Indra Smart PRO vs EcoFlow PowerPulse 2

The £259 question — and what each side gets you

The Indra Smart PRO costs £395. The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 costs £654. That £259 gap is wide enough to matter, and the two chargers spend it on entirely different things.

• Indra Smart PRO — £395, tethered with a 6-metre cable, surge protection device and solar CT clamp in the box. OZEV-approved. A charger that quietly reduces the total bill.
• EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 — £654, untethered, 22kW three-phase capable, LCD display, deep integration with EcoFlow's PowerOcean battery and solar inverters. OZEV approval not yet confirmed.

What the Indra's box-contents do to total cost

The Indra ships with a surge protection device (SPD) and a CT clamp for solar diversion. Neither is glamorous. Both save money. An SPD fitted by an electrician during install typically adds £100–£150 to the labour bill; a CT clamp another £50–£100. Factor those in and the effective unit cost of the Indra drops to somewhere around £150–£250 — territory occupied only by the Vorsprung Alpha Max and EVEC VEC03, neither of which matches the Indra's smart-tariff credentials.

The Indra also supports scheduling for Octopus Intelligent Go, Octopus Go, OVO Charge Anytime, and EDF GoElectric. It is not as slick at half-hourly tariff-chasing as the Ohme Home Pro — the app is more functional than polished — but for fixed off-peak windows it does the job.

For OZEV-eligible buyers (renters and flat owners), the grant covers the £395 unit outright and contributes to install costs too. That is a meaningful advantage the EcoFlow cannot currently match.

When the EcoFlow earns its price

The PowerPulse 2 is not a general-purpose charger competing on value. It is an ecosystem product. If you own — or are about to commission — an EcoFlow PowerOcean home battery and solar inverter, the PowerPulse 2 ties EV charging into the same app and the same energy logic: surplus solar goes to the battery, the battery feeds the house, and the charger draws whatever is left. One dashboard, one optimisation loop. No other charger on the market does this with EcoFlow hardware.

It also supports 22kW three-phase charging, which matters if you have a commercial or rural three-phase supply and want faster overnight sessions. The Indra is single-phase only — 7.4kW, full stop.

The on-unit LCD is a small nicety. Checking charge status without unlocking a phone is the kind of thing that sounds trivial until the charger is in a cold garage and your phone is upstairs.

But the caveats are real. The £654 price is the inc.-VAT figure — many retailers quote £545, which is before VAT. OZEV approval is unconfirmed, so the £500 grant may not apply. EcoFlow are proven in portable power stations; they are new to wall-mounted EV chargers in the UK, and long-term reliability data does not yet exist. The three-year warranty matches the Indra's but falls short of the five years offered by the Wallbox Pulsar Max or the ten years from Simpson & Partners Home 7.

Outside the EcoFlow ecosystem, the advantages thin out fast. Solar diversion without an EcoFlow battery? The Indra's included CT clamp does that for £259 less. The Zappi GLO does it better still, with a larger installer network and confirmed OZEV status, for £599 — see the Zappi GLO vs EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 comparison if solar is the main driver.

The verdict

Buy the Indra Smart PRO if:

• You want the lowest realistic total cost — unit, SPD, CT clamp, install — and confirmed OZEV eligibility
• You charge on a fixed off-peak tariff and need scheduling that works, not scheduling that dazzles
• You have solar panels and want surplus diversion without buying a separate clamp

Buy the EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 if:

• You already own or are installing EcoFlow PowerOcean solar and battery hardware and want unified control
• You have a three-phase supply and want 22kW charging
• You accept the risk of unconfirmed OZEV status and a brand still proving itself in fixed EV charging

For the majority of single-phase homes without EcoFlow kit on the wall, the Indra is the clear pick. It costs £259 less before you account for the SPD and CT clamp savings, and it carries the grant approval the EcoFlow currently lacks. The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 is a good charger trapped inside a narrow use case — if you are not already in the EcoFlow ecosystem, there is no compelling reason to pay the premium to get there.