Ohme Home Pro vs EcoFlow PowerPulse 2: tariff brain or ecosystem hub?

A £10 gap, two different arguments

Ten pounds between them. The Ohme Home Pro is £535 and exists to talk to your energy supplier. The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 is £545 and exists to talk to an EcoFlow battery. If you don't own the battery, most of the argument for the PowerPulse 2 evaporates.

The shortest version:

• Ohme Home Pro — the UK's smart-tariff specialist, with direct Octopus, OVO and British Gas API integration.
• EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 — a capable charger whose real value is unlocked by the rest of EcoFlow's home energy kit.

Where the Ohme earns its keep

The Ohme is recommended by Octopus for Intelligent Go — 7p/kWh from 11:30pm to 5:30am, with the tariff able to dip into the cheaper rate outside that window when the grid is willing. That integration is the product. On Octopus Agile, with its 5p/kWh off-peak floor and 30-minute pricing slots, the Ohme chases the cheap half-hours without you touching the app. On OVO Charge Anytime or British Gas Electric Drivers, same story — the charger does the scheduling dance the supplier expects.

The hardware supports the brain. 5-metre tethered cable (8m if you pay extra), IP65, built-in 4G SIM for three years so it keeps working when your router sulks, and a colour display that tells you what it's doing without reaching for a phone. The caveats are honest: single-phase only, three-year warranty where Simpson & Partners Home 7 offers ten and Rolec EVO five, and on a flat-rate tariff the smart-tariff API does nothing for you.

Where the PowerPulse 2 earns its keep

In exactly one scenario: you own, or are buying, an EcoFlow PowerOcean home battery with their solar kit. In that setup, the PowerPulse 2 is the charger that brings solar generation, battery state, household load and EV charging into a single dashboard. Solar Mode prioritises surplus PV into the car; Smart Mode handles tariff scheduling; the on-unit LCD shows status without the app. Three-phase 22kW is there for the small fraction of UK homes wired for it — useful if you have it, irrelevant if you don't.

Outside that scenario, the picture softens. EcoFlow are proven in portable power stations, newer to wall-mounted EV chargers. The installer network is smaller than the Hypervolt or myenergi crowd. The three-year warranty matches the Ohme but sits behind the five-year Wallbox Pulsar Max. And then there's OZEV: approval isn't confirmed at the time of writing, so the £500 grant — available to renters and flat owners — isn't a given. Worth a direct check with EcoFlow before ordering if you qualify.

Solar, without the battery

If you want a charger for solar panels and you don't own an EcoFlow battery, the PowerPulse 2's ecosystem advantage collapses. The Ohme's solar diverting is built in, works with a standard CT clamp, and has years of UK installation history behind it. For more serious solar-first buyers, the Zappi GLO at £750 is still the category benchmark — the full case for it is in the Ohme vs Zappi GLO comparison. The PowerPulse 2 belongs in the conversation only when the battery's in the picture.

Which to buy

Buy the Ohme Home Pro if:

• You're on a smart tariff — Intelligent Go, Agile, OVO Charge Anytime or similar
• You want a mature, OZEV-approved charger with a track record of UK firmware updates
• You value built-in 4G and a colour display over three-phase headroom

Buy the EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 if:

• You already own an EcoFlow PowerOcean battery, or plan to buy one
• You have three-phase supply and want to use the 22kW ceiling
• You want single-app control across solar, battery, house and EV

The £10 is a rounding error; ignore it. On a wall in a house without an EcoFlow battery, the Ohme Home Pro is the right answer — it's the better-integrated smart-tariff charger in the UK, and the money it saves on Octopus Intelligent Go pays for the install a handful of times over across its life. The PowerPulse 2 is a good charger waiting for the right house. If you're not that house, buy the Ohme.