HBN Smart Plug 15A, WiFi&Bluetooth Outlet Extender Dual Socket Plugs Works with Alexa, Google Home Assistant, Remote Control with Timer Function, No Hub Required, ETL Certified, 2.4G WiFi Only

I bought these for controlling a few different devices throughout my apartment. Note that these plugs are wireless only and do not have a Bluetooth connection for control and the wifi connection has to be 2.4Ghz and will not work on a 5g network! Download the HBN APP and install it on your phone. Call your isp and have them walk you through the initial set up on your phone and once you do that they can be configured to a schedule for automatically turning on or off. After your isp enables the 2.4 ghz you have an hour to set them up and then going forward they just exist on your network and function as your HBN app is scheduled for! Very convenient and easy to control control lights and other devices! I hope this helps others!!

Works as it should. Keep in mind, when you go to connect it to your wi-fi, the flashing light the instructions refers to is blue. If the light is flashing any color other than blue it won’t connect. At least on the model I have.

Bear with me, and I’ll explain four stars when in the specifics I rate as three stars.For a Internet / Bluetooth integrated home automation switch that does not require any mainstream voice activated device; these are fabulous. 2.4GHz WiFi, a smartphone or tablet on the same network, and your good to go.These work great, the app is simple enough to use or as complex as you may require. I now have eight of these, with six in use, and two that I haven’t found a spot for yet (bought in the 2/pack option as it is the most economical at the time).My initial purchase, with NetGear wireless router was easy to set up with the Tulia app. But this was an old router and we were having other issues, so I replaced it with a Linksys. This is where my issues with this product begin.You CANNOT just change network connection devices, the plugs have to be removed from the old one and added to the new one. Also, the first four I bought worked with the Tulia app, the second purchase of four more will not. I had to change to the companies other app, SmartLife. Same layout, same features, just a different name in the surface; yet, obviously, different programmatically.As I had named each plug, and each individual socket, changing apps and routers was a giant pain. Honestly, this didn’t take a long time, but it’s 30-45 minutes wasted for lack of thought. And longer wasted renaming and setting back up the schedules I had created.Once configured, these things are awesome!1 outside for Christmas Lights (at the time I’m writing this)1 in the front room for the tree2 in the living room for standup lamps on opposite sides of the room1 in the bedroom for night stand lamps1 in the back bedroom for decorationsAll of the Christmas lights are in a group, with a schedule to come on twenty minutes before sunset (local time by location) and go off at 2230.My wife night stand lamp comes on and goes off at a set time, so she doesn’t have to turn on the overhead light when going to bed.The living room lights are set to come on thirty minutes before sunset, and off 2230. And a second schedule to come on before we get up in the morning, and go off after we leave for work. Plus, these are on different schedules for the weekend vs week days.These are perfect for giving the house a lived in look of people being home, even when we’re not. We don’t usually stay out late, so we come in to a lit home. Now that things are set up, I can control the switch or individual socket from anywhere in the world that I have internet service. Or they’ll run their schedule for the days set.*My MAJOR Gripe*The switch in the master bedroom has two lamps, both with low wattage LED bulbs. They will not both stay on at the same time. I don’t know if this is due to an overload and auto shutoff safety feature, or I have a bad switch. But I can turn both on, and a few minutes later they shut off. Turn one on, and it stays on until scheduled off time or manually turned off.

•Absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this product;•Although set/up is tedious, the customer serviceis GREAT!;•The patient & highly knowledgeable customer servicewill keep me as a customer;•Product is highly useful & helpful;•Would, definitely re-purchase & recommend thisproduct

This dual plug has terrible instructions and setup. I've used many bluetooth and Alexa products. This one is so bad I had to return it. Every step along the way, which is many, to get it automated with Alexa was not straight forward, was confusing, did not work, or otherwise caused problems.The instructions are tiny lettering and non intuitive. I could not find the starting point. There is a link for online PDF instructions. The link goes to their home page and no further. No help.I found the app and installed it. The setup showed about a dozen different plugs. No model numbers on mine of the dozen in the app. None of the ones in the app looked like my dual plug - they were all single plugs. I tried the auto setup but the device did not appear.Eventually, I found tiny page numbers on the instructions and each "page" is only a half page so 1-9 goes along the top half and 10-18 along the bottom half. Then another 18 mini pages on the backside. If you just try to read the instructions you go from step 1 to step 10 to step 2 to step 11. Very confusing.I skipped the NOTE to hold on/off for 5 sec for factory reset since it was a new product. Next step - status based on blinking lights - didn't help because there were no blinking lights. Back to factory reset. But holding down the button did nothing. I tried the second button, that did the trick. Now there's a blue flashing light.Back to the app. The device showed up in auto setup. I had to enter my wifi password for the app, then again for the device. Setup timed out. I had to enter the wifi password again to retry. Timed out again. You get the picture. Eventually I copied that password so I could paste it in each time. I took several tries before the setup actually worked.Now for Alexa setup. There is a link in the app to setup Alexa. I tried it. It took me to a page that said "if you're seeing this you need to update your app." I went to the app store. Looks like I have the latest version that's 1 year old - no updates available.I realized that HBN were amatuers and decided to return the product at this point. I'm trying the Govee product, and they're worked for me in the past.