Just bought an Echo from Amazon and looking for smart plugs available locally , found the half price sale on at EB Games - Bought 2 from a 'nearly' local store to pickup tomorrow. EB still have stock available for home delivery (quoted me £9.06 del charge) and a few around the stores
New to this 'Smart' home (havent even received the echo yet) - hope this is a good price - Ozbargained it first and seems to be … unless I missed something.
Update: Now available in-store only
Nonsense - there's still some in Kalgoorlie!
Why would someone pay $25 for something huge like this? Even the Xiaomi ones are huge.
At least this one works
The Chinese versions are rubbish
This is an excellent price - alas none available in perth
Mine from Xiaomi (or similar?) works fine for half the price (or thereabouts?) delivered (admittedly quite slowly :-).
Nothing personal with the neg.
Because the vendors, being australian retailers, have a vested interest in selling things that are complaint with electrical standards that are not likely to burn your house down.
You import some junk from china and plug it in, that risk is soley on you, even your home insurance will be all 'sorry bro, burned your own house down, that's not something we cover'.
No proof? Call your insurance company and ask if you want proof. I'm not interested in debating it.
Fairly warned, be thee, says I.
Clicking 'confirm & pay' does nothing.
Try a different browser.
I did, still can't get it to work. If you guys can do it though I'll keep trying.
EDIT: Chrome/Firefox didn't work. But Microsoft Edge went through :)
I found ad blockers stopped me from clicking confirm and pay. Once the ad blocker was off it was all good
Thanks OP . Ordered one for click and collect tomorrow.
LOL
None available in WA.
None in Brisbane
i got mine from Australian Geographic a week or two ago…had nothing but trouble with the Sonoff plug but this one has been solid! they were going at 29.99 + 5.2% cashrewards
Just a heads up, you can get the 2 pack energy monitoring version from kogan for $70 delivered via Shipster trial with a $20 off $100 code and a Referral link so $35 delivered each (just add a $5 item so total price is over $100)
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/2-pack-tp-link-hs110-wi-fi-smar…
I would definitely go with the energy monitoring version
Where do you get reputable $20 off codes?
Check the trading forums
I got one a few weeks ago when I purchased some tiger air flight tickets
Serious question… Can I use these with my Google home mini ?
Of course, they would rather I buy the echo, and everything else amazon.
However with google being open source etc, I am hoping I can install app on phone, and google home mini connects to phone app, turns smart plug on/off . Or maybe I can install apps on my google home mini itself ?
Also, is this good for protecting my ps4,xbox,smart tv , from power surges etc .
I’m using it with google home (not mini). Just need to register your device with tp link app, Kasa, and you’ll be alright.
Thanks very much for the info.
It took me entirely too long to figure out why on earth you'd want to be able to turn on and off your Google Home with this. I am not a smart man.
I still haven't figure it out, can someone explain? Do you guys mean that you use your google home to control the plug so you can ask google to turn on/off things?
The TP-Link Smart WiFi Plug lets you control your electronics anywhere in the world through your compatible smartphone or tablet. It can also let you schedule automatic on and off times for added convenience.
sorry but can someone give examples of practical uses if you bought this product?
I've got a heater blanket that I'd have it set off after an hour of it being on and I'm probably asleep. Could also turn it on remotely if you're in another room or not at home so that it's warm before you get to bed.
Another good one is for the kettle. If you want to boil it first thing in the morning whilst still in bed or just too lazy to walk to the kitchen, you can turn it on remotely (depends on the kettle).
I'm keen to know how it pressed the button to start my kettle hehe. sure its good to give it power, but my kettle button still needs pressing. Or are there smart kettles out there in this world?
My kettle can be switched off at the oulet but still have the mechanical switch on the kettle itself on, allowing the smart plug to work. If it's just a regular button where there's no distinction between on/off (like a computer power button) then it wouldn't work.
Most kettles I see are a mechanical button, needing to be pressed, before kettle starts.
Of course stopping anything is easy, stop the power stops everything
I use one for heating up the espresso machine before getting out of bed (20 minutes min to get to temp) - but granted, not many have such machines.
My car charger operates 1 hour after sunrise until 1 hour before sunset to utilise solar power.
I can turn on my babycam from another room if I forget and bubs is asleep
My Treadmill and TV turn on (two outlets linked together) at the same time (TV switch isn't reachable from wall mount)
I turned $5 LED strip lights into expensive homekit lights for $10
(I use Xiaomi outlets, but same same)
I have a smart plug (a Belkin Wemo one) and use it to control a fan I have at the back of my entertainment unit that I turn on when playing games on my HTPC so it doesn’t overheat. Works really well.
So you blow air at the HTPC?
Nope, have one of these cut into the back of the cabinet that’s hooked up to the Wemo. Exhausts the hot air from the back of the PC.
I use it with an Amazon Echo Dot to voice activate the living room floor lamp on/off. It has a physical foot activated switch which has a short cable & is in an awkward location against the wall / couch — works a treat via voice instead.
