#What cheap UK smart plugs do you recommend for energy monitoring?

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whole junco
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I recently set up home assistant and it's been great. I have especially enjoyed watching the energy usage of my fridge (it's a Samsung) and I want to monitor my other systems especially my home entertainment system and pc. I don't intend to use them for regular switch on off. Just power monitoring

formal briar
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i have good results over a few years with cheap zigbee plugs from AliBahBah and (if you have IKEA in UK) the zigbee plugs from ikea, Retrakt or so.

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Of course this means having a zigbee dongle/network

feral flicker
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I've been around this particular block 😄

  • Athom do ESPHome plugs, I've got a couple of the V1s and they have been rock solid. My only complaint is they aren't zigbee 🙁
  • I have Tuya TS011F's - Honestly I dunno how Tuya got away with selling such a product. They have a firmware issue where they just turn themselves off, constantly. Some of the newer ones are improved, but I'm not quite sure how Tuya sleeps at night with that one, they are just broken. On the good side, they are cheap and I think if you buy a new one it'll probably work now?
  • IKEAs energy monitoirng plugs were great, but they've stopped stocking them. FML
near basalt
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Because of how impossible it is to buy the ikea ones i have bought innr SP 242 and Sonoff S60ZBTPG.
I prefer the Innr ones but you need to make sure you update the firmware because the old version had some broken scaling the latest batch i bought came with the new version out the box.
They both cost about £12.50 each in a pack of 4

formal briar
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if you use tuya and other headaches, you can block internet traffic for those devices on your router. 😉

zinc leaf
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Avoid Tuya if you can

chrome idol
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If you're using Zigbee - I've had some Meross ones for about a year now and they've been faultless - I use the HACS Merosslan integration

zinc leaf
formal briar
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as far as i know no you don't

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running philips hue wrgb zigbee spots without integration, just z2m

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though pairing can be a bit of pain in the derriere

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depending on models and brands

chrome idol