These are eleven of the best home EV chargers around

• Save hundreds of pounds a year with your own electric vehicle charger
• We rated the 11 best home EV chargers against 10 key criteria
• Criteria include warranty, value for money and customer feedback
• Read our guide before choosing the best EV charger for your home

Switching to an electric vehicle (EV) slashes your carbon footprint, but charging your EV can be expensive if you rely on public chargers. To save money as well as the planet, use a home EV charger instead.

Charging your EV from home is much cheaper than charging in public. You’ll save hundreds of pounds a year on public charging fees, especially if you set your charger to operate during your energy tariff’s off-peak hours.

You could even cut your energy bill and carbon footprint to zero by linking your charger to your solar panels.

The average 7kW charger costs between £500 and £800, and professional installation adds about £200 on top. To help you spend your money wisely, we’ve compiled a list of the best home EV chargers for criteria such as compactness, budget and ease of use.

Jump to the bottom of the page for more on our review criteria, or read on to discover our top 11 chargers.

Best small charger: Wallbox Pulsar Max

The Wallbox Pulsar Max is the dinkiest home charger on the market. But while it weighs just 1.3kg it packs up to 7.4kW charging power – the most you’d need for a typical UK home. Don’t be tempted to fork out for a more powerful charger than this.

Wallbox’s unit looks great and has a sturdy build quality. It’s only available as a tethered model, meaning its charging cable is permanently attached. This type of model is the easiest and most convenient to use at home.

The app is very well designed, with options to set up schedules, monitor charging, and even lock the charger when you’re not using it. The app connects via Bluetooth as well as Wi-Fi, which is handy if your home Wi-Fi struggles to reach your garage.

The Pulsar Max is nicely priced at around £600 before installation, and it’s widely available. You can even buy it on Amazon for £599, but we recommend having it supplied and installed by a professional.

Best tariff: Ohme Home Pro

The 7.4kW Ohme Home Pro is one of the home EV chargers available under Octopus Energy‘s new Octopus Charge package. This includes charger and installation from £899 total, and slashes your charging costs with the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff.

There’s a lot to love about the Ohme Home Pro, even if you don’t get it from Octopus. The unit’s built-in screen is packed with controls, so you can view charging data or make changes without having to pick up your phone.

When you do want to control it remotely, its app is the best around. It’s easy to use, and functions include tariff syncing and automatic distance-based charging. Just let it know how many miles you’d like to charge, and by what time, and the machine will charge your car – during off-peak hours only.

Best untethered charger: Powerverse VCHRGD Seven

The VCHRGD Seven is an amazingly versatile charger that comes in tethered and untethered versions. The tethered version is easy to use thanks to its permanently-attached cable, but the untethered version lets you remove the cable and stash it in your garage or boot.

Despite its swish appearance, this is one of the cheapest home EV chargers you can buy. UK-based Powerverse will supply and install the tethered or untethered model for under £900.

Smart functions help you get your money’s worth by integrating with your solar panels and automatically balancing power sources. The companion app lets you control your charging, track your history and utilise smart tariffs.

Best for solar panels: Myenergi Zappi

The Myenergi Zappi has three charging modes: Fast, Eco and Eco+. The Eco+ setting automatically redirects any surplus energy from your solar panels to your electric vehicle.

This ingenious idea makes the Zappi an ideal choice if you’re intending to switch completely to renewables.

The Zappi’s app is excellent. It displays clearly which source your vehicle’s energy is coming from, and works with other Myenergi products for full smart home control.

Like the Powerverse VCHRGD Seven, the Zappi comes in tethered and untethered models (tethered model pictured above). Both the black and white options look a little like defibrillators, but it’s good value at around £665 before installation.

Best customer service: Hypervolt Home 3 Pro

We always scour customer reviews when reviewing products, and Hypervolt’s feedback really stood out from the crowd. Verified users hail its “first class service… excellent, very professional”.

The Hypervolt Home 3 Pro is only available as a tethered unit. It’s larger than some competitors, weighing 6.15kg with the 5m cable attached. However it’s a great-looking unit, and has a cable tidy built in.

The Hypervolt Home 3 Pro uses Wi-Fi to enable smart features such as solar panel integration, scheduled charging and real-time energy monitoring. The big lightning bolt on the unit indicates its status (charging, standby and so on). Luckily you can switch this off if you’re not a fan of year-round Christmas lights.

Best looking charger: Andersen A2

There are several good-looking EV chargers on this list, including the Hypervolt Home 3 Pro and the Powerverse VCHRGD Seven, but the Andersen A2 pips them in the beauty contest. Not only is it sleek and modern, but it comes in an unbeatable range of colours and finishes, including stainless steel and wood.

The A2 is also the most expensive charger we feature. Prices starting at £1,199 from Andersen and around £1,099 from third-party retailers. But it has by far the best warranty on our list, at an impressive seven years if you use Andersen’s installers.