I use for floor lamp (mood lighting)
Same for the two above regarding using it for a floor lamp. I have it set to turn on at sunset and turn off at 9:30pm. I can also turn it on/off without getting off the couch.
There's also an away mode that randomises the schedule I believe.
Being able to turn off my desk lamp night light just before I go to sleep without having to reach and get out of my bed is pretty awesome for me. I can imagine using this method more around the house but for now it's just my remote WiFi night light switch.
Haven't played around with the schedule timer but I imagine that is also a good way to limit yourself and time the light to go off when you want to sleep or if you fall asleep.
I have the following use cases (I also control with google home/mini):
+ turn on room heater before I get up.
+ turn on living room lamp at sunset and off at 10.30 (these switches have the advantage that when electricity goes out and comes back on again they will revert to their previous state unlike a smart bulb which will come on in the middle of the night and wake you up!)
+ turn on lamp for lizard enclosure (I've got one to monitor electricity here)
+ turn on phone charger one hour before wake to give phone a boost for the day without having to leave on overnight
+ turn on electric blanket ready for me to jump in to bed at night
We have one on a light so if we're out later than expected we turn on the light so it looks like someone's home. Brother did the same but the sunset setting when he was overseas.
Ya snooze ya lose. Guess it prevented me from an unnecessary purchase.
Good Switch. Can be turned on and off remotely and you do not have to be on the same network. Can measure power usage. Great buy for the price. I use mine on a mining rig
The hs110 monitors energy. See my comment above
Looks like out of stock now
Got last one in Geelong Market Square EB.
Odd they quoted delivery in Great British Pounds.
Thanks OP, it says in-store only. Managed to get price match done by HN Online chat, ordered 2.
Thanks for the tip. Will try this as well
I order though hn online chat collect tomorrow price matched eBay games
I wish you all the luck, never had such a horrific experience price matching to the point after mutiple stuff ups by Harvey Normal im really thinking an ACCC complaint is inorder.
Can I get access to eBay games
Can this be used with Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi?
Don't think so.
Picked mine up last week from this deal. It's very wide. If you have dual socket GPO you'll struggle to get access to the second socket. Is there such a thing as a very short extension cord?
Set up was very easy. My lamp will now switch on at sunset :)
Shouldn't some form of a double adapter do the job?
Yeah but then I just lose access to the double adaptor second plug. Maybe a diamond like this would be better than a side by side double adaptor.
Yeah thats the type I was thinking of as well
These are really mostly just good for things like Fridges and larger appliances (hence they take up two slots)
Why would you have a fridge on a smart switch? Fridges just run 24/7.
Price match with officeworks. thats what i did
Nice, you got them to price-match the more expensive HS110 version? As I don't see any stock for HS100
Damn no officeworks near me has stock, will try get Harvey Norman to price match.
I got price matched with HN last night
@AG1304x:
Went in to HN. No go for me. He wouldn’t do it because EB took the listing down. Even though I showed him the EB price on my phone. Oh well
The price is a little bit higher than I got.
How much did you pay?
OP - can you change title to "+$ for delivery", not quite clear (IMO)
Missed the update, so if you could remove delivery from title?
Thank you, OP.
Got mysef 2 pricematched at Harvey Norman. Guy doesn’t budge at first and asked me to show ebgames link to sale. He said he can only sell one but Lucky for me the counter cashier let me grab another one.
Got office works price beat eb games but got the 110s
23.72 for the hs110
HN said "Nope"
I got the hs100 watergardens hn no problems
Great!
How did you convince them to match EB games price?
I showed them the web sight but office works $23.72 for the 110
Did you tell them they were different models or did they not realise? Or did they realise but not care?
They said it’s a different number we sell the 110 not 100 but he asked the boss and got told yes we price Mach it’s the same unit
That's gold. The 110 is more expensive because it can report on energy usage. The 100 is on/off.
I went to Chatswood Officeworks, they refused to price match as they are two different model
Show my receipt in stor should get you some
TP-Link LB100 Smart WiFi LED Bulb with Dimmable Light
Office works price beat eBay games 23.72 each bulb
What are these designed to do? Is this if you want to control a wifi video camera in your home via a smartphone?
It’s a power socket you can turn on and off using wifi.
Officework still beat this price, I got 4 pcs
Officeworks are running the SwannOne Smart Plug for $20 on clearance. Are they any good? Although apparently you need the SwannOne Smart Hub. Does this TP-Link need a hug?
Does this TP-Link need a hug?
I need a hug.
You need a hug.
My grandmother needs a hug.
We all need a hug.
Good thing they're free. BARGAIN!
Iv been getting to color changing bulbs TP-Link Fromm $99 at Harvey’s for $39
How
There price matching eb games
Not as good of a price but you can get delivery with it.
https://www.centrecom.com.au/tp-link-hs100-wireless-smart-pl…
I did, I am lazy
Cheers. None left in WA but could be worth paying for delivery of you buy multiple or something else.