as outdoor holiday light season approaches you may be asking yourself
which outdoor smart plug is best for you hello i am Wanderer001 and and this is a comparison
of the wyze outdoor plug and the tp-link casa outdoor plug i've done individual reviews of both
reviews will be up there in the corner so if you're looking for a more in-depth look at either
please feel free to check those out this is just going to be a quick and dirty comparison of these
two particular outdoor plugs just in case you were kind of on the fence already and we're looking for
a quick hit to figure out which one you should go for and let's start off with the glaring
item that's probably staring at you right now and that is the form factor you will notice that the
wyze outdoor plug is much bulkier than the tp-link now there are pluses and minuses
to each individual footprint you will notice that the wyze has a thinner profile while the
tp-link has a chunkier profile but the overall box shape of the ys is much larger than the
tp-link and with that being said coming to the front you will notice that the individual plug
area because both have two sockets that you can use the plug area for the tp-link
is much more usable than the more compact y so if that's something that you're concerned about
tp-link looks like it's going to be a head for you but what i want to mention is the gaskets for both
tp-link doesn't attach you might lose it you probably will lose it and then you're stuck with
one outlet that may or may not be covered however with the y's you'll notice that their gaskets
are attached so you can't lose them but that can come off so you could possibly lose it it's just
less likely than you would for the tp link but again surface area versus a gasket just
something to consider if you're not worried about losing your gasket another thing to consider with
an outdoor plug that you might not have thought about is actual plug length and here you can see
that tp-link actually is the winner here with a plug length of nine inches to the six inches that
you get with the wyze outdoor plug so if you need this to stick out a little further from the wall
this could be tp-link could be your better bet for this particular instance both outdoor
plugs are rated at ip64 weather resistance use 2.4 gigahertz and both have a stated
distance of 300 feet i have been able to test out to 145 feet for both and they work perfectly fine
so that's some data comparison where they tie they also tie with use of voice assistance both support
google and alex a both have applications that allow you to set timers on off states and routines
depending on which app you're using so they're very similar in that aspect both have energy
monitoring however tp-link allows you to monitor per individual socket on the device while wyze
groups that together into a single readout is that better or worse only you know for sure what works
best for you some unique features of both on the tp-link side you have the ability to turn off all
your status lights connection on and off switch for plug one and for plug two you cannot do that
with the ys you will have a status light always on the unique feature for the ys is the dust to dawn
sensor which is right there which will allow the wyze box independently of a wi-fi connection based
on ambient light to turn something on and off as long as you programmed it in the app to do so
one other aspect that i'm going to talk about very quickly is ease of setup this one goes hands down
to the wyze this setup like that in less than a minute and a half tp link took me three tries
and i don't know i'm a little uh disconcerned with that i've set up plenty of tp-link products in the
past but this one in particular gave me a lot of trouble food for thought last but not least for
my comparison of these two particular devices is actually energy usage if you're going to be using
this outside to have your holiday lights on well you don't want to use any more power than you have
to since you're going to have all those lights on and this is where you start to see marked
differences between the tp and the y's the tp power use usage when idle and the y's are exactly
the same at 0.5 watts we start to see a difference at when we have one outlet on tp-link uses 0.7
while the wyze uses 0.5 when you have two outlets on tp-link uses 0.9 and the y's uses 0.6 so yes
i know those sound like very small numbers and not really something that should be considered
but you have to think how long are you going to keep your holiday lights on overnight that does
i mean we're getting into the season where it gets dark so you're going to have these things on for
quite some time and the amount of electricity that you use will add up so even if it's just this much
i want to know about that and i want to tell you about that so you can make an informed decision
last but not least is pricing tp-link you are looking at twenty dollars and wyze depending on
where you get it is eighteen dollars sometimes price is the deal breaker and is the price what
does it for you is it one of those other features let me know in the comments section below what i
will say personally i am looking to actually trade out a lot of my tp products they have
been starting to give me issues after a recent firmware update there doesn't look like there's
a firmware update on the roadmap for them not this particular plug but i think for myself the
time has come to sunset my love of the tp devices in favor of others will they be wyze who's to say
but for this comparison hopefully you found the data that i presented somewhat useful again in the
corner there if you're looking for more in-depth on either you can find them there with that being
said i have been Wanderer001 if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave
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