The charger has the talents to match its looks and price. Andersen’s new app lets you create a charging schedule and reveals how much the current session is costing. Customer service gets great feedback, with particular kudos for quick responses.

Most versatile charger: Easee One

The Easee One can be used as both a tethered and untethered EV charger. The user-friendly app has a toggle to switch between the two modes. This means it’s effectively two types of charger in one, and will be compatible with new types of charging cable as they arrive on the scene.

At 1.5kg the Easee is tiny, but it’s no lightweight when it comes to build quality. We love the rugged handsomeness of its distinctive helmet-like design.

Its controls are user-friendly and its app is brilliantly intuitive, even for EV beginners. The charger is even designed for easy installation, although we don’t recommend doing it yourself.

Best budget charger: Project EV EVA-07S-SE-C

At under £500 for an untethered 7kW unit with a five-year warranty, the Project EV EVA-07S is a great buy. Charging cables and installation will bump up the cost, and features such as 4G support need to be added later on.

This charger is produced in China and licensed to Project EV in the UK. It’s also known as the ATESS or Growatt, which can be confusing. But it’s much less confusing to use, not least because its functionality is quite basic.

The bundled app simply lets you start and stop the unit remotely, check how much it’s charged, and organise charging schedules to fit your tariff. You can add extra features with Project EV’s Pro App, which is designed for business users.

Best for extreme weather: Rolec Wallpod

The UK-made Rolec WallPod is one of the more expensive home EV chargers on our list, at around £850 without installation. Rolec sells directly to electrical wholesalers rather than to the public, so you’ll need to find your own approved installer. Is it worth the hassle and expense?

If you live in an exposed spot, yes it’s worth it. This unit operates in temperatures from -30°C to +50°C, so it won’t let you down in a sweltering heatwave or the worst extremes of winter.

The companion app is excellent, too. It’s both sophisticated and easy to use, with innovative smart functions. For example, you can control the charger from anywhere in the world.

Best for security: EO Mini Pro 3

We love the appearance of the British-made EO Mini Pro 3. Its latest version 3 looks like a compact high-end audio speaker. The charger comes in tethered and untethered versions, both offering up to 7kW of charging power.

EO’s accompanying app gets mixed reviews from users. Some say it’s slow, while others love the remote locking feature that lets you make the unit usable only at certain times. If you’re worried about passers-by stealing your charge, this would be the charger to go for.

Best for remote support: Pod Point Solo 3S

Pod Point really knows its chargers. Founded in 2009, the company has provided more than 9,200 public chargers across the UK and more than 211,000 installations in total.

Pod Point’s Trustpilot score of 4.5 from 24,000 users dwarfs all other brands in our line-up. Customers rave about the “great charger and even better service”. The Pod Point Solo 3 connects to your Wi-Fi network so the support team can quickly resolve any issues.

The Solo 3 is an affordable unit that you can buy tethered or untethered. Both come with an impressive five-year warranty as standard. The unit and app aren’t the most innovative we’ve seen, but you do get basic smart features. For instance, auto power balancing alters your charging speed to ensure your home isn’t overloaded.

How we chose the 11 best home EV chargers

Home EV charging is a fast-growing market in the UK, with plenty of criteria to keep up with. Here are the main benchmarks we looked for:

1. Affordability. A home EV charger cuts the cost of running your car by up to 90%, so a £700 EV charger could pay for itself in as little as a year. We prioritised chargers that deliver around 7kw or more of charging power for this price or less.
2. Ease of use. Home EV chargers should make your life easier, not harder. We excluded chargers whose customers complained about tricky apps and settings.
3. Warranty. Your EV charger is likely to get daily use outdoors, so you want the reassurance that it will last. All chargers on our list come with a free warranty of two years or more.
4. Durability. We prioritised chargers that operate well at temperatures as low as -30°C and as high as 50°C .
5. App. We looked for chargers whose apps are easy to use, and have features such as remote locking, usage metrics and access to customer support.
6. Money-saving capability. The best chargers maximise your savings by syncing with your energy tariff’s cheapest times.
7. Appearance. Today’s best EV chargers look less like petrol pumps or defibrillators and more like sleek outdoor fuse boxes, ideally as small as possible.
8. Tethering options. Most home EV chargers are tethered (charging cable permanently attached), but some can also be used untethered (“socketed”). This lets you tidy away the cable and use newer connection types.
9. Future proofing. The best chargers support multiple connection types including Type 1 and Type 2.
10. Customer feedback. We explore verified feedback from hundreds customers to confirm our good impressions or alert us to problems such as poor aftercare.

Next steps

By now, you should know everything you need to about the best and most cost-effective home chargers on the market.

A couple of tips before you go. Don’t let your installer leave without grounding your charger. The Institution of Engineering & Technology’s 2019 regulations oblige companies to provide a separate earthing rod with an EV charger, unless it’s built in.

It’s also the industry standard to get a three-year warranty for your charger.

If you want to join the growing number of Brits getting home charging stations, pop your details in this quote tool to hear from our expert installers.

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