The best home power meters
This winter in particular, it is advisable to keep an eye on the power consumption in your own four walls. You can find out which electricity meters are worthwhile and help you save in our overview.
Purchasing an electricity meter is particularly useful this year, after all, saving is the order of the day. But there are many models, which one is the right one? We have different Power meters and smart plugs looked at – including test winners from Stiftung Warentest and models that we have tested ourselves.
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Voltcraft SEM 6000: power consumption in color
GIGA tip Of the smart plugs from Voltcraft (view at Amazon) is worthwhile for those who want to easily control their devices via smartphone. Plugged into the socket, all you have to do is connect the current measuring plug to your smartphone via the associated app (for Android and iOS) and Bluetooth.
We have tested the plug ourselves and can only confirm the ease of use highlighted in the purchase reviews. You can use your smartphone to control the Voltcraft plug, time plans set up and so on. In an overview you can see the power consumption with the listed electricity costs.
The plug has an LED ring that in different colors Lights up: blue when the plug is switched on, green for low power consumption, yellow for medium power consumption and red for high power consumption.
Revolt: Inexpensive all-rounder
price tip You can get it for less than 15 euros Revolt electricity meter (view at Amazon). Unlike the Voltcraft connector above, you can use the LC display directly read the power consumption and energy costs, while the electricity tariff is individually adjustable. You can make settings using 2 buttons.
At Stiftung Warentest, the REV power meter received a grade of 2.2. Especially that one The power consumption of the measuring device is very low at only 0.4 and was rated very well by the test institute.
In the reviews on Amazon, the handling is praised in particular: The setup is quick and the operation of the display is uncomplicated. Another benefit is that the display can be rotated is. Thus, the respective data can be read without any problems.
Fritz!Dect 200: Number 1 at Stiftung Warentest
At Stiftung Warentest he could Current measuring plug Fritz!Dect 200 win the throne and got the grade 1.5 (view at Notebooksbilliger.de). Among other things, the Fritz!Dect 200 was clearly convincing when it came to measuring accuracy.
As with the Voltcraft connector above, you can also connect this connector to your smartphone via an app. These are available for both Android and iOS. After setup, you can use your smartphone to create schedules or plug in via Google Calendar switch.
The consumption list is also practical: you are shown the measurement for the day, the week, the month and the entire year. You also have a corresponding overview of the electricity costs to be expected. And another advantage: you will get the CO2– Balance sheet of the respective device specified. The Fritz!Dect 200 has many useful functions, but they come at a price of just under 100 euros.
You can find out how you can save electricity and gas in these separate articles:
Eve Energy: Perfect for Apple users
The current meter plug EveEnergy (look at Saturn) is exclusively for Apple users did. You can download the corresponding app from the App Store and connect it to the plug via Bluetooth. The app does not require an account.
If you use several plugs for your home, they will be divided according to the different rooms (kitchen, living room, etc.) so that you can use them as you wish control via iPhone, iPad or Siri can. Of course, there is also an overview of the expected electricity costs.
At Stiftung Warentest, the plug received the grade good (2.4). In doing so, the measurement accuracy praised and Eve Energy is also convincing in its handling.
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The best power meters: this is how we selected them
When it comes to smaller gadgets like power meters, you are spoiled for choice. In order to make a suitable selection from the numerous products, we have partly based ourselves on the results of Stiftung Warentest – reviews are linked below. Our experiences and the ratings of users also influence the selection. The latter are helpful because they don’t judge based on benchmark numbers and other laboratory values that don’t say much, but instead emphasize individual impressions. In a separate article you can find out more about how we at GIGA deal with product recommendations and tests.
Sources used: Stiftung Warentest (Issue 11/2022)
