For homeowners looking for ways to improve their quality of life at home, one of the best solutions available nowadays are IoT devices. These devices essentially consist of smart hardware devices such as smart plugs, smart relays, and smart sensors which are connected to your home’s internet network and also to any IoT-enabled devices, allowing you to conveniently monitor and control several of your home’s systems (like electricity, lighting, water, heating, home security, and more), as well as your electrical appliances and smart home devices, all through your smartphone. By integrating IoT devices at your home, you’ll be able to automate and more efficiently control the operation of different systems and home appliances, which will also help to improve your energy management and energy costs overall. If you’re looking for some IoT solutions to upgrade your home or even your place of business, then consider going with the Shelly Devices.
The Shelly Devices are smart Wi-Fi-enabled IoT devices that allow homeowners and business owners to monitor and better manage their energy consumption at home and at business facilities by providing them with automated solutions for controlling lighting, heating, electrical appliances, smart covers and blinds, security systems, and more, all through the Shelly Smart Control App, while also featuring Voice Assistant support for Amazon Alexa and Google Home, allowing users to control their operation with simple voice commands.
To put it simply, Shelly’s smart Wi-Fi-enabled IoT devices allow homeowners to save more money on their electricity bills in a truly efficient and fully automated way.
Named one of Fast Company’s World’ Changing Ideas 2023 finalists, Shelly USA is focused on providing both homeowners and business owners alike with affordable, award-winning IoT devices for the smart automation of home and business environments which can help them to monitor and manage their energy consumption and save up to 40% on their monthly electricity bills, all while also reducing their impact on the grid and the environment.
With nearly 10 million IoT devices sold worldwide, Shelly’s smart IoT devices have been recognized as some of the most innovative IoT devices on the market by CES, Innovation & Tech Today and Residential Tech Today. From smart lighting to appliance control, Shelly has highly customizable solutions available for purchase for both smart home and business facilities, all of which you can check out at Shelly’s official online store.
In this article, we’ll be covering the Shelly Plus Plug US and the Shelly Plus 1 UL, both of which the company (Shelly) was kind enough to provide us with to review.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at each of these smart Wi-Fi-enabled IoT devices from Shelly and check out exactly how each of them are designed to work, and also go over what they have to offer you.
Shelly Plus Plug US – Next-Generation Wi-Fi & Bluetooth-enabled Smart Plug
Firstly, we have the Shelly Plus Plug US. This next-generation Wi-Fi-enabled smart plug allows you to automatically monitor and remotely control lighting, heating, or any other connected electrical appliance at home (or at your place of business) with a maximum power up to 1800 watts at 15A via your smartphone with just a few taps.
DESIGN & SPECS
The Shelly Plus Plug US packs a fairly compact size, making its installation easy and discreet.
This Wi-Fi-enabled smart plug comes equipped with a built-in countdown timer for pre-set actions such as local scheduling capabilities (including daily routines) to ensure that your devices turn on and off automatically. Users can switch its countdown timer On/Off at any moment.
For establishing its wireless connection with its mobile App, the device boasts both Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. Moreover, the Shelly Plus Plug US also integrates an embedded webserver.
The device can function as a standalone device, as an accessory to a home automation controller, and it can also be used as another automation system’s component.
The Shelly Plus Plug US gives you precise consumption information for each electrical appliance plugged in it, allowing for a to actively track and manage the power consumption of each device, which you can check at any moment through the Shelly Smart Control App (available for iOS and Android devices).
Via the App, users can also choose the best power mode for each electrical appliance they have plugged into the Shelly Plus Plug US in order to more effectively save on excess energy without sacrificing performance and their own comfort at home or at their place of business.
Lastly, this Wi-Fi-enabled smart plug also boasts Voice Assistant support for Amazon Alexa and Google Home, allowing users to control its operation with simple voice commands.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
If you’re interested in purchasing it, know that each unit is currently discounted from its standard price of $19.90, and is now going for just $17.91 (saves you $1.99). You can order yours online, either directly from Shelly’s respective shopping page, or alternatively, you can get it from Amazon if you’d prefer.
Shelly Plus 1 UL – UL-Certified Wi-Fi & Bluetooth-enabled Smart Relay Switch
Secondly, we have the Shelly Plus 1 UL. This UL-certified Wi-Fi-enabled smart relay switch allows you to automate and remotely control a wide range of home appliances and office equipment from anywhere through your smartphone, including both indoor and outdoor lights, a security system, an irrigation system, power lines, your garage door, and other electrical appliances such as heaters, radiators, sockets, LED strips, etc.
DESIGN & SPECS
The Shelly Plus 1 UL also comes at a noticeably compact size, as it is designed to fit in most standard electrical boxes, wall switches, or wall sockets, and can be installed in less than 10 minutes.
This UL-certified Wi-Fi-enabled smart relay switch features 1 channel supporting up to 15A with dry contacts, and also comes equipped with an extremely fast ESP32 processor, which features an improved API interface, allowing you to control a wide range of devices and appliances through your smartphone.
This device is mostly suitable for applications that require lower or higher voltages.
For establishing its wireless connection with its mobile App, the device boasts both Bluetooth connectivity, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. In addition to working as a smart relay switch, the device can be used also as a Wi-Fi repeater.
What’s more is that the Shelly Plus 1 UL also integrates enhanced safety and security for its wireless connection, as it boasts support to MQTT, WSS, and TLS protocols, along with support to custom certificates for configuring an even safer connection if necessary.
Users can automate and remotely control any devices and appliances connected to this smart relay switch through the Shelly Smart Control App (available for iOS and Android devices).
Via the App, users can set a wide range of output voltage levels for the different devices and appliances they have connected to this smart relay switch.
Users can also configure custom schedules based on their daily agenda or set the device to work based on the sunrise/sunset to have it control the power for any connected devices accordingly. Additionally, users can also set custom smart scenes by combining the Shelly Plus 1 with your other Shelly devices.
Lastly, this Wi-Fi-enabled smart relay switch also boasts Voice Assistant support for Amazon Alexa and Google Home, allowing users to control its operation with simple voice commands.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
If you’re interested in purchasing it, know that each unit is currently discounted from its standard price of $17.90, and is now going for just $16.11 (saves you $1.79). You can order yours online, either directly from Shelly’s corresponding shopping page, or alternatively, you can get it from Amazon if you’d prefer.
