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Anyone here use smart plugs/outlets? Any recommendations? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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2 out of the 3 smart plugs I've bought in the last couple of years have shit themselves for whatever reason. One just doesnt turn off, the other bricked itself after moving house (???)

If anyone here has used any smart plugs that havent died within a couple of years I'd love to know. I'm only using them for lamps that are a prick to reach. Bonus points for any that dont require bullshit apps to set them up

PS: UK But I guess I can find similar models if you got em

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I've been doing this for a while. Do not use any wifi ones. They'll update themselves into incompatibility or the cloud service running them will go out of business, or there will be some security breach...

Get yourself a ZigBee dongle, or a zwave dongle, and then get devices compatible with it.

You won't find yourself buying products that just stop working because capital demands line go up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

using some bespoke IoT protocol instead of wifi seems like it's less compatible than more. Why use some specific low tech technology instead of a widely used system like Wi-Fi which uses existing hardware people already have in their home? If people start using Thread and Zigbee and Z-Wave and so on everything will just be a mess.