Smarten your home for under $10 with Sonoff smart switches

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Sonoff is our hottest selling smart IoT brand, they offer you affordable, safe and easy smart home controls. Thanks to Alexa, in recent months they have rocketed up in popularity.

Why is Sonoff so popular?

controlling sonoff switches with your smartphone

Sonoff makes really affordable DIY switches so they can be professionally wired into lights or other home circuits. Sonoff also offers open compatibility with other systems and does not lock your home into a specific smart home brand or protocol.

Safe

Many Chinese smart devices are not certified by international bodies. Sonoff switches have certification and proper isolation of high voltage and low voltage circuits. You can install them and get them certified by an electrician. For this reason, they are also used by tradies when creating new smart homes for clients.

Compatible with top automation controllers.

Amazon echo google home and openhab smart-home systems with sonoff

Easily connect to Google Home or Alexa. And if you are looking for something more sophisticated. Sonoff also uses a simple protocol that even other open source smart home systems, such as Openhab and HomeAssistant can connect.

Value

There is little competition in this segment and price point, so Sonoff is in a good position. Lots of brands compete for the simple, smart sockets, Sonoff focused first on the wired in setups, a market with less competition. Their switches and sockets offer the same as much more higher priced branded items.

Sonoff’s hottest items

Wireless switches are their bread and butter, but we have included a few of their other growing items.

Wireless switches

sonoff th16

These are simple and just link between the mains power and the device, ideal for lights and smart sockets already in your home. These do come with a catch tho, most don’t have physical operating buttons, so you can only control from your device or smart home system. Unlike other smart home sockets, these are designed to be hidden and operate in the background.

Smart wall switches

Sonoff AC90

Touch and wifi controlled switches that link to your phone and also can be operated directly. They come in both square and rectangle styles and can be directly swapped with your current wall switches. The flat glass front and soft illumination give your home a modern look and also makes finding switches in the dark easy.

Additional wall switches

sonoff t443 wireless touch light switchThese stick on wherever you want and link to another smart switch, now you can have the switch anywhere without an electrician. They can be moved and relocated easily. Running off battery power, they do require changing, but they are rated to last more than a year with frequent daily use. It’s the simple easy way to add another switch to the bottom or top of your stairs or another switch by your bed.

Motion sensors and door switches

sonoff pir2 sensor

Monitor your home with Sonoff sensors and receive alerts of motion or doors being open. You can also set up triggers, so if any motion is detected in an area, you can turn on a light, or send an alarm to your phone. Like their power sockets, this can also be linked to other smart systems and can trigger actions in other items.

Power consumption recording smart sockets

sonoff s31 smart socket with power meter

A standard smart switch with added power consumption monitoring. You can track individual appliances. Or with a multi-adapter a collection of items. If installed on most outlets these can provide a comprehensive source of your power usage.

The future of Sonoff

In 2018 they began to release other smart items including simpler smart sockets and home security systems.

sonoff power monitoring graph Sonoff smart T433 socket records real-time consumption of the connected device, so you can calculate and monitor your power consumption.

Sonoff offer both easy to use standalone apps and open protocols compatible with other systems, making them ideal for both simple and complex automation setups. If you are looking for switches, power monitors or smart security, consider their range.

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