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I wanted notifications when a device finished a job, or when I’d forgotten to turn something off, so I bought six of these to scatter around the house, plus a couple in an unheated, uninsulated garage in Minnesota. It got down to about -15F here this past winter.
The indoor ones are still going strong in a variety of spots. I run a mix of these and Shelly smart plugs for things like Christmas lights and 3D printer power monitoring, and I used to use one to keep an eye on our gas dryer.
The pair in the garage did not survive the winter, which isn’t really a knock against them. They aren’t rated for anything close to the extreme temperatures we get outdoors here.
At around $15 each they’re a fair deal, and when they drop to about $10 on sale they’re a great one.
One more reason to buy several: mains-powered outlets like these make excellent Zigbee repeaters, so they strengthen your mesh as you add more.
If you already run a Zigbee coordinator, this is one of the cheapest paths to a fully local smart plug. No cloud, no app account, no hub of its own.
Standout: Cheap local Zigbee plug, no cloud account needed.
Notes last checked May 23, 2026.
Pure Zigbee, no cloud account required when paired to a local hub.
Home Assistant support: supported · integration path: ZHA / zigbee2mqtt.
Price notes: Often sold in multi-packs under $15/each. Sengled sells both Zigbee and Bluetooth-mesh variants - match the Zigbee one to a local coordinator. Sengled's own US store is offline, so buy through retailers.
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