Home chargers · UK 2026
The best home EV charger — not the priciest.
Speed, supply and how you park decide the unit you need. For most UK homes the best home EV charger is a 7kW unit — and spending more rarely buys faster charging.
Price my installSpeed, supply and how you park decide the unit you need. For most UK homes the best home EV charger is a 7kW unit — and spending more rarely buys faster charging.
Price my installAround 30 miles of range per hour on a standard single-phase supply. Fully charges overnight. The right call for the vast majority.
Roughly 90 miles per hour — but needs a 3-phase supply most UK homes do not have. Worth it only for two EVs or a small fleet.
Little faster than a plug socket. Fine as a backup "granny" cable, not as your main home charger.
Unless you have a 3-phase supply and two EVs, the answer is almost always 7kW.
Our pick of the best EV charger units in the UK for 2026. Each is a smart-charge-compliant 7kW home charger; tap through for specs and a fitted price. Spending more rarely buys faster charging — it buys design and app polish.
App-led smart charging with built-in tariff integration.
Tethered or untethered, sleek glass faceplate.
One of the most compact units available.
Clever load balancing for tight supplies.
A proven, widely-installed workhorse.
Design-led, customisable, hides the cable.
These units are fitted by every major UK supplier and by the independent installers in our network. Compare a provider's “from” price before you commit.
Since the Smart Charge Point Regulations, all new home chargers must support scheduled, off-peak charging and meet security and data standards out of the box. Every unit in our network is compliant.
In practice this means cheaper running costs: pair a smart charger with an EV tariff and you can charge overnight for a fraction of daytime rates — often the single biggest saving after the install itself.
The best home EV charger is the one that matches your home and how you drive — not the most expensive box on the wall. Because nearly every unit here is rated 7kW and adds around 30 miles of range per hour, the choice is rarely about charging speed. It comes down to four things: power, cable, smarts and design.
A 7kW charger runs on the standard single-phase supply nearly every UK home already has and fully refills a typical EV overnight. A 22kW charger is roughly three times faster but needs a 3-phase supply that is rare in homes, so it only pays off for two-EV households or small fleets. Unsure? See whether 7kW is enough.
Tethered units have the cable permanently attached for grab-and-go charging; untethered (socketed) units keep the wall tidy and work with any car or connector you own next. Both charge at the same 7kW speed. Compare tethered vs untethered.
Every new charger is smart-charge compliant by law, but some go further. If you are on a time-of-use tariff, Ohme's deep integration tops the car up automatically in the cheapest overnight window; if you have solar panels, Hypervolt can charge on surplus generation; and Easee shines on tight or shared supplies thanks to dynamic load balancing.
This is where the price spread lives. A Wallbox Pulsar is one of the smallest and best-value smart units; Pod Point is the proven mainstream pick; Andersen hides the cable inside a customisable fascia at the premium end. Paying more buys looks and app polish, not faster charging — so set a budget, then pick the unit whose strengths match your home. When you have a shortlist, check the real install cost before you commit.
There is no single best home EV charger for everyone — the right unit depends on how you park and what you value. For deep smart-tariff automation the Ohme ePod is the strongest pick; for design and solar choose Hypervolt; for a tight or shared supply choose Easee; for a compact unit choose Wallbox; for a proven mainstream workhorse choose Pod Point; and for a design statement choose Andersen. Almost all are 7kW, so they charge at the same speed — you are really choosing on app, cable and looks.
Work through four questions: power (7kW suits nearly every home, 22kW only with a 3-phase supply); tethered vs untethered (attached cable for grab-and-go, or socketed for flexibility); smart features (tariff and solar integration if you have either); and design and budget. Spending more rarely buys faster charging — it buys app polish, cable management and looks.
No. Almost every home charger on this page is rated 7kW and adds around 30 miles of range per hour, so a £1,400 unit charges at the same speed as a £900 one. The extra money buys design, build quality, smarter apps and features like solar matching — not headline charging speed. For raw speed you would need a 22kW unit and a 3-phase supply, which most UK homes do not have.
Our live UK sample puts a typical 7kW home install at the average shown in our cost index, with the lowest sampled jobs lower still. A 22kW install (real average also tracked in our index) costs a little more and needs a 3-phase supply. The charger unit is only part of the price — most of the variation is the electrical work, and renters, flats and on-street parkers can take up to £500 off with the grant.
Untethered is the more futureproof choice — it works with any car and connector and keeps the wall tidy — while tethered is more convenient because the cable is always attached and ready. Both are usually 7kW and charge at the same speed, so it is purely about convenience versus flexibility. See our full tethered vs untethered comparison to decide.
Every new home charger sold and fitted in Great Britain must meet the Smart Charge Point Regulations, so any current 7kW unit supports scheduled off-peak charging and security standards out of the box. That compliance also makes the chargers in our guide eligible for the EV chargepoint grant where you qualify.