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Any good smart power strip not made in China? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for a smart power strip, which allows me to remote control and schedule on/off.

Last year I bought Hey!'s smart power strip. Hey! is a UK brand, but turn out its products are just branded Chinese products. I used it anyway but it just bricked itself last month.

For quality, safety, and security reasons, I strongly prefer a non-made-in-China smart power strip.

Compatibility with Home Assistant is prefered, but not 100% required. I'm interested in switching to Home Assistant but I haven't yet.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If you're up for switching to Home Assistant then you could change to Zigbee or Z-wave devices. Most are made in China but since they don't connect to the internet you don't have the same backdoor issues that devices like Tuya do. I've been shifting all my WiFi devices to local protocols and it's great.