Wifi Smart Plug Set of 2 Mini Smart Outlet Compatible with Alexa Remote Control By Smart Phone from Anywhere Anytime (2 Packs)
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Nina Griffith-McLain
Greater than one weekWork well. Easy to set up. Downside is the shape. Hard to fit 2 cords into 1 wall outlet. Smaller Square shape work better.
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NV
> 3 dayThe Works fine with my phone and easy to set up. I purchased two of these switches and both work great. The literature includes detailed information about connecting to Echo. But it does work on Google Home too. You have install the app, then go to Google Home app and under Home Control, look for Smart Life app. The rest is easy.
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J. Handgraaf
> 3 dayI love them, I have all kinds of this connected. Only problem is one of them stopped working already after not even a day of being connected. Do wish they were a little smaller so you can use two in one outlet...
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Roscoe
> 3 dayNot compatible with 5 GHz, but works great on 2.4.
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Robin
> 3 dayAs long as you can follow directions, this product works well. When integrating this with Amazon Echo devices, it does take a few steps to set these up. However, once set up, they are excellent.
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Olivia L
> 3 dayJust watch you tube videos to install. I just plugged in my Christmas lights and connected it to my google home hub. Now I can tell my hub when to turn on and off my Christmas lights.
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James
> 3 dayThese units are basic problem is you cannot schedule them like other smart plugs
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Mark A. Sikes
Greater than one weekIm giving a pretty high review because I easily set up both of these using the default approach, and the price is good for the feature set. I downloaded the Smart Life app on iOS, created an account (yes, it requires your phone number...Im not too troubled by that). I had one problem giving my full Wifi SSID password, it was too long to enter into the Smart Life app on iOS. So I attached these to my guest network which has a shorter password (and probably a good idea anyway). If not for this one problem I might give a 5-star review. There was also a backup connection approach which makes these their own temporary WiFi AP (a lot of devices do this as an alternative connection means). I did not need to use that, as the plan A approach worked fine for me. I renamed each of these to a good straightforward name and enabled the Alexa Smart Life smart home skill, and discovered the devices. All of this worked flawlessly and I can use the app or Alexa to control these. The Smart Life skill also supports IFTTT for the more advanced home automation tinkerers. My only concern, I guess, is that these require a cloud platform to stay running for them to continue to work - and that means ongoing costs. If the company ever decides to shut this down, these no longer function. Although made in China my two units both connect to EC2 instances in US-West-2 on the MQTT port. You can easily check this by checking your local router to find the assigned IP, then search in the list of open ports what target IP and port they connect to, and then run a whois to find ownership of the related IP block. Anyway, Im counting on these staying operative but I guess there is no guarantee. EDIT: Ive been using these for many months and theyre still great.
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Jillsie
Greater than one weekThese work very well with my lamps. I would give them 5 stars but I thought the directions to link w/the Echo could be a little more clear; it wasnt too difficult though, just took a few minutes.
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Terry Shawn Howell
> 3 dayThey cost much less and work just as easy as others on the market. No need to spend a ton of money on other brands.