Kasa Smart 4+

We use this app to control our devices remotely. We can turn on and off pumps as needed without needing to go to the site.

Functionality is simple but it works! Only think missing is a “reboot” function. Sometimes when our on-site Internet gets rather flaky we need to reboot the modem. We can’t “turn off” this device cause then we won’t be able to “turn on” after since the network would be down. It would be nice if we could open the switch and have a reboot button that would tell the switch to turn off for five seconds and turn on again. As it stands now we gotta go in and schedule a turn off and schedule a turn on one minute later. Of course we need to make note of the time it is and make sure the turn on schedule is scheduled first so we don’t accidentally lock ourselves out of the switch.

Another nice feature would be to have a failsafe toggle. I.e if the network goes down turn this switch on and when the network comes up leave it on or have a feature to turn it off. This way if someone accidentally shuts off the router or modem. The switch can detect the failed network and turn it back on again. Or this can be attached to a red light so when we come into the office we can see the network went down over the weekend check out everything to make sure all systems operational. :)

I have 8 TP Link smart outlets and use the KASA app. My router needs to be power cycled every few days. I use an outlet here with a schedule to shut off and turn on every Monday and Thursday. Works great. I have a dehumidifier and don’t want it running all the time. I use an outlet here and have it on every other hour in humid weather and an hour every two hours when less humid. I have a recording security camera system that can connect to the internet. I usually don’t want it connected unless I’m away and want to check things. I have an Ethernet cable from the recorder to an Ethernet switch and one from the switch to the router. I power the switch with a TP Link outlet. It is normally off so the recorder is not connected to the internet. From anywhere I can turn that outlet on and then view my security cameras. I have several on lights and can have them turn on and off randomly to make it look like someone is home. I think these are great. Something I would like the app to do that it does not. Sometimes I need an outlet to be on for part of an hour every hour. In the KASA app schedule there are not enough places to do this so during the day I need to modify the schedule. Sometimes I don’t remember and that is not good. I would need 48 place holders or better a ‘have the outlet on for X minutes every hour’ or something like that. But, KASA is great.

First I purchased two Kasa dimmable smart bulbs, and then I purchased three tunable ones so I could change the white balance. The bulbs are great, but the software needs some work - and is frustrating to use in the meantime. 1. One should be able to copy presets from one device to others - it’s ridiculous to have to set these up from scratch with each device. 2. I like how I can see the Kelvin temp when I’m setting white balance, as well as the brightness %s. However, when I then go to set up presets, I’m forced to set white balance and brightness blindly - there are only sliders, with no Kelvin and % numbers. This is doubly painful because once I finally get a preset dialed in, I can’t copy it to other bulbs. I’m going to return the tunable bulbs as a result - they are not worth my time. 3. It’s great to be able to schedule device events. I would like to see a randomness option, where the device would turn on/off within 20 minutes on either side of a specified time, with the actual time being random. This is important when having devices turn off/on when I’m out of town. 4. Please, please allow us to enable many more than 3 smart actions! They are pretty useless for scheduling activity when going out of town, as “turn stuff on in this room” and “turn stuff off in this room” is already.