How to buy a home EV charger, and what to actually pay.
Sixty-plus units on sale, four decisions to make, one grant worth knowing about. We don't sell or fit a single one, so start here.
Ohme Home Pro Best all-rounder, smart-tariff native → 
myenergi Zappi v2.1 Best if you have solar → 
Hypervolt Home 3 Pro Toughest build, longest cable → 
The six home chargers worth buying
Sixty-plus units narrowed to six picks for six situations. A solid smart charger starts around £400–£700 fitted; our all-rounder pick is about £975.
Four steps to the right charger.
Most people don't need every guide. Follow the path; stop when you've decided.
Which type do I need?
Tethered or untethered, 7kW or 22kW, and which of those actually matters at home. (Mostly: untethered 7kW.)
The six chargers worth buying
The money guide. Six picks for six situations, with what we'd pay and why.
Installation & what it costs
What a fit actually runs to, what changes the price, and the questions to ask an installer.
Grants & eligibility
The £500 EV chargepoint grant is back for flat owners and renters. Whether you qualify, and how to claim.
Stuck on a decision? Let the tool ask.
Two checkers built into the guides above. Free, no email, your answer in under a minute.
Three chargers, scored. None got five.
One fitted on Ross's own wall, two researched to the spec sheet and back.
Ohme Home Pro
Best all-rounder if you're on a smart tariff. The app does the thinking.
myenergi Zappi v2.1
The one to get if you have solar. Overkill, and over-priced, if you don't.
Pod Point Solo 3S
Fine, familiar and widely installed. Beaten on smarts by cheaper rivals.
Home charging in 2026: quietly sorted.
The home-charger market has stopped being interesting, which is the best thing that could have happened to it. The hardware war is over. A 7kW untethered smart charger from a manufacturer that's still trading does everything almost anyone needs, and the prices have settled around £400–£1,000 fitted. Spending more buys you solar integration and a nicer app, not faster charging.
What actually moves your bill is the tariff, not the box on the wall. A good charger talks to a cheap-rate tariff and shifts your charging to the small hours; a bad one makes you do it by hand. That's the whole game now.
The one genuinely new thing is the grant. The £500 EV chargepoint grant came back for renters and flat owners, the people who were left out last time. If that's you, it's worth the paperwork.
Spend more and you buy a nicer app, not a faster charge. The cheap-rate tariff matters more than the charger.
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