D. J. Smith
22 de enero de 2023
Excellent value, works well with Google
I've installed more than 50 of these smart switches across several properties.Price-wise, these are on par with Lutron "dumb" switches that you'd buy at a big box store, and you get much more functionality.Installation is straightforward for anyone familiar with basic electrical work. It's a bit like a GFCI outlet, though- they are fairly bulky, so there's not going to be a lot of spare room in the box. It can be tricky to get two of these into a duplex box. (Waygo's, or very, very neat wiring are your friend)We use these with Google Home, and they work very well. The only complaint I have about the integration is setting them up twice- once in the Kasa app, and then again in Google Home. It would be great if the setup process were all in one place and just flowed through. For example, when i have "Living Room" in both apps, Google Home should realize that I've set up a switch in Kasa and automatically assign it to "Living Room" in Google. I realize that is on Google- it's just something that should be addressed.Once it is integrated, though, you can mimic a much more expensive home automation system. I've seen homes with $30k-$50K just on home automation. These switches do a darn good job of mirroring that, and they don't require a server to run them. We've set up "scenes" like "Hey Google, it's time for movies"- and then Google can address the various switches and dim the lights, close the blinds, etc. It's quite a luxurious feeling.What I particularly like about these switches is that they stay connected to our wifi pretty well. I've experimented with several other brands, and some of them will drop off the wifi on an annoyingly frequent basis. I want to install, then not think about it again. In my primary residence, we have >30 switched that have been running for about a year. Only one has ever needed to be reconnected to wifi, and that has only happened once so far. (btw, reconnecting is relatively easy, as there are reset buttons carefully hidden on the front of the device- you don't have to take it out of the wall).So all in, electronics are well designed, installation is about what you'd expect, and integration with Google Home is pretty good. Kasa has done a very nice job with these switches.Ver másVer menos
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