Brilliant Smart WiFi Plug with Electricity Monitor

Disappointing Device – Own 2 of these devices. Used to schedule switching of mains power to water pump and electric vehicle charger. Initial impression was good. Easy to set up. When in use I find that the range is lower than other smart plugs that use 2.4GHz WiFi so that actual control was very sporadic unless you were within close proximity (less than 15m). To use… Read more

them you have to register and have all of your setting data transmitted across the internet to a foreign website. Therefore you have to provide them with free access to the internet, something I do not like doing. After 6 months, one of the units get worse and does not seem to allow remote control at all although it still seems to switch as per the original schedule. After one year I have thrown these devices in the bin and purchased another brand that (so far) seem to work far more reliably and allow me to use them without providing unfettered internet access.