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Whats everyone using for smart plugs?
(lemmy.world)
Flashed some plugs with Tasmota.
@firepenny I have a bunch of TP-Link Tapo P110Ms in most places. I also have a couple of Athom ESP32 plugs where I don't want a relay tripping, e.g. fridges.
I happened across a shit ton of kasa smart plugs, and don't need the range/mesh that ZigBee provides, so ive just been using them. Been working well, they can be configured locally and can be blocked from internet access by my router
I got some kasA devices on sale, they work fine. I dislike that I have to use their app for initial setup and when I rotate WiFi passwords. Will use them until they fail, then will switch to something else.
Check out python-kasa. Pretty sure I've only used the proprietary app to set up the first one because I learned about this. The rest I could do on my computer from the command line.
Cooool, thanks!
My personal anecdote:
Z-wave is king. ZigBee is a far second place and WiFi / Bluetooth are a last resort.
I'm a huge fan of Zooz products having tested many other brands and been disappointed.
My biggest failure rate has been with Shelly products. Sonoff is alright but have also had issues here and there. I've yet to have any issues with my Zooz switches and smart plugs and I have close to 50 of them.
I was so excited about Shelly when I first discovered it. Ordered a ton of stuff and started swapping over. The reliability was awful. I have a giant box of them that I don’t know what to do with.
Give em to me!
I have a dozen or so, zero issues.
Having said that, I do prefer zwave to WiFi. Glad theyre starting to head in that direction. Just dont understand why zwave gear is always 20% more expensive.
IIRC, ZWave costs the manufacturer a license to use and they must meet certain quality guidelines.
In the end this results in higher quality products, but there’s an overhead.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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