Are smart plugs the easiest smart home upgrade?

[SharpLantern]

Q: Are smart plugs still the best first step into smart home gear?

A: Yes, because they are cheap, simple and useful without needing a full smart home setup. A real example is Tapo P110 Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring.

They work especially well for lamps, chargers, office gear and anything you want to schedule. Energy monitoring is also useful if you want to find out which devices are quietly wasting power

[Taker04]

Smart plugs are the least annoying smart home device

[Kev5]

Energy monitoring is more useful than I expected

[WaveFunction]

Great for lamps and Christmas lights

[RustyHawk]

I do not want smart locks but plugs feel harmless

[Andy89]

The app quality matters a lot

[StarLord67]

They are useful even without going full smart home