Sonoff POW R2 Alternatives

Hi all,

I have a couple of Sonoff POW R2’s, and they work great. I’m after another one, but they have been discontinued. Sonoff brought out the POW R3, which is now twice the price!

Are there any other good alternative power switches that has power monitoring? I’m looking for something like 15A+ and similar cost of what the POW R2 used to cost, like $USD$15 or so.

I want to have it on my machines in my workshop so they are turned off after 30 minutes of inactivity (so that the kids don’t stumble in there and turn on the table saw etc…)

Thanks for reading :slight_smile:

I was going to suggest the Shelly 2.5s but they each device provides 2x10A relays. Not sure what options will meet 15A…

The Shelly 1 is 15/16A (depending) but doesn’t have the power monitoring. They are pretty cheap and they are ESPHome flashable

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Hmm I may go for a cheap 10A solution depending on how much they are.

I’m quite set on the power monitoring, because it allows me to turn off the machines if there has been an inactivity of 30 minutes. It means it will stay on if I use it regularly. If it’s just timer based, it’s going to power off while I use potentially. I don’t want to power down the table saw while I’m in the middle of a cut hehe.

I guess I could just use a dumb switch (no power monitoring) and send a actionable notification to my mobile phone after the elapsed time. If I’m not in the garage anymore, I just turn it off at that time… hmm.

EDIT: Are those Shellys WiFi/ZigBee/ZWave? Looking for a WiFi solution.

Wifi, and there is no need to flash them. They work locally with the Home Assistant Shelly integration.

Yeah I should have been more specific. They can be flashed with ESPHome. My intent was more to communicate that, like Sonoffs, they are pretty hacker friendly too.

Thanks great, thanks guys! I will check out the Shelly 2.5. Sounds like quite a nice device :slight_smile: