Smart power strips and operation thereof

[JDRoberts]

There’s a new pocket socket device from showhome, Z wave plus certified, which has two outlets which can be controlled independently.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K6J1Y1I/

@whosinaname reported on it in another thread:

Showhome Products ?!?!?

So the discussion of the multi-outlet power strip got me looking to see if there was anything else out there that would be similar to it, so I ventured off to the Z-Wave Alliance’s website to see what was either out in the ecosystem now, or soon to be (http://products.z-wavealliance.org/regions/2/categories/5/products?order=manufacturer&page=23) So, good news first: I found that there are more z-wave strips out there: [image] There’s a two outlet and a five outlet (with USB!!) strip out there that got it’s Z-wave Plus certification back in Feb. from a company called Showhome. Now the weird part… The first thing I did was google the part number to see who is currently selling it (if it’s in the channel or not), and to get an estimated price … along with determining if there are discussi…

I expect to see more devices with a similar form factor in 2017, now that the smaller antennas for Z wave plus makes this easier to do.