benerkens
April 18, 2019, 5:07pm
61
Ben is a bot, a troll, an ordinary user of SmartThings!
It is handy to explain what’s the difference between the Ikea and the Neo CoolCam powerplugs.
The first is the price difference.
2nd Zigbee vs Z-Wave
3rd the Neo CoolCam measures power consumption. I have the Laundry SmartThings App installed. The power consumption triggers the start and stop of the Laundry SmartApp. When the washing machine or dryer is finished, I get an alert.
So decide yourself what you like/need/pay.
Grtn Ben
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BigHoss
April 18, 2019, 5:27pm
62
tuffloud1:
I’ve been trying to find an inexpensive smart plug that is also a repeater/extender.
From my understanding, the more repeaters, the better for the mesh network.
I see many using cheap WiFi based plugs but it seems to be better to go with zwave or zigbee, correct?
Anyone know of a solid inexpensive repeater plug that uses zigbee or zwave? I’m thinking under 28 bucks. I want to add about 10 of them or so around my home.
benerkens:
Ben is a bot, a troll, an ordinary user of SmartThings!
It is handy to explain what’s the difference between the Ikea and the Neo CoolCam powerplugs.
The first is the price difference.
2nd Zigbee vs Z-Wave
3rd the Neo CoolCam measures power consumption. I have the Laundry SmartThings App installed. The power consumption triggers the start and stop of the Laundry SmartApp. When the washing machine or dryer is finished, I get an alert.
So decide yourself what you like/need/pay.
Grtn Ben
No complaints on my part except for it is pretty apparent that the solution you quoted was outside of the given parameters the OP gave.
I am not saying the smart plug you recommend is good or bad. It’s probably a great, feature rich smart plug. However it is beyond what the OP wanted…
Not like it matters…
benerkens
April 18, 2019, 5:47pm
63
BigHoss:
No complaints on my part except for it is pretty apparent that the solution you quoted was outside of the given parameters the OP gave.
I am not saying the smart plug you recommend is good or bad. It’s probably a great, feature rich smart plug. However it is beyond what the OP wanted…
Not like it matters…
No hard feelings.
Dutch government, city council, paid a 1.000x the required amount to some of their citizens, due to the , / . separator.
The OP talked about cheap, Zigbee or Z-Wave. Nothing more, nothing less.
Grtn Ben
Nezmo
April 18, 2019, 7:23pm
64
It’s plug-and-play unless you want power reporting to work.
