EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 vs Enphase IQ EV Charger 2

Two ecosystem chargers without their ecosystems

The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 costs £654. The Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 costs £1,050 — £396 more. Both are built to be the EV node in a proprietary solar-and-battery system. Both are mediocre propositions if you don't own that system.

That is the entire shape of this comparison. The question is not which charger is better, but which ecosystem are you already committed to — and whether either charger deserves your money if the answer is neither.

• EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 — £654, 7kW single-phase or 22kW three-phase, 3-year warranty. The charger for homes with EcoFlow PowerOcean batteries and solar.
• Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 — £1,050, 7.4kW single-phase only, 5-year warranty. The charger for homes with Enphase microinverters and an IQ Battery.

What the £396 gap buys — and what it doesn't

The Enphase is the more polished piece of hardware. A 7.5-metre tethered cable — among the longest on the market. MID-certified metering accurate to ±1%. Built-in PEN fault protection and RDC-DD, so the installer doesn't need to supply a separate board-level device. OCPP 2.0.1 rather than the older 1.6-J. ISO 15118 hardware readiness for future Plug & Charge. Five-year warranty against EcoFlow's three.

The EcoFlow answers with three-phase support (22kW if your supply allows it, irrelevant to most UK homes but a genuine spec advantage), an on-unit LCD, and the option of an untethered socket rather than a fixed cable. It also weighs 3.5 kg against the Enphase's 11 kg — a small thing, but installers notice.

Neither charger has confirmed OZEV approval. For a renter or flat owner, the £500 grant being unavailable stings more on the Enphase — £1,050 plus an install cost of £900–£1,300 is a substantial outlay.

Solar-surplus charging: the only feature that matters here

Strip away the ecosystem talk and both chargers do the same core thing: divert surplus solar generation to the car rather than exporting it to the grid. The Enphase does it in 1A increments, reacting roughly every 30 seconds, and can chase as little as 1.38 kW of excess PV. That granularity is fine. The EcoFlow's Solar Mode does similar work, though the incremental control is less precisely documented.

The difference is depth of integration. The Enphase, paired with IQ microinverters and an IQ Battery, lets its AI-led source selection decide whether a given kilowatt-hour should go to the house, the battery, or the car — all from one app. The EcoFlow, paired with a PowerOcean battery, does the same from the EcoFlow app. Neither offers this level of orchestration with third-party solar kit.

If you don't own either brand's solar system, both chargers lose their principal selling point. The myenergi Zappi GLO at £599 diverts solar from any PV installation, is OZEV-approved, and has years of UK field data behind it. For solar buyers without a brand allegiance, the Zappi GLO vs EcoFlow comparison is more useful than this page.

Neither charger talks to your tariff

A notable shared weakness. The Enphase has no direct API link to Octopus Intelligent Go, Octopus Agile, or any other half-hourly UK tariff. The EcoFlow's Smart Mode claims dynamic tariff optimisation, but the implementation is young and the UK tariff integrations are not yet proven at scale.

If tariff-led charging matters to you — and for anyone without solar it probably should — the Ohme Home Pro at £539 handles it natively and is OZEV-approved. That is a better charger for most UK buyers than either option on this page.

The verdict

Buy the EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 if:

• You own or are installing EcoFlow PowerOcean solar and battery kit
• You want three-phase 22kW support (and have the supply for it)
• You prefer an untethered socket over a fixed cable

Buy the Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 if:

• You already run Enphase microinverters and an IQ Battery
• The 7.5-metre cable and MID-certified metering matter to your setup
• A 5-year warranty justifies the premium over a 3-year one

For everyone else — which is most people reading this — neither charger is the right answer. The ecosystem integration that justifies their prices is gated behind hardware you either already own or you don't. If you don't, the Zappi GLO handles solar, the Ohme Home Pro handles tariffs, and both cost less. The EcoFlow is the better buy of these two, because it does roughly the same ecosystem job for £396 less — but "better of two niche options" is a narrow compliment.