Valta Starter Kit

I had them for 2 weeks. The iPhone app was not consistent with statuses on the devices also they keep shutting off so my equipment were being shut down without any settings to do so. Setup was easy but the features is limited; you can not do too much with configuring each device.There is better products out there.

I was pretty curious reading about Valta on Kickstarter and various tech news websites and I'm glad it made it to market. Super jacked that I could buy it off a trusted retailer like Amazon and even more so when it arrived.Set up of the base hub was as simple as connecting my garden hose and as for the sockets, the hardest part was how to decide where to use them (try to maximize energy savings vs. making my life easier and stress free). I opted for the latter and used one socket for the main lamp in my living room and the other for an electric space heater in my bedroom. I like controlling my lamp remotely (especially last week when I was on vacation in Florida so people would think someone was home with my lights turning on/off at random times in the morning and evenings) and as for that heater, I don't worry about forgetting to shut it off when I go to work and heating a room that I wasn't spending time in. Connectivity between the sockets and the hub have been solid. I input my electricity and time of day rates am starting to get some data on energy usage but I think if I wanted to maximize energy savings, I should plug something else in like my home entertainment unit.Looking forward to seeing where this company evolves it's products and services!

They have no customer service. I went to their facebook page and got some help initially, but now a year later and i can not turn my devices on/off remotely, it only shows if they are on or off. As of 5-31-2016 i can not even get the My valta app to work. No customer service, no response on their facebook page. Looks like they are out of business!!

Honestly, I've been looking at technology like this for a quite a while but most of them come with expensive home security systems and require a monthly service fee.Valta took less than 10 minutes to set up and, after only a week, I've started to see the benefits. Who knew my home theatre system was wasting $10-$15 each electricity bill, just while I was at work each day? Valta doesn't just show you how much energy you are consuming, it shows you detailed stats like time of day, day of week (I love the graphs and charts - great presentation on both the app and the website). The Scenes let you program in seconds when to turn things on and off (the user interface is super simple).Hopefully, Amazon will start selling expansion packs and larger kits. I definitely will pick up a few more outlets for around the house. It's crazy how much energy is wasted when I'm not even home! I never gave it much thought but when it's this easy to change, why wouldn't you? Plus, it's pretty cool to turn something on and off from my iPad!

I purchased this thinking it had droid support. Its really my fault as I assumed and thats where I made my mistake.

My Valta kit has worked great, and it's been much more useful than I really expected. I'm having a lot of fun controlling appliances in my house from my iPhone, but honestly the best part about it isn't that... it's knowing what's on, and what's off, no matter where I am. I can check in on my house while I'm out with my wife or whatever. I know there are some other systems out there that do this, but they were all super expensive and required a pro to install it, so for this, to be able to just plug something into a wall... it started working pretty much right away. Interested to see what else this company comes out with in the next few years.

Just got my Valta Yesterday here in Mexico, set up was super easy, everything just works, now I am monitoring my various equepments to see their consumption and take appropriate actions...just waitin to be able to buy the single sockets as soon as they come out....I think it will be in April...

Was thinking about purchasing this product because I liked the idea of being able to monitor power consumption throughout my home. It's also a very nice looking product that I thought would blend into my walls nicely. After some research, I am so glad I DIDN'T buy this set. First, there was no Android support. Apparently they have been promising this for 2 years. Why would you ignore over 80% of the smartphone market? Guess all the guys that run this company have iPhones. I was really done at this point in my research, but decided to do a little more digging. I guess out of total disbelief that you would ignore such a huge part of the technology world. The next thing I found was this very expensive hub has to be plugged directly into my router. I have one last precious open spot left in my router and I am glad I didn't give it up to a product that only controls 16 devices. Oh wait! Actually, none for me since I use Android. Lol!! My Sonos bridge controls up to 30 devices (maybe more). My Philips hub controls up to 60 devices. My WeMo hub, for their smart bulbs, doesn't even need to be plugged into my router and controls 50 devices. Valta has great intentions, but is too far behind other products.As you can see from above, I went with other products that were smarter and much cheaper than Valta. I purchased Insight switches by WeMo that basically do the same thing that Valta does. WeMo's products are somewhat awkward to set up but not difficult at all. WeMo Insight switches have the hub built in so you don't have to give up precious spots on your router. The cost of one WeMo switch is more than HALF of the cost of this Valta set and, as I said before, doesn't require a separate hub. WeMo's Android and iOS interface is easy to understand and simple to change and reconfigure if you so choose. Philips Android and iOS interface is a bit more awkward than WeMo's, but the product is very nice and works well like WeMo does.Connected home products are very cool and I love their potential. I even bought an Amazon Echo that supports WeMo, Philips, and Wink. They do not support Valta. Echo is simply just an amazing device. I can have Echo turn my products on and off with my voice. So cool and extremely helpful. The Echo was another reason not to buy Valta. With so many great products being developed to make our lives smarter and more connected to our home, we have so many great choices now. Unfortunately for Valta, they are being left behind in my opinion. There are just too many products out there that do more, are easier to use, supported by other products, and cost way less than Valta. Do your research and consider Valta carefully before you buy.