an easy to use and very flexible controlling app, and integrates nicely into the smart house ecosystem (at least with Alexa, Google Home, and IFTTT which are the ones Ive tried). I would gladly buy this again if I need another one.

Need to setup the Kasa mobile app first, and add the device plugs with names using the included wifi. Then within the Google Home app, add the Kasa integration. I am able to group the plugs together by room. Can either include in existing scenes or command the devices as a group. If needed, I can also voice command individually. Scenarios are endless. I setup a time based trigger to turn on at 50% brightness at sunset. They turn off as part of my goodnight scene. I also found some logic using IFTTT to only turn the lights on when I’m home. No complaints with my floor lamps now being better managed by Google Home for energy efficiency. I like the dark color of the plug and cord, as well as the additional manual dimming ability. I’m sure you can add a motion sensor for even more improvement.

I have multiple Kasa products and used them for several years. I have not had any problems with these products and love the features. I would love to see an emergency button on the app that turns on all connected lights. This would be great to help public safety responders locate you residence or scaring away criminals.

This is a great product at a great price. Bought this to use for my christmas lights. The Kasa app is very intuitive, and I found it immediately connected to my home WiFi. There is almost no latency when turning on and off with the app via phone. The scheduling tool was easy and did exactly what I want. I use it as a lamp timer while away from home, and for Christmas lights during the holidays. Much easier than the old style light timers!

Received this plug a few weeks ago, and have been using it for outdoor holiday lights. Packaging and everything was nice, and Kasa makes set up a breeze. Only slight quirk is that its got a pretty stiff cable, so not the easiest to get it set to an angle you want, or to do any cable management with. overall: Good quality, good experience, would order again if I had more use cases for it.

Bought this after getting tired of forgetting to go outside to turn holiday decorations lights off and on, and am so happy that Idid! I scheduled it to automatically turn off and on based on sunrise and sunset via the phone app, and was delighted to have one less thing to have to worry about!

Kasa is the best. This plug works perfect with Edison outdoor lights from Costco.

Bought it to control string lights on my patio. Easy to set up.