The straightforward method to monitor your power in actual time, proper out of your telephone.
The Octopus House Mini is a model new, cutting-edge little bit of tech that makes understanding your power utilization simpler than ever earlier than.
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What precisely is the Octopus House Mini?
The Octopus House Mini is a small, palm-sized system that beams dwell readings out of your sensible meter to our cloud-based platform Kraken, so we are able to present you up-to-the-minute sensible insights by way of your Octopus Vitality app.
Crafted by Octopus R&D labs, comprised of recycled ocean plastic, out there solely in Octopus pink!
The House Mini is our answer to one of the crucial widespread points flagged to us by our prospects – the In-House Show. Here is how they examine:
Be part of the waitlist for an Octopus House Mini now
With hundreds of individuals in line already, we will not promise any specific time frames for supply, although it ought to typically be shipped inside a number of weeks. While you are ready, our app is a superb software for monitoring your power, even with out the Octopus House Mini. Get it on the App Retailer or Google Play.
Accessing your dwell information is simple.
You simply must plug the House Mini in, observe the setup journey within the Octopus Vitality app and you will quickly be capable to see your electrical energy consumption and what you are spending in close to real-time and your fuel each half-hour.
Here is what a few of our prospects should say:
This spike at 3.30pm yesterday is driving me nuts. Solely my eldest lad was in, he didn’t put the kettle/cooker or anything on throughout that 30 minute interval, so I can’t for the lifetime of me suppose what triggered it. That is my life now I’ve a house mini 😆 pic.twitter.com/5YrXV7nZez
— Stuart Pocklington (@voice_dev_uk) September 24, 2022
I’ve bought a brand new House Mini from @OctopusEnergy up and working now for extra correct power stats.
It price me 0.23p to prepare dinner lunch at present, because of a very darkish cloud passing over simply earlier than I would completed it! pic.twitter.com/uv4F28EqGq— Mark Nelson (@sphericalsquare) June 7, 2024
Thanks @OctopusEnergy our dwelling mini arrived at present. Good day for it to reach and arrange exhibiting the #agile value plunge pic.twitter.com/oBTgDab52R
— Ev-Claire and Scott (EV household)🔌⚡️ (@EClaire_scott) June 8, 2024
Acquired our @OctopusEnergy dwelling mini earlier and I maintain watching it after I flip issues on. Right here it’s with the kettle on 😬 pic.twitter.com/rQRUnkOVlt
— Mark Walker (@markwalker_) Could 16, 2024
When can I’ve one?
That is our first foray into the world of {hardware}, and like all our different progressive merchandise, we have launched the Octopus House Mini in beta so we are able to iterate it primarily based on actual consumer suggestions.
- Please keep in mind that the Octopus House Mini requires a sensible meter we are able to hook up with with a purpose to perform. If you do not have one, you possibly can register your curiosity in a sensible meter right here.
- The Octopus House Mini remains to be a beta product, so there’s an opportunity that issues may not work completely the primary time. It depends on a connection to wifi, Kraken (our cloud primarily based platform), and your sensible meter, by way of the House Space Community (HAN). This implies sensible meter or HAN associated points might have resolving earlier than your system can work correctly.
Why are we doing this?
- We see this new degree of knowledge evaluation as an important step in direction of a less expensive, smarter, greener, all electrical system; a system that empowers prospects to be an vital a part of the answer.
- We have invested our personal assets on this mission, and our great staff has labored extremely arduous (you possibly can meet considered one of them right here).
- We recognize that at any time when we put one thing on the market individuals will talk about it, and actually treasure constructive suggestions, however please do it mindfully. When individuals go overboard with the ‘why have not I bought one but’ or ‘it’s garbage as a result of it doesn’t do that’, it does chip away on the enthusiasm of the individuals who pour their efforts into creating and constructing these thrilling new issues.
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