Power strips have been a part of our life for a long time. The exponential growth in the number of electronic devices in our home does not correspond to a proportional increase in the number of available sockets, and We have no choice but to use these strips in almost every corner. Today we show you a different strip for design, quality of materials and performance.
Eve Energy Strip is a HomeKit-compatible smart strip that you will want to put in a visible place because it has a very careful design, first-class materials, and also you can control through your iPhone, iPad or Mac, through Siri and integrate it into automations and environments that you have created, while helping you save money on your electricity bill.
Premium design and materials
This Eve Energy Strip is different from the moment you take it out of the box. I have never before had a strip made of aluminum with these finishes. Therefore, it becomes an ideal accessory if you need to put it in a visible place, like your desk. The anodized aluminum and the black color of the plastic make it a complement that fits very well with your iMac, for example. But not only does it stay in appearances, it goes further in details such as the separation and arrangement of the sockets, which will allow you to connect three devices no matter how large the transformers are, without interfering with each other.
The three small switches at one end allow individualized manual control of each of the three sockets, and they are also illuminated by LED lights to know if the plug is active (lit) or not (off). The cable is also quite long (190cm) so the distance to the closest outlet should not be a problem.
It is not only about design, but also about the necessary protection measures so that your devices plugged into this power strip are well protected. It has protection against overloads, short circuits and those spikes of electricity so harmful that they end up spoiling your dear and expensive electronic devices.
Integration with HomeKit
We still have the best: compatibility with HomeKit. This strip includes three plugs that you can configure in your Home application and integrate them throughout your home automation network. The configuration process is very simple (you can see it in the video) and from there the possibilities offered by this Eve Energy Strip with enormous, since you can integrate it into environments, automations, control it through your voice through Siri, or through the iOS Home app, macOS.
The strip uses Bluetooth technology to connect to your HomeKit accessory center, so it should not be too far from it, or you should use the repeater that Eve also sells and that we analyzed in our blog recently. Eve has been working with this type of connection for a long time, and one of the problems with using Bluetooth, the delay from when you give the order until the accessory responds, does not exist in this case, as you can see in the video. The response is immediate from the moment you press the button on the screen of your iPhone until the plug in question is turned on or off.
This is where Eve's fantastic app comes into play again, free and available for iOS (link), and with a large number of additional functions to those offered by the Home app. I will never tire of repeating it: It is the best alternative to the native iOS application, even if the accessories you have are not from the Eve brand. In this case, in addition to the on and off controls, in addition to the automations, etc. We will also have important information about the consumption of the accessories plugged into the power strip.. The first thing we need to save is to know what we spend, so this is where it starts.
Editor's opinion
Smart plugs are one of the most interesting accessories to start with HomeKit because of the possibilities they offer us with automations and environments. If we take into account that this Eve strip offers us three plugs in a single device, this interest is tripled. In addition, it does so with a design that is not usual in this type of accessories, generally hidden in a corner. The Eve Energy Strip wants to be displayed and occupy a privileged place on your desk. With this design, the protection measures it includes and the integration with HomeKit, we can say that it is a unique device in its category.. This obviously assumes that it does not have a cheap price: € 99,95 on Amazon (link)
- Editor's rating
- 4.5 star rating
- Exceptional
- Eve Energy Strip
- Review of: Luis Padilla
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- Integrated
- Durability
- Finishes
- Price quality
Pros
- Quality design and materials
- Spacious layout of outlets
- Immediate response to orders
- Integration with HomeKit
Cons
- High price
- No USB ports