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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The kasa app and the setting you can tweak in it are above the others. Pairing these up within the alexa app was unbelievably quick and responsiveness to commands again notably quicker.

Easy to install and the app walks you thru each step. Be sure to choose room once you get the rhythm of the installation.

X10 powerline carrier (plc) was sold by sears in the early ’80s. They work seamlessly with alexa or google home.



Cons

The delay on turning on the light is unacceptable. When you flip a light switch you expect the lights to come on immediately. Sometimes i give the turn on command, the app shows it is turned on, but the switch is still off.

Tp-link customer service is one of the worst that i've had to deal with in the industry. I can't finds a phone number for amazon customer service to try to get a refund on the two switches that do not work. The tread on their customer support forum ab...  Read More

Kasa wifi switches don't work directly with my hubitat hub. Not ideal for rooms with tvs or kids rooms where a tiny amount of light is needed.

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Highlights

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Quality


Works great with the app google home and alexa and look nice too


The dimmer switches are great and easy to install and connect with the network


After communicating with the manufacturers tech support they ghosted us


And doesn’t belong to with the other switches next to it

Price


Prosi just want to say that this smart switch is awesome in that the price is lower than most of other brands

Competitiveness


I have had a number of kasas and wemo products over the years


I had a few kasa products but always tried other vendors smart devices


At first i was hesitant to use kasa brand because they are owned by tplink and i previous had a tplink router that was terrible...  Read More


I recently tore out all my wemo devices and replaced with kasa

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can even calibrate the dimmer to your desired settings however it pairs with alexa devices with 4 dimmer presets 25 50 75 and 100


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Their servers go offline the devices go offline and they need repeated resets


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Trust me ive tried all of them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If it bothers you id try levitons own smart dimmers and switches but they cost more than twice as much as what kasas cost


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Smart light bulbs requires you to turn the switch on all the time if you want to use voice commands or have a smart switch wo dimmer with it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    At that point it gets complicated


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    For instance i have my front lights come on at 75 at dusk reduce to 50 at midnight and then go to 30 from 3 am until dawn


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After installing everything tested good but my other one didn’t work that i’d installed

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