TP-Link Tapo Smart Button

Smart bulbs and buttons are great but having used them for 10 years now, they come with a lot of issues.One big one is that the reality of smart kit is that you need some way for everyone to be able to use them. For example, are you going to ask your parents in law to download the app, give them admin permissions and to use the app to switch the bathroom light on? No!!!So this is where these handy buttons come in.I have persevered for years with Lifx and Flic buttons and, the flic buttons run out of power all the time, disconnect and also they're not very robust. Add the crappy Lifx bulbs into the equation and you have a system thats just unrelaible.These Tapo ones are like night and day better.Firstly like all Tapo kit, they're so easy to add into your ... MoreSmart bulbs and buttons are great but having used them for 10 years now, they come with a lot of issues.One big one is that the reality of smart kit is that you need some way for everyone to be able to use them. For example, are you going to ask your parents in law to download the app, give them admin permissions and to use the app to switch the bathroom light on? No!!!So this is where these handy buttons come in.I have persevered for years with Lifx and Flic buttons and, the flic buttons run out of power all the time, disconnect and also they're not very robust. Add the crappy Lifx bulbs into the equation and you have a system thats just unrelaible.These Tapo ones are like night and day better.Firstly like all Tapo kit, they're so easy to add into your network. They literally take 30 seconds. You can then create all kinds of things to do on a "click", "Double click" and also rotate.The flic buttons had a click, db click and long press, but I don;t miss the long press at all.You can be creative with the tapo buttons. So for example. I have a set of bulbs toggling ON/OFF with a click, I have the landing light on a double click and you can actually turn a bulb or set of bulbs on/off using rotate left and right too. Its quite intuitive to use in fact.The buttons come with a metal back plate that can be stuck or screwed to the desired location. The button then magnetizes onto that so you can take them off and leave them at your bedisde and then replace in the morning. The bad thing about that is you can lose them or even mix them up but thats not happened to me.They're big but I kind of like them and the little ones find them easier to use too. The white colour makes them fit in well with existing classic switches so the size doesn't really make them an eyesore at all.2 months later and I have had no disconnects. One power outage saw all my Tapo kit come back to life and connect without any issues or re-setup needed at all and they are really fast to operate and also just reliable.So far, by far the best smart buttons I have used. With the rpice at £11 too they're the cheapest!!!

Review of TP LINK Tapo S200B Smart Button

Once setup they work fine, they are a bit clunky. I found it a little fiddly linking the short cuts to the devices but once connected was reliable. The magnets could be a little better as they are easily knocked off during use..