The smart plug that quietly cut our electric bill

The cheapest upgrade we tested all year wasn't flashy. It was a smart plug that told us, in watts, what our 'off' devices were really doing.

Turns out 'standby' adds up. Two always-on culprits were costing more than the plug itself, every single month.

What it's good at

• Energy monitoring — real numbers, not guesses.
• Schedules — kill phantom draw overnight automatically.
• Dead-simple setup — running in two minutes.