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If you've ever looked into making your home smart, you've probably hit the same wall everyone does: an electrician. Whether it's a smart lighting circuit, a heated floor timer, or a control panel like IKEA's ÅSKVÄDER system, the moment you want mains-level smart control, you're told you need to open a wall, rewire a socket, or book a tradesperson with a three-week waiting list.
That's the wrong starting point. You don't need to rewire your home to make it smart. You need the right modular power strip — one built to click together, connect to an app, and hand you full control without a single wire being touched. Here's the 3-step build behind every Moduel Start Kit.
Step 1: Click the modules together
Every Moduel system starts with a base connector and a set of modules — power outlets, USB-A, USB-C fast charging, and a Smart Matter Control Module. They click together like building blocks, no screwdriver, no wall plate, no electrician. Want more outlets? Click another module on. Want to rearrange your setup next year? Unclick it and rebuild it. This is what "modular power strip" actually means in practice: a system that grows and changes with your home, rather than one you install once and live with forever.
Step 2: Connect to the Moduel app
Once it's built, open the Moduel app and connect. This is where the "smart" part happens — no separate hub, no bridge, no third app translating between devices. Moduel works natively with HomeKit, Google Home and Alexa, so it slots straight into whatever ecosystem you already use. If you're coming from an IKEA smart home setup, Moduel works as a genuine åskväder alternative for anyone who wants mains-level smart control without buying into a closed hub system — same convenience, without the extra box on the shelf.
Step 3: Control it — from anywhere
With the app connected, every outlet and module becomes individually controllable. Turn off the desk lamp from bed. Schedule the hallway light to switch on before you're home. Group modules into scenes — "Movie night," "Away," "Morning" — and control your whole setup with one tap, or automatically. This is the piece a standard power strip can never do: it turns "off" and "on" into "away," "asleep," and "welcome home."
The bonus: energy monitoring, built in
Every Moduel module reports its own energy use back to the app, in real time. You can see exactly which device is quietly running up your bill — the old router that never sleeps, the charger left plugged in overnight — and switch it off without leaving the sofa. For anyone building a genuinely DIY smart home setup, this is the detail that turns "smart" from a marketing word into something that actually saves you money.
Why this beats the electrician route
A traditional smart-home rewire means cost, mess, and a fixed decision — once a smart circuit is wired in, it's wired in. Moduel flips that: every part of the system is modular, so your setup can change as your home does, and every part of the install is something you do yourself, in minutes, with nothing more than your hands.
Start with a Start Kit Smart Schuko if you want the fastest way into a fully controllable outlet, or add a Smart Matter Control Module to bring an existing appliance into the same app and the same scenes. Either way, you're one click away from a home that's genuinely smart — not just automated.
Ready to build yours? Explore the full range at https://www.moduel.com/collections/frontpage.