Kasa Apple HomeKit Outdoor Smart Plug, 2 Sockets, IP64 Weather Resistance for Outdoor String Lights, Compatible with Siri, Alexa & Google Home, Long Wi-Fi Range, 2.4G Wi-Fi Only, ETL Certified (EP40A)

We know have six of these Kasa outdoor plugs that are used mostly for outdoor decorations and we could not be happier with them. They have held up over multiple seasons worth of weather - no failures or issues at all thus far. They are dead simple to use and the app is very useful. Setting schedules is a breeze which works great for decorations. I set these up across our house, rename/label the plugs as needed, and set up schedules. After that I don't have to think about it at all which is what I want. Manual on/off is handy for testing and for using something quickly without needed to remove the plug.

Smart home things are really helpful. My favorites are hooked up with Alexa so I just ask out loud for whatever to do what I want.Having an outdoor smart switch is the best! Ours is the place string lights on the patio and (most importantly) lights on the steps are plugged in. The two plugs are controlled separately too!It is super helpful to be able to turn the outdoor light on from my phone at out and about at night. It makes walking down the steps from the street possible without a flashlight.Setting the switches up to the WiFi using the Tuya app was easy. And now saying, “outdoor lights on” illuminates the patio and stairs!

Easy set up. Works great. Easy to control from the Kasa app or Google home. Good value for the money

Great smart plug. I use it for my Christmas decorations and have created a schedule. It turns on and off automatically and I don’t have to worry about shutting anything off. I bought two, because I keep on adding more and more decorations 🫢 I haven’t had any problems or issues with connectivity, once you connect with your network, it works great. It is easy to use, and there are instructions on how to connect with your phone and internet. You can set a schedule as I mentioned above, and you can enjoy your Christmas decorations or whatever you are using it for without having to constantly worry whether it’s on or off. It is very convenient, I’ve used it for 2 years, and just last year I bought another one. I connect several lights that I use in one outlet, but try not to overload it much.

I product this recently to automate my outdoor lights. This smart plug is Matter compatible, which is why I chose this verses the other Kasa Smart plug with HomeKit support. Works seemlessly with KASA app. Setup was very easy. I also have this device added to Apple Home, setup was easy with that as well. The issue I have with this is it keeps disconnecting from Apple Home randomly. And the only way to recover from this is to remove the device and re-add. Device can still be controlled from the KASA app during this. This is a little bit annoying to keep removing and re-adding to Apple Home where all my automations are.I have reached out to TPlink support for this issue. With a few emails back and forth, it was concluded that I should update to the new firmware for the EP40M device. Not sure about the version# of this new firmware, because I already have v1.0.2. Waiting for a response from the support team on the specifics. Will update here once I hear back. Btw, the TPlink support was very prompt in responding to my issue.

This works perfectly with the app, is durable, simple to setup, and great on its own. Highly recommend just for that.The rest of my review is using it as an advanced programmable switch using unofficial/unsupported code on a DIY project:The reason I specifically went with Kasa was because there's a free (unofficial) project called python-kasa from which you can write code to control the switches. For instance: I have an outdoor heater that I want to keep on or off based on the temperature on an outside thermometer. Using the python-kasa API (again, it's not official nor supported by Kasa) I coded a simple script in Python that runs on my Raspberry Pi that regularly checks the outdoor temperature, and if it's above a certain temp it makes sure the switch is off, and if it's below that temp it turns it on.There are an endless amount of things you could program to control the switch.

The Kasa Outdoor smart plugs work great. They are relatively easy to set up using the Kasa app. Once setup, you can even control them using Alexa or Google. We use ours mostly for holiday lights and it's super useful to just tell Google to turn on the holiday lights. Or even create automations that turn them on and off at certain times. Overall these plugs are super useful and perform exactly how I want/need them to perform. I would highly recommend for anyone needing smart plugs.