Easee One vs EcoFlow PowerPulse 2

The £165 question — and what it buys

The Easee One costs £489. The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 costs £654. That £165 gap is not a styling premium or a cable-length upgrade. It is the price of admission to EcoFlow's energy ecosystem — solar, home battery, and EV charger managed from one app. If you do not own that ecosystem, or have no plans to build it, the gap buys you almost nothing you cannot get cheaper elsewhere.

• Easee One — the lightest wall unit on the market at 1.5 kg, with built-in protection hardware that typically shaves £100–£200 off the electrician's invoice. OZEV-approved. No solar tricks.
• EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 — a charger designed to sit inside a PowerOcean solar-and-battery setup. Solar Mode, 22kW three-phase support, LCD screen. Not yet OZEV-approved.

The Easee's real saving is not its price tag

At £489 the Easee One is not especially cheap — the Tesla Wall Connector undercuts it, and the VCHRGD Seven Pro at £430 undercuts them both. The Easee's advantage is what happens after the box arrives. Its built-in Type B RCD and open-PEN detection mean the electrician does not need to source, wire, and test those components separately. On a consumer unit that is already crowded or awkward to access, that integrated protection routinely saves £100–£200 in labour.

Factor that in and the Easee's total cost — hardware plus install — often lands lower than chargers with a smaller sticker price. The lifetime 4G eSIM is a quiet bonus: if your garage Wi-Fi is patchy, schedules still run. No subscription, no dongle, no fuss.

The trade-off is that the Easee is not a clever charger. It schedules, it load-balances across up to three units, and that is about it. There is no tariff API. On Octopus Go or EDF GoElectric, where the off-peak window is fixed, manual scheduling does the job. On Octopus Agile, where rates shift every thirty minutes, the Easee cannot follow — and the Ohme Home Pro at £539 can. If you want that comparison drawn out fully, the Ohme Home Pro vs Easee One page covers it.

When the EcoFlow earns its premium

The PowerPulse 2 is not competing with the Easee on install cost or simplicity. It is competing on integration. If you have — or are buying — an EcoFlow PowerOcean battery, the charger slots into the same app and the same energy logic. Solar Mode prioritises surplus PV for the car. Smart Mode automates tariff scheduling. The LCD on the unit itself shows live status without reaching for a phone. OCPP 1.6-J compliance means it can, in theory, talk to third-party platforms too.

Three-phase 22kW support is a genuine differentiator, though fewer than 5% of UK homes have a three-phase supply. If yours does, the list of chargers that can use it is short — the Zappi GLO, the Simpson & Partners Home 7, the Wallbox Pulsar Max, and the Tesla Wall Connector, among others. The EcoFlow belongs in that conversation.

Two caveats temper the enthusiasm. First, OZEV approval is unconfirmed. That matters: the £500 grant would cover the Easee One's unit price outright and contribute to install costs, but it may not be available to PowerPulse 2 buyers at all. Second, EcoFlow is proven in portable power stations but new to wall-mounted EV chargers in the UK. The installer network is thinner, and long-term reliability data does not yet exist. Three years of warranty is fine — but the Simpson & Partners Home 7 offers ten, and the Wallbox Pulsar Max offers five, for context.

Solar buyers without EcoFlow kit

If surplus solar diversion is the goal but you are not invested in the EcoFlow ecosystem, the PowerPulse 2 is an expensive way to get it. The Zappi GLO at £599 is £55 cheaper, OZEV-approved, and has years of solar-diversion track record behind it. The Zappi GLO vs EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 comparison lays out the detail. For battery-storage integration from a more established EV-charging brand, the GivEnergy EV Charger at £444 is worth a look — though its ecosystem advantages, like EcoFlow's, are gated to owners of GivEnergy batteries.

Which to buy

Buy the Easee One if:

• You want the lowest total cost once installation is included
• Your tariff has a fixed off-peak window and manual scheduling is fine
• You value OZEV approval and want the grant settled before the electrician arrives

Buy the EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 if:

• You already own or are ordering EcoFlow PowerOcean solar and battery hardware
• You have a three-phase supply and want 22kW charging from the same ecosystem app
• You are comfortable with unconfirmed OZEV status and a brand still proving itself in wall chargers

For a standard single-phase UK home without EcoFlow kit, the Easee One is the sensible pick. It is £165 cheaper, OZEV-approved, and its integrated protection makes the install simpler and cheaper still. The PowerPulse 2 is a good charger inside its own ecosystem — but outside it, the premium does not land.