alright guys welcome back to the channel today I have a new product to review
from Etekcity it's the smart plug mini Wi-Fi outlet
now previously we did review this etekcity plug right here and we have
several of these around the house they've been working really well then we
usually use Alexa voice control to turn them on and off which is a great feature
the new etekcity plug features a new design where you can plug 2 into the
outlet or just one and be able to plug something else into the outlet beneath
it the shape of the other one we reviewed does prevent you from plugging
any of the other new tech city plugs in or at least another device into the wall
so this is definitely a big improvement so here is a closer look at the box that
it does come in it tells you what the outlet is and has all the details about
it on the top such as the wireless distance the compatible systems the
maximum power in the input so Wireless distance is 98 264 feet Android 3.0 4.3
or higher or iOS 8.0 or higher for the compatible systems the maximum power is
100 watts or yeah so that's enough about the box here is the outlet itself now
the outlet has core support for whatever device you'd like to control a sensor
for the night light down at the bottom handy part of this so just in case you
want to plug in a nightlight or you want to plug in anything else while you're
using this it has a built-in nightlight so you don't even need to use another
nightlight and it has this nice design here I'll show you again compare the two
this is the one we previously reviewed still works very very well I have not
had an issue with this it's just the size and odd shape that prevents you
from plugging anything else in this will allow you to plug in two of these or at
least something else above or below it before I forget the
back of the module itself has QR codes that you can use to download the app if
you don't already have it or have an e-text City product also it uses the
vsync app so you can also just get that from your app store whether it's the
Play Store on the Android app Apple Play Store so I'm gonna plug the device
in and get it all set up on my phone alright so here is the instruction
manual you get with the inside the box it's the Quick Start Guide to guide you
through all the steps especially if you have not owned a etekcity product so
let's sign onto our app make sure we got everything and let's get this on get our
outlet here on there so here you can see we have our other devices currently
they're not on but we're going to add our one in the outlet right now there we
go you push the plus in the app if you didn't see that so you can add a scale a
switch or Wi-Fi outlet and this is a Wi-Fi outlet and it does show you the
different types of Wi-Fi outlets so we are going to pick the etekcity 15 a
Wi-Fi outlet and so you first you plug your device into the wall and you start
set up now you push the power button on the side I forgot to show you that I'll
show you that in one second there's a power button on the side for five
seconds there you go and one the LED light starts to blink you push the next
button and then you get on to your Wi-Fi down with the Wi-Fi make sure you
connect to your 2.4 gigahertz Network not your 5g or anything above that
always 2.4 so I've got to change this in here real fast
plug in your password like I'm doing right here
and now it is attempting to connect to my Wi-Fi
all right connection was successful our device is now connected and now it is
set up now you do have the option to add more devices when you get past all those
steps but today we're going to just focus on one right now here I will show
you the power button on the side this you can also turn the device on and off
if you don't want to use the app to turn it on you can just push this button and
on and off for that to work very handy nice big button it's great for the for
the use of this outlet so here we have ours and our app right here now with the
tech city products you can schedule stuff you can have a timer and you can
use in a way function where if you're out of the house you can keep everything
off the schedule is a great feature for this just in case you know when you come
home usually or no when you leave the house if you want to turn everything off
and not have to worry about flipping your switch you can go to this app and
make sure everything you need to turn on or off is plugged into this outlet the
timer is great as well if you want something to come on effectively without
using the schedule or if you want to you know tell yourself to go to sleep
without turning the lights off that would be a great way to do that as well
so let's up plug this little nightlight in here to demonstrate the usage of the
app real fast all right so I plugged it in make sure that you if you have a
switch on your device you're plugging in that you turn it on always leave it on
and then turn the outlet on in your app and there you go now it will list you
the voltage that it's using the energy and the amount of watts coming out for
that particular outlet very handy especially if you're trying to be
conscientious about the amount of power you know energy you are using throughout
your house
now let's turn that off let's unplug this and I'm going to show you that you
can in fact plug one in while there is another one in as well if I can get it
in there we go there we go now as you can see they're both in
they're both powered on this one unfortunately has it paired yet with our
apps so that's the only thing but they both fit in the outlet for you to use so
if you have more than one thing you want to plug it and be able to turn off there
you can you have that option this smart plug in fact it's actually quite perfect
for a child's room where you want a night light or in a hallway where you
want that light at night especially if you have a lamp or something plugged in
you turn that off you still get the nightlight feature no matter whether
your device is on or off so what we really love about these etekcity plugs
is that you are able to use it with alexa and for me I love being able to
walk into the room and saying hey can you turn on this so let's go to the
Alexa app and make sure that we can tell Alexa we want a certain switch on
now the plug we put in is not in there yet so let's um let's get that on there
now when you are in the vsync app it does allow you when you go to the more
section at the bottom to link everything to Alexa this also does have a the
ability to connect to your Google assistant just in case you do not have a
Lex at your house but it does offer all the instructions you need to connect it
to Alexa so I'm going to do that real fast and I'll come back and tell you how
that went alright so the Alexa app just recently had a new upgrade so things
were a little bit difficult to figure out but I got it if you already have an
e-tag city app all you need to do is go to your device's pick plugs or whatever
etekcity device you're including and you know basically refresh the page in your
outlet your Wi-Fi outlet will come up or how many other devices you'll add now I
can say Alexa turn on Wi-Fi outlet 1 and there you go we have that all situated
now so we don't have to worry about turning it on manually even though that
is a very very nice feature you do have the ability to customize your name just
like with any of their products makes it very easy for you to make code names or
very different things depending on what you want to call it and stuff like that
now I did notice in the device settings that you can name the nightlight
something different and you can name the device something different that's a
little bit different from the last outlet we have you can use an energy
saving mode and and turn on abnormal abnormal power protection and the
ability to upgrade firmware so I thought that was great
feature to be able to do energy-saving mode maybe you're on in the house or
maybe not many people are at your house very great system to use and what I
really love about etekcity is the ability to customize and the amount of
options there are alright guys that is a look at the new plug from Etekcity the
smart plug mini Wi-Fi outlet please check the description section below to
find out more information thanks for watching guys
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