It’s another great opportunity for us to promote our product and get the WiFi Plug name out there, which we are very excited about doing.
Come along to the Excel Exhibition Centre (stand L276) and have a look at one of the hottest gadgets of the year!
**Due to the large volume sold at the Ideal Home Show we are extending our competition for all new customers**
So you’ve bought your WiFi Plug(s) and hooked them up, Great! We want to see what you’re using them for. To be in with a chance of winning a fantastic prize worth over £500 simply upload a short video (20s max) of what you control.
OR send a screenshot of your app of the devices you are controlling
Competition Prize: 4x Wifi Plugs – 1x WiFi CCTV Camera – 3x WiFi LED Bulbs.
**Closes 02.06.14 Winner announced 05.06.14**
8.06am
I woke up late, so in my sleepy stupor I turned on my coffee machine from my iPhone. As it whirred into life, I hurriedly got myself ready. By the time I had showered, straightened my unruly locks and shaved off my caveman beard, my vital morning coffee was ready to go. I was out of the door on time. Thank you WiFi Plug.
8.40am
Fiddlesticks. I left the straighteners on, I’m sure I did. Can’t go back, can’t let them stay on all day. Ah! I’ll just turn them off from my phone… which has no 3G. Fortunately, I’ve also got my Google Nexus 10 with me, and I can also turn them off from there. Phew! Disaster averted. Thanks WiFi Plug.
Work has been a drag, and now I’ve got the nagging feeling I left the back door open. But it’s OK, I’m just going to log into the WiFi CCTV App on my tablet and have a look around. Phew! Nothing stolen. No strange man running amok in my unlocked home, that’s a relief. Cheers WiFi Plug.
Ugh. I’ve just been for lunch (ham and cheese baguette, thanks for asking), and I remembered I was meant to make dinner tonight. I put all the ingredients for a beef stew in the slow cooker last night, but forgot to turn it on. But no worries! My phone is being used for a Skype call but I can just turn the cooker on from my computer. The wife wouldn’t have been happy with me if I had messed that up, you’re a lifesaver WiFi Plug.
5.01pm
I’m done! What a long day that was, and I can’t say I’m looking forward to going back to a freezing cold house, I think I’ll turn the heater on now so it’s nice and toasty when I get back. Lovely. Thanks again WiFi Plug.
11.34pm
In bed after a long day, ready to go to sle… oh nuts. I think I left the lamp on in the front room. There’s no way I’m getting out of this bed now, I’ll just turn it off from my phone. I think I love you, WiFi Plug.
5. Lamp
Sure, it’s an obvious one, but sometimes the simplest ideas really are the best. If you’re tucked up under a duvet and moving to switch the light on or off really does seem like the end of the world, a flick of the finger on your phone is all it takes. I’ll confess to being lazy enough to make this one of my favourite WiFi Plug uses. It can also have a more practical use, like making sure all the lights are turned off when you’re out. Or, if you’re on holiday, you can set a timer to turn on a lamp at night to avert any potential burglaries. But, for me, it’s mainly about staying under the duvet.
4. Slow cooker
Slow cookers are brilliant. Lump some meat, potatoes and an onion in there and you’re just about done. For those who are not particularly gifted in the dark arts of cookery, they are a godsend. WiFi Plug makes the process even easier, you can set it to start cooking at a certain time, so it’s ready when you get back from work.
3. Coffee Machine/Kettle
That agonising wait for your vital early morning tea or coffee can seem like a lifetime. So I very much like being able to take a few extra minutes in bed whilst I wait for the kettle to boil or my coffee machine to churn into life. I can then spring up, awaking immediately to my vital burst of caffeine, ready to take on the day.
2. Electric blanket
It can sometimes take a great deal of willpower to emerge from your bed in the morning, knowing the harsh early morning chill will embrace you as soon as you leave the cocoon of your five duvets. As you might be able to tell at this point, I’m not a morning person, so I like to make them as easy as possible. Setting my electric blanket to come on about half an hour before I have to wake up makes that arduous climb out of bed so much easier.
1. Hair straighteners
I’ll admit, I’m not one to use hair straighteners – take one look at my not so fulsome head of hair and you would understand – but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand the hazard. There were 20,000 fires in the UK last year caused by faulty electrical appliances, it doesn’t take a great leap of the imagination to see the dangers straighteners present. If you’re a bit forgetful, or live with someone who is, it’s a great way of relieving the daily ‘oh fiddlesticks, did I leave my straighteners on’ panic.
Here’s a really cool feature if you live out in the sticks or don’t have broadband.
You can buy a MiFi device for approx £30 and then have complete control if you are out of range of your normal WiFi.
Perhaps you have a holiday home or cottage, you can still control your electric heating or whatever you like using MiFi & WiFi Plug. This works wherever you get a 3G signal so check your networks coverage before you buy.
Download now for Android (iOS will notify you when they approve the app 2-4 days)
Improved UI
Plug Mode (connected/disconnected)
Multiple Timers bug fixed
Group mode
All ON/OFF switch
So British Gas have just launched their HiveHome kit that enables you to switch your heating on & off.
Our customers have been doing this for a few months and it’s about 75% cheaper than Hive (plus you don’t have to wait 6 weeks for installation).
Check out our ‘how to’ guide next week and you can take advantage of controlling your heater boiler from your smartphone from anywhere in the World!
The wait is over! WiFi Plug has finally arrived! All pre orders will be shipped out within 24 hours. Thanks for being so patient.
The set up is so simple, just download the app and sync your new plug!
Now we have sorted the hardware, we can focus on App updates. We have loads of ideas for this plug including, geo fencing and email alerts – which will be released in Jan/Feb 14
