I hate juggling power cords and plug while on vacation or traveling for work! A travel power strip eliminates all the fuss, rolling up neatly into a compact bundle for your bag or backpack.

Power strips are an easy way to add extra outlets to your home, but a smart power strip can elevate the capabilities of any device you plug in. Right now, Amazon is selling the TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip for $25. That's the all-time low price and better than the usual $30 to $40 it sells for. Check out TechConnect, our home for the best tech deals, all hand-picked by the PCWorld, Macworld and TechHive editors. We haven't reviewed this specific smart power strip, but we did take a look at a variant of it with six outlets, giving it five out of five stars and an Editors' Choice Award.

If you don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on new bulbs, hubs, and thermostats, you can still make your home a whole lot smarter. And today's a great time to start: B&H Photo is selling the TP-Link HS300 smart Wi-Fi power strip for $55Remove non-product link when applying the 31 percent coupon on the listing,, along with a three-pack of TP-Link's HS200 smart Wi-Fi switches for $57Remove non-product link, nearly 50 percent off its list price of $105. The smart Wi-Fi power strip allows you to plug in up to six devices at once, and control them individually with their individual switches or by using the connected app. There are also three handy USB ports for charging up extra devices. Using TP-Link's Kasa app, you can set schedules and turn devices on and off remotely, as well as monitor energy usage.

The Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Power Strip from TP-Link makes no compromises in providing six switched smart outlets and three always-on fast USB charging ports along with power-surge protection. From a sleek design that fits in with modern home décor, to integration with its well-designed app, to an array of voice-control assistant support and scheduling, TP-Link has managed to make the ideal device--a rare achievement in smart-home hardware or electronics of any kind. The key feature you want in a smart power strip is robust scheduling. If the app is just a glorified per-outlet on/off switch, it might be slightly useful. But at four or five times the cost of a regular power strip, why bother?