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Review on 🏠 Enhance Home Automation with iHome Flow Smart Plug: Energy Monitoring, Timer Function, and Wireless Wi-Fi Outlet Socket, No Hub Required, Compatible with Alexa, Echo, and Google Home - 2-Pack! by Garrett Flores

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Includes an energy monitor that others lack

These outlets are great. The Geeni app is very easy to set up and within seconds of plugging in the new smart jacks the app found them and connected them with no issues. BN-Link makes similar smart plugs, but they don't have power monitoring, which is ridiculous. It's nice to be able to toggle switches on and off with your phone, but seeing how much power a device plugged into a smart socket is using in real time and over the course of a year is a key feature that many competitors use. missing lately. This is due to the lack of chips (of course it's funny that others like this product don't have this problem and include power monitoring, I think this is a way to make a cheaper product for the same price). Make sure you allow Bluetooth with the app so new plugins can be found easily. Also, you can use the device widget to turn toggles on and off on iOS, which is great. You can also add an icon for surebets. BN-Link has also removed this function. This is good because you can take a picture of what is plugged into the outlet and use it as an icon. A small but nice feature. Reviews are few as this product was released 4 months ago so is new. So far I highly recommend it and the price is very reasonable. The image I pasted is a device widget with icons.

Pros
  • Ideal for a small home
Cons
  • A dubious purchase for the elderly