The development of science and technology has brought the era of smart home ahead of time. With the continuous strengthening of mobile phone functions and the wide coverage of wifi, 3G and 4G networks, wireless smart products have gradually replaced wired products. As an indispensable auxiliary appliance in smart home, smart socket has always received much attention. The so-called smart socket extends many functions on the basis of ordinary socket, such as lightning protection, short circuit prevention, overload prevention, remote control, real-time power consumption monitoring, etc.
Speaking of smart sockets, there are countless products of this kind on the market. Today, the author brings you an IVYPlug smart socket, which is called the smallest and safest socket. But what's the effect? Let's have a look.
Specifications
Product model: ZNCZ01
Input and output voltage: 100-240V
Maximum load: 10A
Wireless type: WiFi 2.4GHz
Power consumption of the whole machine: ≤ 1.2W
Shell material: flame retardant PC
Safety protection: child protection door
Switch life: 10000 times
Unpacking and appearance
IVYPlug smart socket adopts a thick carton packaging product. The surface of the outer box adopts a pure white design, which is quite tough and simple. Even there is no text around the outer box, which is slightly mysterious.
There is a label on the bottom of the packing box, which indicates some information such as product characteristics, APP QR code and product ID QR code.
The upper and lower packaging similar to the iPhone is adopted. What is commendable is that the upper and lower parts of the packaging box do not fit very tightly. Under the action of gravity, the packaging box can be automatically separated. Unlike other product packaging, it takes a lot of effort to open the packaging to "buckle" the product.
In addition to the socket body, there is a very simple manual and a support made of PE in the box.
It can be said that this is the simplest instruction.
Both ends of the supporting member are respectively provided with a groove to facilitate taking out the socket. The IVYPlug lying on the support looks really small.
The IVYPlug socket is a trapezoidal design, and the upper and lower ends are curved, so it feels good. The polishing design is adopted, but it will leave sweat stains and fingerprints. In order to prevent the safety problems caused by excessive sweat stains, we hope that it can be further optimized later.
The front is a new international "combination hole", which is used independently for three-phase and two-phase and meets the 3C certification standard for sockets. On the jack is an IVYPlug logo.
A "child protection door" is set inside the jack to increase the safety of the socket.
On the back is a non replaceable three-phase plug.
A two-dimensional code of product ID is pasted on the right side of the socket, and next to the two-dimensional code is an inconspicuous reset key.
There is a similar infrared signal receiving window on the top of the socket. It is speculated that its function is to stop the blocking effect of flame retardant materials on wireless signals and filter out some useless signals, but the specific role is unknown.
In terms of workmanship, IVYPlug is a bit amateur. There is a very obvious gap at the socket connection, and the gap at the connection is more obvious near the signal receiving window. The "child protection door" inside the socket is not tightly fitted, and shaking the socket will make a sound.
Software APP
Scan the QR code at the bottom of the box to download the client. It is worth noting that there is only Android version now, and the iOS version of APP may need to wait for some time.
As mentioned earlier, the IVYPlug manual is very simple, so when you first enter the software, there will be a function boot. The interface is very dazzled and has a sense of technology.
The first time you log in to APP on your mobile phone, the software will give you an intelligent reminder, and the software provides two registration methods: mobile phone number and email.
For the first time, you need to add a socket manually. You can scan the product ID QR code on the side of the socket or the QR code on the bottom of the packaging box, and then set up a wireless network for the socket.
The whole binding process takes about 1 to 2 seconds, which is very fast. The connection interface is also animated, full of technology.
Connect the device, and you can directly control the opening and closing of the socket on the mobile terminal. Every time the socket is opened or closed, a sound will be emitted inside the socket to feed back to the user.
The mobile terminal also supports real-time power consumption monitoring. No matter where you are, as long as the device network is unblocked, you can view the power consumption in real time. After actual measurement, real-time monitoring is very accurate and there is no delay. At the same time, the real-time viewing page also supports the one button opening and closing of the socket.
It supports real-time power viewing, and of course, it supports viewing power consumption. The software only provides daily, weekly, monthly and annual power viewing. However, it does not support user-defined time periods for the time being.
In fact, IVYPlug smart socket also has the most basic timing function, but there is no timing function on the APP page. This is a joke IVYPlug made with users. The official name of "timing" is "appointment".
IVYPlug smart socket APP can rename each socket and set the avatar, so that users can remember the location and function of each socket in their daily life.
Firmware upgrades are also available.
The current APP version does not provide us with the permission setting function. The official explanation is that the IVYPlug smart socket will be matched when it is officially mass produced.
summary
advantage:
It is small. Although it is not the smallest smart socket officially announced, the IVYPlug is really small.
It supports real-time power consumption viewing. You can check the operation of home appliances no matter where you are. This is undoubtedly a blessing for some OCD users.
According to the crowdfunding page, the price of IVYPlug smart socket should be between 60 and 70. Compared with other smart sockets on the market, IVYPlug is a high cost performance product.
As far as the smart socket is concerned, the IVYPlug APP interface is quite brilliant.
The product adopts the unique code scanning connection technology, and there is no hacker intrusion into the home circuit. This result is that we need to manually scan the product ID QR code. IVYPlug makes a choice between security and convenience.
Disadvantages:
The details of the product were not handled properly, and the gap and shaking sound lowered the quality of the product.
There is no WiFi signal light, so you can't visually check the wireless connection.
Fixed plug, not retractable.
There is no physical power key and WiFi switch.
The APP has not been improved, and the permission setting function has not been matched. I hope to add a multi account management system in the future.
Although smart socket is an indispensable auxiliary appliance in smart home, it plays a very small role only by relying on one smart socket. Moreover, many smart appliances now enter the standby state rather than the working state when they are directly powered on. To realize smart home, the socket can only play its real role when used together with other smart devices. For IVYPlug, the biggest selling point is the cost performance ratio. Now the domestic smart market is quite chaotic. Many manufacturers want to fish in troubled waters, and the product performance is not directly proportional to the price. I hope that more products like IVYPlug will be available in the market to break the chaos of the domestic intelligent market.
