AqaraSmart Plug, Requires AQARA HUB, Zigbee, with Energy Monitoring, Overload Protection, Scheduling and Voice Control Capabilities, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit Compatible

This not the least expensive power plug by any means, but it has that solid Aqara quality. I was no plannig to use it for energy metering, but once I started to do so I realized how good a job this one does. I learned my space heater costs me $40/month, eek. Very easy to add to my Awara M3 hub. Also works great with Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT or with Home Assitant using Matter through the Aqara hub.

This will product WILL turn OFF a “touch lamp”, however it will NOT be able to turn it ON.Turns out this is not the products fault.I tried this over and over WITH the smart plug and you tubed it, thinking I did something wrong.Then I googled it and “Reddit” made it make sense:“All a smart plug does is cut and restore power, like a localized power outage. Your lamp turns off with it because you cut the power. Does the same lamp turn itself back on after a power outage if it was on when the power went out? If not, no smart plug will change that.“So to be sure I tried this with my lamp (touch lamp).WITHOUT the smart plug I turns the lamp on by touching it and while on I unplugged it.When I plugged it in it did not turn on how I left it.However I did the same with living room floor lamp WITHOUT the smart plug, except this it has a regular knob you twist. I turned it on using the knob and unplugged it, when I plugged it back in the light was on.Then I USED the smart plug on the floor lamp and the smart plug did work on AND off.So yeah great for OFF only when using touch lamps.Great for ON/OFF with regular lamps.I was fine with this since I bought this to turn off a night stand lamp at a certain time because I’ve been falling asleep with it on.Getting it to the correct time zone for automations to work was a pain to find, there were no instructions with the product.On that note also wish the instructions told you it wouldn’t turn a smart lamp on.Below is how I fixed the time zone, may change in an app update though:In the Aqara app select “profile” at the bottom, then select “home management” at the top, then select “my home”, next select “home location” at the bottom. Make sure “adjust DST automatically” is toggled on.Now it turns of at the time I scheduled/automated it for. Yay!

I am not a big Aqara fan, because in the past, I’ve had problems with many of their smart devices. However, I decided to buy this plug, because it was a matter compatible. And I have to say, I am very positively impressed with it. It was easy to set up, It’s compatible with HomeKit, and it is rocksolid when it comes to maintaining connection to my Wi-Fi. I am able to control it either from the Aqara app or HomeKit, and frankly, it works so reliably, that I forget it’s even there. Finally, I like that. It is small enough that it can be plugged into the wall, without hogging the space of both outlets, which has always been tremendously, annoying to me.

Easy to install, almost plug and play. It works perfect

I bought this for only one reason - to extend my Aqara Zigbee range, and for that it works well. If you are looking for smart plugs, there are better, cheaper, and more functional alternatives out there.I had added an Aqara Door and Window sensor to our curbside mailbox and set up a "You've got mail!" routine in Alexa to let us know when the mail had arrived. After initially pairing with my Aqara M2 hub and working successfully for a few days, the door and window sensor's signal strength deteriorated to poor, and then eventually went offline completely. Subsequent re-pairings yielded the same pattern - connected poorly for a few days and then went offline.Having read that Aqara's wall switches with neutral acted as repeaters for their devices, I swapped out a TP-Link Kasa switch in our garage (the garage being an intermediate point between the M2 hub and the mailbox), only to find that the Aqara switch in the garage at best gets a "fair" signal, and doesn't seem to be recognized at all by the door and window sensor as a repeater, so no go on the wall switch solving my problem.I then purchased this smart plug, figuring the flexibility of being able to plug it into a variety of outlets to see where it would best extend the signal was an advantage over having to hard wire switches in locations that may or may not work (and there are more outlets than wall switches). I ended up plugging it in to an outlet on an exterior wall nearest the outdoor mailbox.Initial results were disappointing - the door and window sensor in the mail box initially paired and reported an "Excellent" Zigbee signal, but then again deteriorated to poor and then went offline. It took several re-pairings of the door and window sensor until it established a steady "Excellent" Zigbee signal, with the result being that the "You've got mail!" routine is working consistently now.So I'd say if you buy this plug to extend your Aqara Zigbee coverage, give it a few days and perhaps a couple re-pairings to finally get stubborn devices to recognize and use the plug as an intermediate signal booster.

I am using the plug primarily as a Zigbee repeater to improve the range of my Aqara network. It does a good job and works as expected.