With the Ezviz T30-10B Smart Plug ($19.99), you can turn ordinary electronics into smart home devices that you can control with your phone or with your voice. This slim single-outlet smart plug won’t block access to a second receptacle and is easy to install. It also supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice control and can tell you how much power you’re using. That said, it costs more than twice as much as our more versatile Editors’ Choice award winner, the Wyze Plug, which comes in a pack of two for $14.99.
A Slim Design
Intended for indoor use, the T30-10B is a single-outlet plug that measures 1.5 by 3.1 by 1.2 inches (HWD) and is short enough to use in a two-outlet receptacle without blocking access to the second outlet. It has a single three-prong outlet on the front, along with a backlit on/off button, and around back is a three-prong plug. The button glows solid blue when the plug is on, rapidly flashes blue during setup, and slowly flashes blue when disconnected from the network. Under the hood is a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio for connecting to your home network.
The T30-10B supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice commands, and can be made to interact with other Alexa and Google smart devices using Routines, but it lacks support for Apple HomeKit, as well as IFTTT applets that offer interoperability with numerous third-party devices. Moreover, it doesn’t interact with other Ezviz devices such as the DB1C Wi-Fi Video Doorbell and the LC1C Smart Floodlight Camera.
The plug uses the same mobile app as other Ezviz devices, including the above-mentioned Doorbell and Floodlight cameras. It opens to a Devices screen that contains panels for all of your installed Ezviz devices. You can customize the screen to show all devices or just certain groups (such as cameras, doorbells, or plugs).
Tap the T30 panel to open a screen with a large on/off button. When the plug is powered up the background will be blue, and when it’s off the background is gray. Below the button are readouts showing the current power consumption and the day’s total power consumption and run time. At the bottom of the screen are an additional on/off button, a Countdown Timer button, a Timer button for creating on/off schedules, and a Statistics button for viewing hourly, daily, and monthly power usage statistics.
To access the plug’s settings, tap the gear icon in the upper right corner. Here you can edit Wi-Fi options and enable Power Recovery that returns the plug to its previous state if it suffers an unexpected power loss. There are also time zone settings and a switch to turn off the LED status light.
Easy to Control
As is the case with virtually all smart plugs, the T30-10B is simple to install. Start by downloading the Ezviz mobile app, creating an account, and tapping the plus icon in the upper right corner of the Devices screen. Next, select Smart Plugs from the list and use your phone’s camera to scan the QR code on the top of the plug.
Power up the plug, tap Next, and confirm that the LED is flashing blue. You’ll be asked to select your Wi-Fi SSID and enter your Wi-Fi password, and within several seconds the plug should join your network and automatically be registered as an Alexa device. You can rename the plug in the Settings menu if you prefer.
The T30-10B performed well in our tests. It responded quickly to on/off commands using both the mobile app and the physical button, and Alexa voice commands worked as intended. I created an Alexa routine to have the plug turn on when a Ring Floodlight Cam detected motion and it worked without a hitch.
Real-time power usage reporting matched up with readings from a Kill A Watt power usage meter, making the T30-10B a good option for keeping track of how much power a particular product is using.
Good for Power Usage Reporting
The Ezviz T30-10B Smart Plug is very easy to install and can be controlled from anywhere with your phone, and it supports Alexa and Google voice commands. It also offers accurate power usage statistics so you’ll be able to see how much energy your appliances are using. You can create routines to have the plug interact with a handful of third-party devices, but it doesn’t support IFTTT applets that allow it to work with a wide variety of smart devices. If you can live without power statistics, our Editors’ Choice winner for smart plugs, the Wyze Plug, is hard to beat. It not only gets you two plugs for less than the price of one T30-10B, it also works with numerous third-party devices and interacts with other Wyze products.
