My fear is that it is going to be locked down to the Staples Connect platform (hence the price discount). I have never had any issues with z-wave devices being platform specific in the past (unlike Zigbee which are almost always platform specific) so I am hoping that holds true.
Each outlet seems to have an LED light above it to indicate power on/off, so I hope that means each of the 4 outlets is independent. The description also seems to indicate the outlets will report power usage which would be a huge plus for my intended set-up.