IKEA GRILLPLATS plug

People seem to be liking the new IKEA GRILLPLATS ones, if they're available where you are. Matter over Thread, so depends on what your current setup looks like - I'm building out a new system that's Thread-only so far so they're basically the only option for me (alternatives are like 2-3x the price!).

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If you’ve got a Thread mesh going the new IKEA GRILLPLATS seem solid so far and are cheap.

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IKEA Grillplats haven't let me down so far and they're the most affordable Matter / Thread Smart plugs with power metering. Beyond that it's mostly Aqara (Wall switches, Light Bulbs) and EVE (Thermostats)

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… fairly sure you can enable a local mode with Bambu Labs which stops it calling out and having any reliance on their cloud servers, worth a look into. The GRILLPLATS are great, they also expose a whole suite of energy monitoring entities too. I use them to send me a notification when my dummy washing machine and dryers have finished their cycles. They act as routers yeah, they are actually my most connected devices in the thread mesh. SLZB-06mu, picked it up on AliX for around £16. The only thing I have exposed to the internet is home assistant itself, I haven’t sat behind a domain. Everything …

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I have the same issue - it basically makes the integration unusable. I am using GRILLPLATS Plug

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I'd have to find the post again but someone recently discovered that his grillplats plugs were causing havoc in his network and he had like 8 of them

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