Review on HBN Smart Plug Mini 15A, WiFi Smart Outlet Works With Alexa, Google Home Assistant, Remote Control With Timer Function, No Hub Required, ETL Certified, 2.4G WiFi Only, 2-Pack by Los Bizness

These things were very hard to connect. I spent a few hours of trials and errors. I tried to connect using the HBN Smart App on my iPhone, but couldn’t connect. I even turned off the 5GHz band on my router. So installed the Smart Life App on an iPad instead and was able to connect using the AP mode. I tried to do the same thing with the iPhone, but couldn’t add the device, not sure why. Once the devices were added, controlling them work very well. The Smart Life app on the iPhone also showed the devices once they were added via the iPad. Integration with Alexa is simple by just adding the Smart Life skill to Alexa and link your Smart Life account with Alexa. The HBN Smart app on the iPad couldn’t connect the device either. So I recommend using the Smart Life app instead. I wouldn’t recommend this if you are not tech savvy. The timer function works well, but you have to schedule a time to turn off and the the time to turn on separately. Instruction how I connect is below.1. Installed Smart Life App on iPad and register for an account.2. Open the app and go to add device, and follow instruction: type in your 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi SSID and password3. Plug the Smart plug into wall outlet, wait a few seconds, then press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds. The light will flash quickly ( a bit hard to tell). Now, press the power button and hold again for 5 seconds. The light should flash slowly.4. In the App, once you reach the screen where it ask whether the light blinks fast or slow, choose Slow.5. Now it will ask you to connect to your device, so click on Connection in the app, or just go directly to your WiFi setting on your iPad. There should be a new SSID for "SmartPlugxxxx”. Connect to that and go back to your App.6. Once you go back to your app, it should automatically try to discover the device and will list the Smartplug. Click on it to add.7. When I went back to the app Home Screen, I saw the device added, but the app continued to work on something and I couldn’t do anything else. So I close out the app and restart it. It worked fine after that.8. You can link your account with Alexa from the app. Click on "Me” button at the bottom, and under Third Party Services, click on Alexa and follow instruction.I hope this can help someone else. I am still not sure why I can’t add the devices via my phone.