Best plug-in electricity monitor?

Kostandia

Hello fellow forumites. If you have recently started to use a plug-in electricty monitor to test how much energy in both £s and kwh's each of your appliances are using, please share which product you have and what the pros & cons are! Thanks

Mstty

I use this

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/smart-plug/tapo-p110/

On offer when I bough tit £6.99

Pros I already have TP link tapo smart plugs so easy to setup

Cons it's a plug so anything hard wired can't monitor it like the oven for example

It has been great measuring the true cost of

2 cups of tea in the kettle v induction hob

Tumble dryer on eco or full blast

TV when left on and we fall asleep

And many more

pochase

Same as @MStty

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Tapo-Monitoring-Required-P110/dp/B097YBXHTW/ref=sr_1_2?crid=EJ3FBVJBJC5I&keywords=p110&qid=1657176602&sprefix=p110,aps,58&sr=8-2

additional Pro
- can be used also as smart plug, so useful later on
- phone application gives a lot of different information for long term measuring

Con
- there are concerns about what data is collected by TP-Link

Currently at £9.99, that is just £1 more than just the smart plug.

I also have, but don't use any longer

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08HWC1XTG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Pro
can be used without application

Con
complicated to use
hard to get to the information if the socket is in a hard to get to location

Leon_W

I bought one of these on eBay for £11.99

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403597899688?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=51eql6hlsjo&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=6xDTQee2SMS&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

There are plenty of other sellers with the same item so you might find it cheaper.

Pros. Pretty idiot proof. Plug it in, plug your appliance in and away you go.  You can set the price per KWH but I haven't bothered with that as it doesn't take a rocket scientist to multiply the total of KWH by the 28p or whatever you're paying for it. 

Cons. None I can think of.

pochase

Here are a few screenshots

Alnat1

Tapo P110 for me too, I think it was Pochase I have to thank for earlier link.

Currently monitoring my new fridge freezer to confirm it really is the D rated product it claimed to be

Mstty

Alnat1 said:

Tapo P110 for me too, I think it was Pochase I have to thank for earlier link.

Currently monitoring my new fridge freezer to confirm it really is the D rated product it claimed to be

Ours is an F and beating expectations on the P110. It's using less energy than Samsung state so I make it a D/E 

I wonder if dieselgate and other law suits has made manufacturers reduce their claims on efficiency?