Review on Geeni High Speed USB Charger Smart Outlet: 2 Outlets, 2 USB Ports, Alexa & Google Home Compatible, Wi-Fi Enabled, No Hub Required - White by Johnny Mcnealy

I was looking for some smart outlets to control a white noise machine, air filters, and a bunch of lamps. I picked this item because it had 2 USB ports in addition to 2 AC outlets. For the price, it's great to see the inclusion of the USB ports.One quirk of this device is that each outlet appears as 4 devices:- Top plug- Bottom plug- USB outlets- Entire outletThis is great for customizability, but since you can create scenes/routines in the app to control multiple devices with one command, it's unnecessary to make the entire outlet appear as another device. If you install a bunch of these all over your house, it can quickly become confusing.Although I thought it would be convenient to have USB plugs built-in to the outlet, I found that I never used them because if you have a new-ish phone, they all require fast-chargers or else it will charge slowly.When it's installed and powered on, the reset button has a little blue light to tell you that the outlet is working. This is kind of convenient, but it's really bright in the bedroom. If you have a bunch of them installed, they're basically bright enough to be used as night lights.One other thing that I noticed is that the WiFi on the outlet is not very strong. We were using a single WiFi router in our house, but in order to use these, we had to upgrade to a mesh WiFi router. I wouldn't take off any start for this though because there's a lot of technology crammed into a tiny wall outlet, so I didn't expect the WiFi antenna to be extremely strong. Just be aware that even if your laptop or phone can access your WiFi from the same location, this WiFi outlet might not be powerful enough to find it.For a review of the physical aspects of the outlet, I don't think this outlet is as high quality as outlets from Lutron or Legrand. When you plug in something, it feels slightly "notchy". This is probably an extremely nit-picky comment, but it was easier to plug in things into the standard AC plug that this replaced.Overall, the plug works as described.- The Geeni app is pretty easy to use and integrate with ebay Echo- There's very little lag, which used to be a problem with Smart Home devices- A lot of features for the price (extra USB ports)I'm giving this 4 stars because it's "almost perfect". Maybe in the future, they'll add a way to disable the blue LED.