Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip HS300, Surge Protector with 6 Individually Controlled Smart Outlets and 3 USB Ports, Works with Alexa & Google Home, No Hub Required , White

***another update 3/1/22 Red circle of doom twice a week. This started after the last firmware update for me. The thing was running about as well as stated in previous comments. The strip is now losing connection to network, but no matter how many soft resets you try it doesnt respond. Also if you try resetting and re-adding to network, you cant connect to the strips wifi. It seems to me like the wifi module in this strip is dying or the firmware is causing it to hard lock. I fully regret buying these.*** Well, it is pretty beefy in person. It lights up nicely but its basically just dots, like the old days when you had switches that glowed when you flipped them... It could be better if you could tell which outlet was lit easier, like make the dots numbers instead... 1-6 that would be useful. Yeah yeah, I know im supposed to be staring at my phone all day... But nah. I want to set it up, bark at alexa and be able to quickly verify the voice in a box didnt screw up after saying okay. The power monitoring (whole reason I bought this overpriced power strip) is lacking. Really I expected to be able to monitor the whole strip, groups of outlets, and be able to override the auto shutdown of an outlet below certain currents. Basically all you can do is check each individual usage, one at a time, and making groups just lets you switch multiple outlets as a single name. Which frankly, I can already do in Alexa app. So that was a dud. This gets a 3 because I paid through the nose for a powerstrip that does basic power monitoring. I could have just bought one monitoring outlet and plugged my old strip into it. So this really needed to do more for the huge price premium. It does not. If you want to plug in stuff and give individual outlets names to be controlled remotely, this is probably for you. If you wanted to check on power usage of your entertainment center (for example) both total power and individual consumption, then this is not the strip you are looking for... ***Update to drop to 1star *** Wow, it is total junk. Ive only had it a few days. It basically hard locks. Refuses to respond to the app. Forcing a factory reset... Not even the soft reset works. Wow! It wipes out your settings and data from power monitoring. What is the point of this then? To make it worse, it randomly shuts off and restarts itself. I have voice control disabled so its not like Alexa misinterpreted a sneeze as shut off strip Im supposed to trust it even clamps at the supposed joule rating? This thing is going back, I havent been this P/Od at a purchase in ages. Edit* after getting replacement: I was convinced something was wrong with the strip I had. No way could my experience be the expected performance of the thing. So I tried swapping it out. The experience has been better, still almost everything I said in the original post applies. The resetting and locking up, losing data etc is much better. Sure once in a while I have to reboot a router because the whole KASA line of products in my house suddenly drop, Smartthings and Blink and others were still fine. Aside from that it performs about on par with a not so overpriced power strip. Bottom line, back to 3*s. It isnt all that usefull. I am holding out hoping TPlink updates the software to offer better monitoring. Maybe then a higher rating is justified.

I was skeptical but this is a well designed and easy to use product. I have a bearded dragon and her enclosure has a complex series of lights and heaters -each plug can be programmed separately and with complex settings to allow for the mimic of natural light. I highly recommend.

I have several of the TP-Link Kasa Smart Plugs and Bulbs in my home, but this was my first power strip. I use it in my kitchen. The Echo is plugged into the USB (which is always on), and my coffeemaker, espresso machine, tea kettle, LED lamp, and SONOS speaker pair are plugged into the six outlets (you can pair outlets in the Kasa app). So. Let me tell you about this thing. Are you like me and forget to turn off your coffeemaker? Well, you can set a Smart Timer to turn off the coffeemaker after an hour! And I know you might be thinking, my machine already has a timer but the thing about that is this: every single device in your home that has an Instant On feature, a display, a clock, or any sort of remote operating capability, is using power all the time. How can you prevent that? Plug it into one of these. My electrical consumption has steadily dropped since I started using these. Obviously, you have to set the timers up to turn stuff off, but if you do, it will save power, and in the long run, money. The build quality is very nice, although I wouldnt go throwing the thing around, obviously. Also, you can monitor each devices power consumption and on time through the Kasa app (as well as through the Alexa app). Speaking of Alexa, if you have one, the devices are detected immediately and work seamlessly. I cant comment on any other personal assistant, because I only have two Echo dots, but they work very well. You wont be disappointed if you get this. The three plug model is also great if you dont need six outlets. I have both.

This product made doing anything on my reef tank a breeze. If I’m working on the tank I can simply tell Alexa to turn things off so I don’t have to use my wet hands to flip switches or grab plugs. I have it set up to feed my fish everyday at 12pm and turn my skimmer off when I dose. I even set it up in Alexa where it notifies my if my return pump goes off and is never off for more than 10 minutes. A game changer for reef tanks on a budget

A person can get back what s/he pays for this smart power strip in savings from electric utilities in about 1 to 3 months. This is how I use the power strip to hunt down which of my home appliance and electronic device uses the most power. It turns out to be my large screen TV, which consumes 100W. I used to have my TV on most of the day even when I am just playing music from Spotify or YouTube. In San Diego, electricity costs $0.42 to $0.52 per kWh. Over 30 days at 24 hours per day, the TV was sucking in (30x24x100)/1000 = 72kWh or $29 to $36 a month. Over a period of 2 months, I simply made sure to turn off the TV when I was not watching it or when I was just listening to music. I was able to reduce $20 per month in electricity bill - $40+ over 2 months, which pays for the power strip. And the saving continues. And the saving continues...

Worked nicely at first was able to get setup no issue. However, some plugs lost connection after a few weeks of usage ,so I can no longer control them from the app. Resetting the device doesnt fix the issue. Just note that the device is buggy and you shouldnt plug anything essential into it as it seems prone to fail easily.

Got this for my home office after switching to working from home. Love how I can have all my stuff (lamp, printer, monitor, standing desk, etc) in one strip but have separate commands for each outlet. It took minutes to set up and has worked for the last month or two with no issues. --------Update (now 3 months with it)-------- Ive read some of the reviews on here complain about numerous issues. I just want to share my experience more fully. Now three months in, Ive yet to have to Fix anything. Through power outages, network modem swaps and restarts, this thing has always worked. Ive only been into the Kasa app once to set it up and once to name one of the plugs I hadnt dedicated to anything yet, otherwise Alexa has control of turning things. I have had absolutely ZERO issues. Im not sure if all the negative reviews are user error or folks relying on the Kasa app too much, but if you have even the most basic understanding of setting up IOT devices, this should work fine for you.