Smarten Your Devices with the Best Plugs and Power Strips

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An internet-connected plug can give any basic appliance a brain. Here are our favorites (and a few we don't like).

Before you start shopping for a smart plug, you'll need to keep a few things in mind.Not all devices automatically start when you turn the power on. For example, some coffee pots and window AC units need you to hit a “Brew” or “Cool” button for them to fulfill their intended function. Devices that turn on with the flick of a switch, like lamps, TVs, and window fans, are more likely to work.Smart plugs are thick and bulky.

The app is pretty simple to navigate, and there are scenes, timers, and schedules you can program to your liking. Away mode turns the plugs on and off randomly during the time you choose, without your having to actually set timers and schedules. If you plug lamps into them, you can make it look like someone's home and potentially thwart burglars. A few of our other picks have this setting too.

 

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Yet still have a parasitic draw. Want to be even more efficient and easier. Go old school

Oh thanks for such a wondrous technology that shall liberate us from the drudgery of throwing light switches. (Anybody know where my phone is? Can you call it?)

This is my favorite. And it comes from IKEA but has some LEGO vibes too

So what do you call that surge of world-ending rage when I have to ask the app twice to turn the lights on? (Apologies to my parents for all the times they had to ask more than once) 👀

When I was a kid you could turn off your lights by clapping your hands.

This tweet makes smart home appliances out to feel like an addiction. As if we need more addictive things in our life’s.

Eve smart plug is great - wifi, bluetooth, and thread. Easy set up. Works with HomeKit not only Siri.

tp-link....its a pos cheap chinese knockoff . want security dont buy tp-link

Sockets look so confused

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