The best home EV chargers in the UK

Every 7kW charger fills your car at the same speed, so the real contest is apps, cables, solar support and price.

Last reviewed 18 July 2026 · 8 min read · 6 sources

What are the best home EV chargers in the UK right now?

Start with the uncomfortable truth of this category: every charger on this page outputs 7kW, so none of them charges your car faster than any other. What you are actually buying is the cable arrangement, the app, the tariff and solar integrations, the build quality and the warranty. With that frame, our picks as of July 2026:

1. Hypervolt Home 3 Pro, best all-rounder. UK-designed and built, tidy 5 metre tethered cable, solar compatibility via a CT clamp, proper smart home support (Apple HomeKit and Google Home) and a three-year warranty.³
2. Ohme Home Pro, best for smart tariffs. The deepest integration with Intelligent Octopus Go: the supplier schedules your charging directly into the cheapest half-hours, and Ohme’s API path can see bonus cheap slots other integrations miss.³
3. myenergi Zappi, best for solar. The original solar-diversion charger, still the most sophisticated at following your panels’ output and the natural pick if you already own myenergi kit like the eddi diverter.¹
4. Easee One, best compact design. A 1.5kg unit in five colours that disappears onto the wall, with build quality that reviewers consistently rate at the top of the class.²
5. Tesla Wall Connector, best value. About £425 for the hardware, clean app, and it charges any Type 2 EV, not just Teslas.²

Also worth a look: the Ohme ePod (compact, untethered, cheaper than the Home Pro), the Andersen A3 (the premium, made-in-Britain option with 247 colour and finish combinations) and the Pod Point Solo 3S (the safe pair of hands with a long warranty).²

How do the top chargers compare on price and features?

Prices below are hardware only, approximate as of July 2026, and exclude installation. Supply-and-fit bundles usually land between £800 and £1,200 in total.¹

Charger	Approx. hardware price	Cable	Solar-aware	Standout feature
Tesla Wall Connector	About £425	Tethered	No	Cheapest reputable unit
Ohme ePod	About £500 to £650	Untethered	No	Compact, strong tariff integration
Ohme Home Pro	About £600 to £800	Tethered	No	Deepest Octopus integration
Easee One	About £600 to £800	Untethered	No	1.5kg, five colours
Hypervolt Home 3 Pro	About £750 to £1,000	Tethered (5m)	Yes, CT clamp	HomeKit, UK-made
myenergi Zappi	About £900 to £1,200	Tethered	Yes, built-in	Solar diversion specialist
Andersen A3	About £1,100 and up	Tethered	Optional	247 finishes, premium build

What about the Ohme ePod, Andersen A3 and Pod Point Solo 3S?

Three more units deserve proper mention rather than a footnote.

The Ohme ePod is the Home Pro’s smaller sibling: untethered, discreet, and carrying the same tariff integrations that make Ohme the default pick for Octopus households. If you want the smart scheduling without the tethered cable on show, this is the one.

The Andersen A3 is the luxury option, designed and built in Britain with 247 colour and finish combinations, hidden cable storage and a price to match the craftsmanship. It charges no faster than anything else here; you are buying the object, and for some houses that is a legitimate choice.²

The Pod Point Solo 3S is the sensible-shoes pick: one of the longest track records in the UK market, a strong warranty and wide installer coverage. Rarely the cheapest, rarely the flashiest, rarely a mistake.²

Which charger is best for solar panels?

The Zappi, and it is not close. Its eco and eco-plus modes track your export and put exactly your surplus into the car, so on a bright day you can charge for free without taking a grid kWh. It also sits inside the myenergi ecosystem (eddi hot water diverter, harvi current sensor), which matters if you are building out a solar home.⁵

The Hypervolt Home 3 Pro is the credible alternative, using a CT clamp to offer solar-aware charging without buying into a whole ecosystem.⁶ If you have panels but no battery, either will serve. If you are planning a full solar and storage setup, the Zappi’s ecosystem tips it. Our solar EV charging guide runs the annual numbers.

Which charger is best for cheap overnight tariffs?

