Amazon - Smart Plug - White

Yep! I said it! Perfect! This plug is a snap to set up with the Alexa app. Also a lot of videos on YouTube to make it easier yet. Took me about 2 minutes to make it work. It is totally compatible Amazon Alexa . It can be turned off & on by voice command through Alexa speaker. Can be turn off & on manually with button on the side of the plug. Can be turned off & on from anywhere in the world that has internet access with the Amazon Alexa app on your cell phone. Can also be turned off and on automatically with timers on the Alexa app. You can buy other plugs for a lot cheaper price, but after reading tons of reviews I found the Amazon Smart Plug standing far above all the others. You can also give the plug any name of your choice by simply typing it in with the Alexa app. I named this plug Christmas Trees because that is what I'm using it for right now. I can change that name any time I feel like it. I am little by little getting more of these plugs, switches, door locks. etc. & slowing turning my house into a smart home. I can't say how well other smart plugs function. All I know is what I read in reviews. Be especially skeptical of off brand MULTI PACKS. Most reviews show me that at least one of the plugs in off brand MULTI PACKS don't work at all. And if you want to return the bad plug you can't just return it by itself. You have to return all of them in their original packaging. Isn't that just wonderful after you have already set up some of the plugs only to have to return all of them in order to get ones that work. Save yourself the roll of the dice and get this one right from the get go, not to mention the trouble of having to start the whole process all over again. Stick with Amazon for all your Smart Home devices. I think you'll be glad you did.

I had trouble linking the plug to the Alexa app. I kept getting a "provisioning" error telling me that it couldn't connect to my network. I had no such trouble with my first plug purchased directly from Amazon. I returned the device and bought another, with which I had the same failure to link. I finally called Amazon customer service and spoke with Joseph. He identified that the problem might be due to the device MAC address not being in the list of allowed devices in my router; indeed, shortly before I tried to link the second Smart Plug I had enabled MAC filtering, which I didn't realize would block addition of new devices to the network unless I manually entered the MAC address. Joseph manually entered the MAC into my Alexa account and I manually entered it into the router. Bingo! the plug linked and works perfectly. The failure to link had nothing to do with the Smart Plug. This all sounds complicated but the solution is simple. Turn off MAC filtering in your router before you add a new IoT device. Five stars for the product and five more for Amazon Customer Service whose persistence helped me identify my user error!

My husband and I received an Amazon echo and a smart plug for Christmas this past year and everything was super easy to set up. Once we realized how easy it all was, we decided to add this plug to our bedroom so we can turn the light off while lying in bed (we're the ultimate lazy couple). It works well, takes 2 minutes to set up, and we haven't had any connectivity issues. If you are in the market for a smart plug, I highly recommend this one over the other brands, which are much more difficult to connect in my experience. We will purchase and add more of these smart plugs to our home as we need to, because we know they'll all work together and they're easy to set up. You can put your plugs on a timer from the app so that even if you aren't home, the lights come on automatically. Or if you're out, you can turn the lights on from your phone so your kitties aren't waiting for you in the dark. We love this smart plug, superior to the other brands we tried to make work. I give this product a 5/5.

Amazon Smart Plug is a great smart plug that integrates seamlessly with Amazon Alexa. Setup was a breeze as I went through the setup process and had it up and running in less than 5 minutes. There are a lot of features for this plug, like the ability for it to be in routines that activate with a specific phrase or time, and the ability to know when you're at home or not so it can turn itself off when you leave your house or turn on when you come home. The only downside is that it only works with Alexa and will not work with Google Home or Apple Homekit. That isn't really a problem considering that this plug is made by Amazon, but considering the fact you can buy a smart plug from TP Link right now for less than this and it supports Alexa and Google Home, this smart plug is not the best buy atm. Overall though, it's a great smart plug if you know that you're only going to use Alexa. If you are thinking about using Google Home or any other smart home brands, look elsewhere.

First off once this product is up and running it works great. Even after wifi reboots and power cycles it reconnects automatically, However. a lot of these smart products will only connect on a 2.4ghz wifi network and not a 5ghz network. Some may say why would you need a simple device on a 5ghz network. that is not the issue, the issue is that they are not very smart and like most people with updated routers their 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks are named the same and usually the device is smart enough to connect to the better connection. these plugs will not connect to your network unless you go into your network and give them a unique name so you can tell the difference between 2.4ghz and 5ghz. only then can you point it onto the right network and will connect to the 2.4ghz signal. other than a high price, this is a great lazy mans product. it also comes with a small on off button on the side in case for what ever reason its not connecting with your Home system.

This plug was easy to pair with the Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen), and it works great as long as one remembers the voice commands. After setting this up, I said “Turn on plug #1.” No response. After several tries I thought something was wrong and I would have to troubleshoot. Then my sister entered the room and said “Turn on first plug,” and it worked. Apparently Alexa is programmed to respond to the commands “1st plug, 2nd plug, etc.” To me it is more intuitive to say “Plug 1, Plug 2, etc.) I bought this as a combo with an Echo Dot. Amazon had a combo for the same price but the plug was a third party one, whereas Best Buy bundled the Amazon brand plug. I wanted the Amazon plug because I figured there would be fewer compatibility issues now and as my smart home system expands.

I have only recently been getting into smart home tech. It started with an Echo, and has expanded to 5 Alexa devices, 2 Google home devices, 4 cameras, a doorbell, a thermostat, 6 connected light switches, and 6 smart plugs. Of all of the devices, this one was the easiest to setup. I use it on some lights for a display case in my living room. I setup a timer to have the lights to automatically come on at night. I have another on a fish tank with a light, and a third on a electric fireplace that will automatically come on if the thermostat reaches a certain temperature. If you are tired of getting up to turn something on or off, like a lamp or window AC unit, then this product is great and inexpensive. I highly recommend it.

I purchased this because I wanted it to control some LED lights attached to the rear of my TV. I'm pretty invested into the Amazon ecosystem so I picked it up but to be honest, I ended up returning it. I returned it because I felt that it was set up to work primarily with Amazon devices and the Alexa app which is understandable but for my use case scenario, I needed the least expensive solution which was a TP Link plug and the ability to set it up with other home control applications (Google, Kasa, IFTTT). Works well but just not for me. Purchase it if you have a lot of Amazon device and want to be an Amazon purist. It's backed by a great company so I'm sure you won't have any problems with it.