What is Reddit's opinion of KAUF Power Monitoring Smart Plug with ESPHome, Compatible with Tasmota, Made for Home Assistant?

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I'm selling these. Works just as you describe: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09D68P39F

 

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Kauf plug is basically a pre-flashed with ESPHome shelly plug.

https://www.amazon.com/KAUF-Monitoring-ESPHome-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B09D68P39F/

These plugs I'm selling have a web server built in. You can edit the code to do whatever you want and then reflash the firmware. Not sure about how you would get SSH going though. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09D68P39F

I'm selling these. I think they're pretty slick if you're willing to go WiFi. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09D68P39F

I haven’t used the smart plugs from KaufHA, but I have used their bulbs and I like them. They come pre-flashed ESPhome so they can easily be flashed to whatever you want (if ESPhome isn’t already what you want).

I'm selling these that come with ESPHome already on them. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09D68P39F

SonOff S31 is my go-to. They are cheap and really easy to flash over with ESPHome. Does require a USB flasher and some soldering or a steady hand though.

Alternatively if you don't want to deal with USB flashing, Athom and CloudFree both make plugs that come with Tasmota or ESPHome pre-installed so you can use them for local control out of the box or flash a custom firmware to them OTA. CloudFree also sells S31 plugs that have been pre-flashed with Tasmota.

Another commenter also mentioned these plugs on Amazon which look like the same hardware as the CloudFree plugs

I sell these with ESPHome on them. Local control only. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D68P39F

I've just released these plugs that come with ESPHome pre programmed and will return to their previous state by default: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09D68P39F