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Pros & Cons
Pros
Monitoring looks at wattage, voltage, and amperage. The android app has a kwh power consumption meter which you can start and stop.
Open a terminal emulator and set the baud rate to 115200. Connect the usb to ttl adapter to your computer.
Cons
These things are not even heavy enough to be used for paperweights. I find it very irritating when a single company creates multiple listings for the exact same item. Stay away from this chinese junk.
The ewelink app is required to do pretty much anything with it. The setup isn't that horrible, but you are going to have to use the ewelink app for the initial setup to your network. Turned my 5g off on router and still no luck pairing or connecting.
Highlights
Quality
I love this form factor and the power meter aspect even if i only need it for a few weeks to get full knowledge of how much pow... Read More
Sonoff products are consistently good with minor issue.
The software sucks, they are a pain to configure, etc.
Case snaps open and no soldering required.
Price
I got my first 4 for $20 vs $30, and they seemed good at that value.
I would definitely prefer something like that embedded in receptacles, but these are either crazily expensive or do not work wi... Read More
But cost for me was $7 usd which is very inexpensive for a smart plug that works with home assistant.
I was able to setup the average power rate and now it gives me the total cost within a time period.
Packaging/appearance
First impressions: the s40 arrived looking sleek and sassy, like a miniature tuxedo for your outlet.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 2,220 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this for mostly monitoring how much power my tv and other electronics user when they are not on ghost power
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It give a good info on power user in real time and give past month week or day usage too using the mobile application
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can have it shut off by voice command with alexa or use the app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This 2nd one i purchased for no specific purpose but ended up being connected to my dehumidifier
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So it can run while im gone and when i get home its off
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Alexa will let you do something like alexa turn my charger off in 3 hours
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you do the same thing with google it says no
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After that encounter i actually stopped using google home and no only alexa
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