EIGHTREE Mini Smart Plug 5GHz & 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, Compatible with Alexa & Google Home & SmartThings, Remote Control, Timer, White, Type A/B Plug

5Ghz = 5 starsMost "smart" wifi outlets are actually really dumb...I've encountered knockoff brands on here that won't bind to the Smart Life app no matter how many attempts, and others give no electrical usage telemetry whatsoever, not unless you pay for it. Enter these Eightree dual-band outlets...Smart Life finds them immediately and adds them no problem. I have a bunch of outlets managed through Smart Life. The last thing I wanted to do is download yet another app just for a few outlets, but lately it's become a nightmare trying to find Smart Life compatible wifi outlets that give electrical usage telemetry.The telemetry is the biggest reason these outlets are the best of the best, as far as Smart Life outlets are concerned. Right at the top of the outlet UI you'll see daily power usage. The outlets can be put on countdown timers and programmed to power off and on at specific times. They can also be joined to 5Ghz Wifi networks, a huge game-changer considering almost all "smart" outlets are limited to 2.4Ghz. If your Wifi SSID is dual 2.4/5Ghz, the outlet will likely bind to 2.4Ghz unless it's nearby the access point. Either way, these work great, and they're the best Smart Life compatible Wifi outlets available on Amazon currently. Pay CLOSE attention to wifi outlets, their descriptions, and whether or not they actually do electrical usage telemetry...most Smart Life compatible outlets no longer offer this functionality. Other brands are simply terrible...some won't even bind to the app!5 stars for these Eightree dual-band Wifi outlets. HIGHLY recommend.

I had some 2.4 ghz smart plugs I bought from another company years ago but they started dying out on me so I was looking for replacement smart plugs that had all the latest features. I saw these Eightree plugs on Amazon and they looked like they had all of the features I wanted. My plan was to use these plugs to monitor the energy consumption of the various space heaters that I had around the house to see if electric space heaters costs more than just using natural gas to heat the rooms. I also upgraded the router at my house to multiband 2.4/5 ghz and my prior devices that ran on 2.4 ghz were having problems connecting to my network.The plugs were easy to install and connect to. All I had to do was open up the Smart Life app on my iPad, insert the plug in the wall outlet, and then select “Add Device” on the app. The app then detected the new device, I input the WiFi password for my network, and it was connected.In the past, my space heaters would occassionally burn out my prior 2.4 ghz smart plugs. Anything that generates a decent amount of heat (i.e. hair dryers, space heaters, clothing iron, etc.) will draw a lot of amps and can burn out a smart outlet unless the plug has a decent amperage rating. I haven’t seen any smarts plug out there that have a re-settable fuse on it. So if the plug gets overloaded, it’ll burn out and can’t be used anymore.These Eightree plugs have a 15 amp rating, so it can likely handle as much power as your wall outlet is able to put out. I’ve had my space heaters running on these smart plugs for 3 hours now and the plugs have been able to handle the power draw without getting warm or overheating.I was especially pleased with the depth of the energy monitoring features of these plugs. You can pull up graphs showing the energy consumption per hour, per day, week, etc. It also shows the total dollar cost of the energy that’s being used and well as the ongoing voltage and the number of watts that’s being drawn from the outlet. So it can also serve double duty as a voltage and wattage meter.These aren’t the absolute cheapest smart plugs on Amazon. But they are the lowest priced ones that have all of the features that are included in them: 5 ghz Wifi, 15 amp capacity, energy monitoring stats, etc.I’ll be ordering a lot more of these plugs so that I can monitor the electric usage of all the devices at my house.

Nice to have 5G plugs with app that avoid the 4G hassle with tablets and phones that don’t want to be on 4G.Replaced all my wemo devices. Work great. Use with both Alexa and Google.

They do work with 5g. No issues there. However they DO NOT turn on any items or appliances that can be remotely controlled. Example...I have a space heater that you have to manually turn on and off. These smart plugs work perfectly with it. I can schedule turn ons and offs any way I desire without any issues. However, I have another space heater that came with w remote. Although I just manually turn it on and off all of the time it still can be controlled by the remote that came with it. Unfortunately the smart plugs will not turn this heater on and off. If you have it already on and running I can turn it off thru the app. However it will not turn it back on. That would have to be done manually. I was super disappointed about this. I dont know if it is different if u r using Alexa or Google...I dont use either. I just used the app that you can download for the actual smart plugs.

I was forced to replace the router in my house.the new router is 5 g. Unfortunately à lot of devices in my house will not connect due to their age. So I had to replace my smart plugs and those these. These are working great. They were easy to connect via my Alexis app. It is nice to turn lights on and off easily and quickly.

Says it works with Google home and it does. I download the app for it, signed up and allowed it to work with the Google app.Very quick and easy.

So easy to set up and sync with Alexa. We installed a new wifi mesh system and had to upgrade our wifi plugs to 5ghz. These synced up uick and easy. No issues!

Item worked perfectly – was extremely easy to link into my network and worked exactly as sold