These Are the Smart Home Products I'm Adding to My Cart During Black Friday Sales

In my opinion, the bestsmart home devicesneed to meet a few basic requirements before I’ll buy them.

TP-Link products are frequent residents atop our editors' best-of lists, including thebest Wi-Fi routersandbest home security cameras.

Here are the items I’m adding to my cart.

First up is the TP-Link RE220 Wi-Fi extender,down to just $13 on Amazon.

Regularly priced at $35, that’s a 63% discount.

At this massive discount, I’m adding a couple to my cart.

The RE220 also gets kudos in our 2024 best-of roundup as thebest budget Wi-Fi extender.

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I’d previously purchased just one of these bulbs last year to give it a try.

Nowdown to just $20for a four-pack, these TP-Link Tapo Smart Bulbs are already in my cart.

Here are a few more of the items worth checking out during TP-Link’s massive Black Friday sale.

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