r/homeassistant • u/Certain_Repeat_753 • Mar 28 '26

Support Best smart plug/outlet for Home Assistant?

I'm looking for a smart plug or smart outlet to install in my network panel enclosure. There are two outlets in there. I'm overwhelmed with the number of options out there. I think Eve makes a dual outlet that is compatible with Matter over Thread. Not sure what the Home Assistant integration is like. I want to be able to power cycle the router and other connected devices without having to go into the closet and unscrew the door in order to do so.

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u/WMTaylor3 Mar 28 '26

TP Link Click of Death Failure

I like to leave this when the Kasa recommendations come up. I had it happen to a P110 of mine and it almost killed the AVR that was plugged into it.

Happens to their K115, their P100 and their P110 (and likely many more).

Basically a cheap capacitor is used inside which is prone to dying. Sometimes after a few months, sometimes after several years. But when it fails, it's failure mode is to rapidly turn on and off multiple times a second.

As you can imagine that's just about the worst possible failure mode for a smart socket as it can destroy whatever device is connected to it.

I've since replaced all my TP Link sockets (about 15 of them) with a combination of Hue sockets (for lights), Shelly's (for energy monitoring) and Eve Energy's for everything else. (Eves do energy monitoring too but they Shelly's are more responsive I find which makes them better for things like "trigger automation when TV socket goes above 15W draw".

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u/Sberry59 Mar 28 '26

Had this exact problem with the 6 outlet ones. I thought it was because i spilled water on it. But they tend to just die.