The Ohme Home Pro (or the cheaper ePod if you can live untethered). Ohme integrates directly with Intelligent Octopus Go: you tell the app what charge you need by when, and Octopus dispatches your charging into the cheapest half-hours, including bonus cheap slots outside the fixed window when renewables are abundant.³

That said, every charger on this page can schedule charging into a fixed off-peak window, so if you are on a simple five or six-hour overnight rate, the integration race matters less. And all new chargers sold in Great Britain must default to off-peak schedules under the 2021 smart chargepoint regulations anyway.⁴ Pick the tariff first, then the charger that talks to it best.

Tethered or untethered?

Tethered means the cable is permanently attached: open the app, grab the plug, done. Untethered means a socket on the unit and a separate cable you keep in the boot or the hall cupboard.

For most drivers, tethered wins on convenience and total cost: a decent spare cable costs £100 to £200, which erases the untethered price advantage. Untethered earns its keep in two cases: you care about a clean wall with nothing hanging on it, or your household mixes connector types and needs both Type 1 and Type 2 cables. The full breakdown, including the security and trip-hazard angles, is in our tethered vs untethered guide.

What does “smart” actually mean?

Since 30 June 2022, every private chargepoint sold in Great Britain must comply with the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.⁴ In practice that means your charger must:

• Default to charging outside peak grid hours (08:00 to 11:00 and 16:00 to 22:00 on weekdays), though you can always override it.
• Apply a randomised delay of up to 10 minutes at the start of a session, so thousands of chargers do not slam the grid at the same second.
• Keep charging if the Wi-Fi drops, meet cyber-security standards, and work with any supplier.

So “smart” is the legal baseline, not a premium feature. The meaningful software differences are above that floor: tariff APIs, solar diversion, load balancing for homes with small main fuses, and whether the app is a pleasure or a punishment. This is also why importing a grey-market charger is a false economy: a unit that cannot prove compliance will not be installed by a reputable electrician, and should not be.

Which features actually matter?

Marketing lists are long; the shortlist is short.

Load balancing. The charger watches your home’s total draw and throttles itself when the shower and the oven are on, protecting a small main fuse. On older 60A supplies this is the difference between fitting a charger and paying for a supply upgrade.

PEN fault protection. Built-in protection against a broken supply neutral, which removes the need for an earth rod. Most current units include it; check before buying an older design.¹

Cable length and management. Five metres is standard. If your parking spot is awkward, measure the run from wall to charge port before choosing; a 7.5m tethered option or an untethered unit with a long cable solves what an extension never can.

Warranty and support. Three years is the norm. Because chargers live outside in British weather, the quality of the manufacturer’s support line matters more than most spec sheets.

The app. You will use it most days. Scheduling reliability, tariff integration and how gracefully it handles a Wi-Fi outage are worth ten minutes of review-reading before purchase.

Should you take the dealer’s charger bundle?

Dealers increasingly bundle a chargepoint with a new EV, sometimes discounted, sometimes nominally free. Judge the bundle on the hardware, not the headline: check which unit you are actually getting, whether the installation price assumes a standard job, and what happens to the price when the survey finds a long cable run. A free charger you would not have chosen, fitted at an inflated install price, is not free. If the bundled unit happens to be one of the picks above at a genuinely keen fitted price, take it without guilt.

How much should you pay?

Hardware between £425 and £1,200, installed total between £800 and £1,200 for a standard job.¹ Spending more mostly buys design and finish rather than charging performance: an Andersen in the exact green of your front door is a lovely thing, but it fills the car no faster than the £425 unit.

One last piece of arithmetic. The difference between the cheapest and priciest sensible charger is about £700. The difference between charging on the price cap and charging on a good EV tariff is about £414 a year for an average driver. Spend your research time on the tariff, then buy the charger that talks to it nicely.

Key facts

Charging power (all picks)

7kW

Cheapest pick

About £425

Typical installed price

£800 to £1,200

Smart regs compliance

Required since 2022

Typical warranty

3 years

Sources

1. CertifiedInstaller, best home EV charger UK comparison Accessed 18 July 2026
2. ExpertSure, EV charger reviews Accessed 18 July 2026
3. EV Tariff, Hypervolt Home 3 Pro review Accessed 18 July 2026
4. legislation.gov.uk, The Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 Accessed 18 July 2026
5. myenergi, Zappi Accessed 18 July 2026
6. Hypervolt Accessed 18 July 2026