Deciding on new smart plugs that don't go down

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I thought i was pretty happy with the TP Kasa KP115 smartplugs. Wifi and not local but ok. Unfortunately they go offline once every month or so. Really not that big a hassle, but still. And the more i get the more often i need to reset them. I’d like to remove that completely if i can.

Should i go zigbee? I do want energy monitoring on them and they should be rated 13amp at least, higher is better even. But the most important thing is they shouldn’t go unavailable on me.

Thanks.

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My Zigbee plugs never become unavailable, using Zigbee2MQTT.

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Shelly Plug
16A, Wifi, mqtt.

Note, there is also Shelly Plug S (10A)

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or z-wave plugs, which is not internet dependent.
or (if you are in US) Lutron Caseta is not open, expensive, but super reliable and totally worth it.

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What plugs do you have if i may ask? No connectivity issues? I guess they are good for expanding your mesh as well.

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Interesting, which plug is this? Not to much fan of wifi or shelly motion (only shelly device i have experience with), but i’ll take a look for sure.

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Nice one. Yeah i’ve heard about Lutron Caseta. Will take a look.

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Shelly Plug is its full name

I have lot of shelly devices and cannot say wrong word about them. But I use them through manually configured mqtt (plus configured devices using http api) so likely avoided all hassle with other ways of controlling them

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Shelly Plug S (10A) and Shelly Plug (16A), Wifi, local (Shelly cloud optional but no must!), stable, reliable, overheat/overpower protection, consumption metering, built-in timers, full HA integration.
Better than any other Wifi / Zigbee plug I’ve come accross so far (I’ve also tried Kasa, Osram, Hue, Innr, Aqara)

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