A small smart socket plays an important role beyond your imagination in your smart home life.
Smart homes, which continue to develop rapidly, are based on housing and use advanced computer technology, network communication technology, and automatic control technology to develop an efficient, comfortable, safe, and convenient home life. Whether it is communication equipment, household appliances or security systems, quite a variety of smart devices have been derived, such as smart air conditioners, smart refrigerators, smart washing machines, and key smart sockets in this article. The smart home uses IoT technology to connect the original independent home appliances, the purpose is to facilitate management; the use of smart sockets with cloud services and smart phone apps can enable traditional home appliances in the original house, such as lighting systems, electric fans , Humidifier, and air conditioner are immediately intelligent, and the smart socket helps you easily manage the power usage in the house in the cloud, providing you with a comprehensive smart home solution.
When a variety of smart sockets are sold on different circulation channels, the communication technology used is Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee or Z-Wave, etc. Several different communication protocols; many brand functions, price It also ranges from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars, which is dazzling and I do not know where to buy it. Now I would like you to analyze this little smart socket with Allion and understand the advantages of smart sockets and how to choose the right smart socket. You need to pay attention to those aspects so that you can start smart and use it easily!
Easy installation
The application with a simple installation process can help ordinary users connect the smart socket in their home to the wireless network for the first time. In addition, the App has a simple operation interface. In addition to being able to easily set up new equipment, it also supports regular power supply and automatic alarm. The indicator lights on the exterior should also be easy for users to identify.
Design safety
Automatic power-off design, smart and safe home partner! When the main unit (smart socket) issues an overheat warning or the power usage exceeds the App setting, it will warn the user with a message or directly power off. To ensure the safety of your appliances and home. Complete safety measures can protect your electricity safety, and protect you from dangers such as overload and short circuit of electricity, accurate and safe.
real time monitoring
The status of the house can be updated in real time through the Smart Socket App and sent to your mobile phone, so that any home status information can be returned remotely without missing! Not afraid to go out and forget to turn off the air conditioner. At the same time, you can also track the individual outlets and the overall electricity consumption of the house at any time, including power consumption display and electricity consumption records, to effectively control the electricity consumption in your home.
The smart socket is a product that conforms to this trend of the Internet of Things. Its emergence allows traditional home appliances to be easily networked, without any modification, plug and play. In response to the three main functions of the above smart sockets, Allion has designed three face-to-face inspection methods. If the smart socket can meet the following three inspection methods, it can be said that this product has good quality and can meet the needs of users. It is recommended that you be included in the purchase list first!
Brainless installation
Process settings
Durable and safe
Next, we selected five samples to be tested, all of which are frequent customers on the sales list, with prices ranging from more than one hundred to three hundred.
Brainless installation
For the average person, want to contact smart home products, but the most feared thing is not clear how to use new products. First of all, in response to this demand, we compare the software installation process of these five smart sockets, whether they provide support for Apple's iSO and Android operating systems. Next, observe whether there is a problem in the installation process, and whether the software itself can provide enough information to help users successfully complete the installation.
After the first round of inspection, it was found that the E-branded NS-SP1X7 App (Android operating system) will have the problem that the device cannot be added. For users who use smart sockets for the first time, this may be a very serious problem. If the problem cannot be solved smoothly in the future, it will become a failure experience for the product or the brand.
Process settings
The advanced App provides a smart socket management interface to define the device, which can achieve functions such as power switch control and timing planning process according to user needs. You can use the App to set the time when electrical appliances are automatically turned on or off, such as setting the humidifier to turn on at noon and turn off in the evening. Through actual measurement 1: under iSO and Android operating systems, verify whether the schedule setting function can be actually executed; actual measurement 2: after a sudden power failure, whether it can be correctly turned on to execute the schedule planning.
A measured result:
We found that the NS-SP1X7 of the E brand failed to properly close the smart socket according to the schedule. We believe that such a problem may affect the user's home safety. If the problem can be discovered through inspection as soon as possible, it can avoid the bad user experience after shipment and affect the brand image.
Measured second results:
Both the Wemo brand B and the DSP-W215 brand C will have the problem that the scheduling cannot be continued after a sudden power failure, resulting in the user having to reset. We think that such small problems will greatly affect the user experience, but the device that was supposed to be convenient has troubled the user because of a small problem. It is recommended to strengthen the verification of the user experience before shipping to create a more intimate user experience.
Durable and safe
Although the general smart socket is small in size, it can carry about 2000W of power. It is no problem to provide general household appliances for daily use; and through the App to control the use status, if the overload is detected, the App will immediately alert the user that the current electricity is safe Do not worry about the danger of a fire accident in the middle of the night when the wire is sleeping, and there is no need to worry about the possibility of overheating of the electrical appliances and fire when there is no one in the house.
Allion arranged two inspection scenarios: first, the 1500W electric heater was connected and used continuously for one hour before measuring whether the temperature of the smart socket was too high. Second, based on the durability comparison, then observe whether the smart socket can continue to operate normally. We found that:
Wemo of brand B immediately observed a problem of overheating after operating at 1500W for half an hour, which was beyond the safe temperature we generally recommend. Even if the temperature did not soar after continuous use, there are still concerns about safe use.
One hour later, it was also observed that although the DSP-W215 of the C brand did not overheat, it turned off / on several times automatically.
A-branded F-CEN-APP-1 can only carry 1440W, and has shut down the device based on the protection mechanism. There is no doubt about safety, but the practical use is limited due to the low load capacity.
Based on the above evaluation, the On / Off Modules of the D brand are the only ones that meet the three test methods, and no abnormalities have occurred. Regardless of the initial use, safety and durability, and the support of the App function, the performance is relatively good It is the best product among all the samples to be tested. In addition to verification methods, Allion also observed that the product design appearance also affected the convenience of use. For example, the product design does not consider the use of sockets with more than one jack. When a smart socket is connected, another socket hole cannot be used due to design problems. This is a very obvious problem, but it is often neglected when purchasing for the first time, so we also recommend that little friends pay more attention before purchasing to avoid minor troubles in use.
The slogan of smart home has always been hot, and the popularization of smart sockets may also become the first step of home intelligence. Users can switch operations and planning processes on traditional household appliances in a simple step, and can be smart through mobile phones or tablets anytime, anywhere The control is very convenient, so that your mobile phone or tablet becomes the center of home appliances, whether it is indoors or outdoors, to achieve a simple and convenient remote control appliance experience, not just slogans.
While it is convenient for you to enjoy, Allion still pays attention to the good user experience and the security of smart products. In the follow-up, we will do more evaluation and sharing for the smart speakers and smart sensors that you often buy, and let more friends understand that the evaluation score is not the ultimate goal, but how to buy the right product and build a good intelligence Home experience.
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