Meross Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring, Mini Smart WiFi
Meross Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring, Mini Smart WiFi Plug Work with Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Smart Socket Remote Control Timer Plug, No Hub Required, 13A, 2 Packs
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| Weight: | 170 g |
| Size: | 2 Pack |
| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 3.3 x 4.8 cm; 170 g |
| Model: | MSS305 |
| Part: | MSS305 |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Meross |
| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 3.3 x 4.8 cm; 170 g |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 2 Pack |
I have used these products before and i think that they are great around the home. They are all easy to install and qork like magic. All the items i.e. plugs, extention leads etc are all made well. Works just as well with your phone as it does via Alexa, and or Google assista
Have several Meross homekit products. They are very nice easy to set takes a couple of minutes. You can control from home and even from far away outside the house etc , needs just internet and runs from everywhere you are!
These plugs are great and the smaller size of the latest models make them so much more usable. I have them all around the house connected to lights and hard to reach sockets and linked in to Alexa so that I can have routines set up to turn lights on or off at certain times like dusk to make the house looked lived in. They make so much more sense than smart bulbs which can fail in time.
I also love the energy monitoring capability. Brilliant!
Excellent product and usually easy to set up – can be frustratingly awkward at times but once sorted. usually quite stable. Have a number at home and occasional they go off line for an unknown reason. These are small and as discrete as these things can be protruding from the socket. Recommended.
You do just need to make sure you buy the correct kit as most just work with Alexa and other non Apple hubs. If you need HomeKit ensure it says it is compatible – otherwise it will not be.
Bought these for an Xmas present to help my mum stop having to bend over and reach into the cupboard, now all she has to do is press a button from iPad or phone, and she hasn’t needed to do as light settings was already set for her! Very easy and reliable, little bit tricky at first to figure out but wasn’t long and if I can do it so can anybody! My only issue is I didn’t buy extra ones in the bundle deal I would happily recommend and get another 4-6 for around the house
I have been using Alexa for a good number of years and have tried 4 different manufacturers of smart plugs, forget the rest, these are the very best I have ever used and are so easy to set up.
Simple name your plugs in the Meross app and then link them to your Alexa, which was automatic in my case, then go to the Alexa app and add routines for each plug, you need to set up two routines for each plug, one being off and the other being on.
Then create a group routine and again you need to set up two such as Plug group on and plug group off.
And that is it, it worked straight away, no faffing. The previously plugs sometimes would fail to switch one of the plugs on or not at all
What can I say about this little plug? First off, it’s great that it’s compatible with HomeKit, which is perfect for my Apple smart home setup. Another advantage is its compact size compared to other smart plugs on the market. I’ve avoided smart plugs in the past because they were often bulky and covered parts of the other socket. However, this smart plug by Meross is incredibly easy to set up. It features a convenient off switch on the side and an LED status indicator. The QR code is neatly found on the side for reference during setup and it’s probably as small as a smart plug can get, taking up minimal space. I’m very pleased with this product. The connection is stable, though I did need to switch my phone from 5GHz to 2.4GHz to connect it to my router during setup
I needed a smart plug to switch a heater on in a shed based on outside temperature and this was one of the cheapest available at the time. What I wasn’t expecting was just how good this thing is.
Yes it’s a smart socket, links into Alexa and HomeAssistant without any issues, but it’s tiny. It’s also rated at 13 amps and it feels solid when you’re plugging things into it unlike some other brands.
It also has some clever features like monitoring energy use, both live and historic. I can see exactly how much has been used and whether my heater was on overnight or not.
It also has another really clever feature that I’ve not seen on any other adapter. It has a standby saver. Now I didn’t really understand this when I bought it, but you can set it up to monitor the power consumption and when it drops below a set level it then cuts the power completely. What this does then is monitors the supply of a device plugged into it and when that device is in standby and consuming maybe 20-30 Watts overnight, it’ll turn it off fully. You can set the level and time up so it only goes off when you want it to. This might not be for everyone and I don’t really need it, but my last TV and set top box used to use about 40 Watts when in standby and I used to switch them off at the wall, if I remembered, although I usually didn’t! This could save about 30 a year, paying for itself in just 4 months!
I originally bought one, to replace an old plug that wasn’t working great.
The old plug, when working properly was a pain, an awkward app, wouldn’t work over 5ghz so I had to go into my router settings and shut that down, so only 2.4ghz was active, really slow to connect.
This by comparison was a breeze, plug in, add in the app and tell it my network info, from plug in to working is about 30 seconds. Alexa immediately picked it up and allowed me to set routines etc.
It was so good I bought 6 more to replace all my others.
Even easier to install as the app already had my network info, plug in, add, rename and done.
If you aren’t great with tech but want to try smart plugs, these are the way to go.
If you are good with tech and want smart plugs, these are still the way to go as you will appreciate the hassle free installation and the fact they get firmware updates.
I bought these as I was interested in the energy monitoring capability as I don’t have that on the Teckin plugs i bought previously.
Firstly the extra over cost to have this capability I thought would be prohibitive, but I was wrong. These plugs are excellent value for money. The functionality is incredible. Also the responsiveness by voice command and app is quick.
You must use on 2.4GHz WiFi, which wasn’t a problem as I YouTubed how to section your WiFi router – sounds hard but honestly it’s easy. I also liked the sleekness of these plugs as they are marginally smaller than the ones I had.
What is great is the app and my new knowledge of which appliances and home entertainment items that are silently burning through my electricity bills.
I have seen on the app that there is also a feature to stop passive standby mode waste. Not yet tried but am eager to see what that’s like.
I am not a paid for reviewer but because these are so good I thought it fair to review as I found. These are now my go to plugs!!!