TASMOTA Martin Jerry Mini Smart Plug, Smart Home Devices, No Hub Required (4Pack)

3 of the four failed within the 1st year
I purchased a four-pack in January, 2024. All the plugs initially came up and were working fine with Home Assistant on my house network. One failed within the first couple of weeks – the reset light stopped working and it was completely dead. I contacted the vendor and they couldn’t send a single replacement but did refund 1/4 of the cost of the 4-pack to my Amazon account.Two of the remaining plugs failed in the same way within 9-months of purchase – the plugs went completely dead. I don’t know if this was just a bad batch but I would not recommend purchasing this smart plug.

initially unreliable but the newer version seems to be OK
Update 12/03/2017: the new unit still goes offline sometimes and can’t be controlled. However, timer functions still work. I wonder if the more expensive ones are any better?Updated 11/6/17: The vendor sent me a new unit as promised, and it works much better. I have an older unit which still drops out (unreachable) at times, but this newer release is working fine. We had a power failure and it threw off the scheduled actions for both units. I reset and “rediscovered” one (requiring me to enter in the schedule again) to fix it, the other I unplugged for a few days and that seemed to make it happier. Now, after DST, they haven’t gotten the time right (they are still off by an hour) and I don’t know how to resolve that issue either. The software makes no provision for that, not that I can find. That’s really the only fault that remains to be resolved, and I can just reset the units and “discover” them again like I did after the power failure. If not for that, it would be five stars.Original review:I’ve bought two of these things now, different brands, different sellers, but they appear to be identical, with identical packaging, appearance, the same horribly translated user guide and basically the same performance. Made in China, natch. So why the three stars? Because I’m feeling generous today, that’s why.These things are difficult to setup the first time, largely because of the unhelpful instructions. However, once you get past that, you can get your Echo to learn the new skill (easy) and control it from your phone or Echo. Google home is not supported.It works great until it stops working. I’ve had both units stop responding. I don’t know why. Sometimes you have to reset them and relearn them, other times if you just wait a few minutes they’ll restore themselves. This does not fall into the “reliable” or “dependable” category. For what they cost, you can be assured that only the cheapest, least expensive commodity components are included, and so the quality appears to be rather sub-par.I like to save money, but I would gladly spend twice as much if I could get a unit that would work consistently and reliably. I guess the lesson here is, don’t put the unit where it’s difficult to get to (which is really the point of having a remotely controlled outlet…) because you will likely have to get to it to reset it. Again and again.