I’m trying to replace a few double wall sockets around the house with new ones that include USB sockets. I figure since I’m going to do this, I might has well make them Zigbee plugs, so (at a minimum) I’ll get some more repeaters/routers. The closest I’ve found is these Aurora AOnes, but they don’t have USB.
Can anyone recommend a product or approach? Maybe I should put in normal double-plug+USB sockets from Home Base or somesuch, with some Zigbee device behind it?
Thanks in advance!
I haven’t been able to find any Zigbee sockets with USB. I use these, which work well with ZHA, and I’ve kept one “dumb” socket in each room with USB ports.
Alternatively I’ve got a couple of these power strips, which also work well with ZHA. They have four USB sockets, which can be switched on and off as a group (not individually, unfortunately).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extension-Universal-Compatible-Individual-Protection-White/dp/B0BNPGX7Q4
I’m disappointed and really surprised that this doesn’t exist, to be honest. You have to go out of your way to buy a dumb wall socket without USB charging ports these days.
I’ll probably just buy one of these things – the Click Smart+ or the Aurora one (leaning toward whichever one offers usage monitoring too) – but hold off on this project for another six months to a year.
Just updating this thread to say I did what was suggested – I bought two of those Click Smart+ 2 Gang outlets and a dumb outlets with USB. The Click Smarts do indeed work really well with ZHA. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the recommendation of Click Smart. These are working well with HA. I echo @eamonn 's surprise… why isn’t such a product available?
I know that I am waking up an old thread but I found these when trying to solve the same problem.
They apparently work under HA but don’t expose all of the sensors - I suspect someone with HA smarts to implement some Zigbee quirks might be able to make it work.
I may well try one and see if I can make it work and will report back.
If you’re willing to spend the cash, Aqara launched the H2UK a couple of months ago.
Dual socket, power monitoring & single or double USB C. It’s £70 a pop though 
Didn’t know they existed ! You’re right though, really expensive. I’ve bought a 3 pack to try out, works out at a still-expensive £63 each.
Front plate does look quite thick…
Please let me know how you get along with them once they’re up & running for a few weeks.
I can get my hands on the single usb version (not the double, unfortunately) but I can’t justify that amount of money on something if it doesn’t perform exceptionally well.
Yep will do
Any ZHA quirks around for the H2UK? Power readings seem to be off by 100x (simply scaling will lose precision)