TP-Link Tapo P100 Smart Plug (4-pack) review

Verdict

The Tapo P100 is the least glamorous product on this site and one of the most useful. It is a Wi-Fi smart plug that turns a normal lamp, fan or small appliance into something you can schedule, control from your phone and trigger with your voice. The four-pack is the sensible way to buy it: one plug is a novelty, four plugs let you automate a room.

Setup is through the Tapo app on 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, with no hub required. Alexa and Google Home support are included, and the scheduling, timer and away-mode features cover the everyday jobs most people actually want. The plug is rated to 13A, so it is fine for lamps, chargers and small appliances, but it is not a solution for high-power heating or anything that needs a dedicated circuit.

There is no energy monitoring, which is the main feature gap compared with more expensive plugs. The shape is bulky enough that it can block an adjacent socket on a power strip, so plan where you put it. The app is functional rather than polished. None of that changes the value: a four-pack of reliable Wi-Fi plugs for around £30–£45 is a low-risk way to start a smart home. If you want per-appliance energy data or Matter-native hardware, spend more. If you want lamps to come on at sunset, this is the pick. The four-pack also makes it easy to group plugs by room in the app, which is more useful than it sounds once you have more than one.