Which Wifi smart sockets to buy?

[thorny magnet]

I have tried three different brands and none are "the yellow of the egg" as we germans like to say.

• one is a Xiaomi that works but is a chinese plug and cloud
• one is a Tuya brand that also works good but cloud (I know there is a local Tuya integration, haven't tried it yet)
• one is a refoss brand with Tasmota firmware that is local and works but constantly looses wifi connection

I would like to have a reliable local wifi connected smart socket that can measure power. Are there any brands you can reccommend (available in germany would be good too :D)

[jovial pollen]

Are you completely committed to WiFi? If not, I could give you good examples of Zigbee and Z-Wave switches which do that reliably, albeit with some additional cost and setup

[sour gull]

If you want to go wifi, have a look at Shelly ones

[thorny magnet]

@jovial pollen I do have a zigbee usb stick somewhere that can be made into a general base station I read, but I haven't looked at that. Are the zigbee ones reliable?

[jovial pollen]

My Third Reality plugs are great, full disclosure it's the US version, but very reliable and double as Zigbee mesh routers

[thorny magnet]

@sour gull I have heard of shelly, they are on my list right at the top, just don't have any information about the experience and reliability

[sour gull]

They are good, work nicely with home assistant but are a bit quirky as they reset their internal stats on power loss sometimes

[thorny magnet]

@jovial pollen If I go the zigbee route I'll test them. They seem to be available in germany.

@sour gull I'll try them, lets see how they do