Review of Eufy Smart Plug

#21

I think this is one of the reasons why I having gone the Smart Home route. Too many things to buy to make it all work. Thanks for the review.

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#22

I’m not aware of intentions for CEE 7/5 socket.

Currently EU is served by Anker use of non polarized unearthed lower Amps IEC C7.

I am therefore skeptical France will ever see a smart plug. It’s too small a market.

#23

WHHHYYYYYYYYY??? :wink: It’s bad news, but I agree that the market may be too small. Too bad.

#24

The Eufy smart plug is 1800 Watts it has to be 3 pin Earthed. To do that in each small country socket types is a lot of effort for a nascent market. For France also consider UK. Similar issues with light bulbs. Not saying never, just needs time for a big enough market demand.

You can get by with lower Wattage 2 pin unearthed contexts which is what Anker does now with Powerport desk charger, where you need only ship with an existing mass produced cord for each market.

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#25

Anything that requires scheduled power switching (on/off), using something to control your home (e.g., Alexa and Google Assistant), and it’s also a good power meter if you’re worried about power drain/consumption.

#26

Smart powerstrip would be nice. Say for a lamp to turn on or another device while away. Maybe smart outdoor lights

#27

Yes I think a smart strip is the next logical step as one set of Wifi electronics operating individual power controls.

So merge this

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with this

BTW it was $20 on Monday (expired)

Obviously at 1800W 15A it can operate a lot so if you want a mass control you can connect these existing products together now to turn all on or all off. The next step is to merge inside so individual sockets on / off. I can imagine that would be relatively low cost, as you’re only adding the Wifi module and per-port power control and leveraging the casing and the 3 pins and the outlets so the price would be less than the sum of these at present.

The Smart Plug Mini (not yet available) is where I think Anker’s doing next, you can buy two of them and put on a strip or next to each other, but at $25 or even $20 discounted in certain places (like bedrooms) it ends up expensive. Merging into a smart power strip is going to be how you scale up.

#28

Thanks for sharing nice review of a great product!

#29

Lightning deal on the Eufy E1

#30

Devices that are not in use while you are away. Smart switch from your other post seems reasonable. Smart device that Eufy may one day combine their two apps.

#31

Indeed

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That is a case in point where if they added Eufyhome smart to it then you’d like add a few $ to it (its just Wifi and the logic so $5-$10) to make it smart lamp. That’s where I see the cost coming down, smarter devices as you’re adding some electronics to devices, rather than a smart plug which has to that electronics and 2 things more all by itself (power in, power out when integrated does not)

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#32

This is the Eufyhome app on its Smart Plug which has only be plugged in a day so the day’s readings are the annual readings too.

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#33

Thank you Sir, I appreciate the technical review :sunglasses:

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#34

Thanks, this was a helpful review! Question: what kind of devices do people pair with smart plugs? I’m just trying to figure out if this is something I’d want to invest in, but still not entirely sure what it means for the day-to-day functionality of household appliances. Other than heaters and dehumidifiers, what kind of appliances do people use these with?

#35

Anything where electrical on/off is helpful

So:

  • old style microwaves you twist a time. You can then leave home leaving your dinner slowly defrosting in the microwave and then when a given time from then enable power.

  • electric heaters. Turn on before getting out of the duvet or before you get home

  • kettles to turn on boil 10 mins before your alarm.

  • lights. Probably the single most common use case. Turn them on/off based on your rules. Like you program to come at common dark times or that far-distant bedroom lamp without having to walk to it.

  • any kind of time-based electrical cost avoidance. Some utilities charge less at night, so turn power on at night. Clothes driers.

In my home, I’m struggling at a maximum to think of 3 or 4 uses. I bought 1. Works!

Where I hit an imagination limit is that items I would like to better control I need the devices smarter. Take say a gas cooker. Here in California I would be very dumb to have everything electric as an electric outage stops heating and cooking so I deliberately diversify gas/electric. A smart gas cooker I could remotely turn on would be useful (not Anker). At the moment someone rings home and says put the cooker on.

If the cost came down to $1-$5 per port then I can see just using it everywhere, there are fringe corner issues like that lamp or that heater I could usefully “smarten” but at $25/port I’m thinking 1 or 2 at most. I looked in every corner of my home I got stumped at a total of 4 smart plugs. I’d happily take 1 or 2 more for free.

We all survived without these gadgets before.

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#36

Am I the only one to find the smart plug kinda cute :slight_smile:

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#37

You could keep the cost down by not making it a smart device and just use the plugs and maybe a smart powerstrip. Thus more control over the appliances/device

#38

Like the LC40, perhaps packs of multiple will be in the future

#39

Yes, weirdo! :smiley:

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#40

It looks a lot like the Belkin timer plug.