- [Eric] Hey guys. Are you looking for the best,
smart power strip for your house?
Well, today, we're gonna look at my top pick,
the VocoLinc Power Strip.
Not only does it work with Lady A, Mr. G,
but also works with HomeKit.
Let's check it out.
Welcome back guys, my name is Eric,
you're watching Modern Day Tech,
where I like to review a lot of smart home products.
Mainly HomeKit stuff, but I love stuff
that integrates with Lady A and also Google.
Get three birds with one stone,
with this Vocolink Power Strip.
I'll be leaving affiliate links down below
where you can pick this up,
and a link to my full pros and cons list
So if you want more information,
definitely check out that link below.
And for full disclosure,
Vocolink did send this to me for a full honest review.
Now that's out of the way,
I got to tell you, this thing is awesome.
This is my number one choice
for HomeKit enabled Power Strips.
Not only is it one of the cheapest,
but also includes a Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 USB
so you can charge up your phone in no time.
In addition to the Quick Charge USB,
it includes two other USB ports
which puts out 2.4 amps
whereas the Quick Charge puts out three amps.
And it also has three outlet plugs,
which you can individually control with HomeKit,
Lady A, and Google.
This is the US version,
but they also make one for the UK
and I think a couple others for other countries,
I'm not quite sure.
I'll leave a link below and you can check out
for your country.
This button right here that looks like
a little baseball field, or a wifi signal,
controls all the smart outlets.
Unfortunately, it turns 'em all on,
or turns them all off.
They're not individually controlled
on the device itself.
You can control them individually
via the app, or on the voice assistance,
but on the physical device,
that button will turn 'em on,
or turn 'em all off.
Now that is a digital button for the outlets.
This button right here is a physical
or mechanical switch (clicking)
you can actually hear it mechanically turn on
and mechanically turn off,
and that will turn power to the entire strip.
Meaning all the outlets and the USB.
So, I'm not quite sure why they did that,
that's the one big con that I have with this
is that a kid can come by,
or a pet can come by,
and actually step on this,
and turn off the entire strip.
And the only way to turn it back on,
is to physically press it once again.
I wish it had some type of child lock
or something that prevents it from getting
accidentally turnt off.
This strip also has power monitoring,
but unlike other smart power strips,
it's not for the entire strip,
it's only for outlet C.
Also, it does have a surge protector,
so if you get that overload,
it will trip this and you can just reset it right there.
Now this is great to use anywhere
where you already have a power strip
and you wanna make smart,
or you can come up with ways to use this
maybe behind a bed, under a couch,
behind a dresser, the possibilities are endless.
Now personally, I'm gonna be using this right here,
in the studio,
where I have three individually controlled lights,
and plug them into A, B, and C.
Control them individually, or group them together,
and turn 'em on and off all at the same time.
Let's go ahead and jump into the app
and I'll show you how to set this up,
and how I did the group settings.
Now you don't need to download
or use the Vocolinc app unless you
wanna check your energer reading,
or power meaning reading.
Everything that this product can do,
can be done in the home app from Apple.
Now if you do use the Vocolinc app,
you have to remember the name of it (chuckles)
because for some reason when you search
for Vocolinc, it does not come up.
You have to remember the name of the app
is called Linkwise.
But everything we're gonna do today is
gonna be done in the home app.
And to add the power strip to the home app
is just as easy as all other HomeKit accessories.
Simply press the plus in the top right corner,
scan the QR code or the number code,
select which device you wanna add,
name that device,
and then go ahead and assign it to your room,
and you are done.
It's simply that easy.
Now if you wanna do some more advanced stuff
so you can control all of them all at the same time,
unfortunately, the way that it's currently set up,
if you say "turn on the studio lights",
it's only gonna tell you, hey which one do you want?
Cause each outlet is controlled individually,
and has it's own name,
which you can name whatever you want.
"Hey Siri" (dings)
"Turn on outlet C." (dings again)
- [Siri] Okay.
- Now, you can remember to say
"hey, turn on all the studio lights."
that will work.
(dings) "Turn on all the studio lights" (dings)
- Okay.
- But if you forget to say all, it's not gonna work.
Unless you group 'em together.
Which I'm gonna show you how to do now.
Imply going into the settings for the accessory,
you can see there's only one tile for the studio lights.
What you wanna do is separate those tiles.
And now you can see here,
it's outlet A, outlet B, outlet C.
Go into the settings for one of those tiles,
and say group with other accessories.
Then you can select with accessories you want,
name new group, hit done,
and now you have a new group that can control
all those lights with one command.
(dings) "Turn off the studio lights." (dings)
- Done!
- Plus, you can still control each outlet individually.
(dings) "Turn off outlet B." (dings)
- Done!
- This thing is awesome.
I can't believe it includes HomeKit
at the price that it's at.
Other HomeKit enabled power strips charge double
or even triple the price of this one.
And this one has even more features
than those, so definitely check out the
Vocolinc Power Strip, I'll leave affiliate links
down below, and if you have additional questions,
hit me up, in the comment section,
or check out my full pros and cons list on my website
also down in the description.
I do update that on a ongoing basis,
so if I have problems or issues,
or new update,
I do update the website.
If you guys wanna see the next video in my HomeKit series,
check out that video right there.
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