Ohme Home Pro vs NexBlue Point 2: proven or future-proof?

The settled choice versus the ambitious one

Five pounds between them. On paper, this is the closest comparison on the site. In practice, it's one of the more interesting — because what you're choosing between is a charger with a long, quiet track record and a charger betting on what's next.

The Ohme Home Pro at £535 is the default recommendation for anyone on a smart tariff. The NexBlue Point 2 at £530 is newer, lighter, V2G-ready, and comes with a five-year warranty — more charger for less money, if you trust the brand.

The shortest version:

• Ohme Home Pro — proven tariff automation, tethered, three-year warranty, name you know.
• NexBlue Point 2 — V2G-ready hardware, untethered, five-year warranty, newer brand.

Is the NexBlue's spec sheet worth the risk?

On paper, yes. OCPP 2.0.1 compliance, ISO 15118, bi-directional hardware, a CT clamp included for load balancing and solar surplus, lifetime-free 4G, IK10 impact resistance. All of that for £5 less than the Ohme Home Pro. Most competitors charge you extra for any one of those things.

The catch is that NexBlue has been in UK homes for a fairly short time. There's no decade of field data on what happens to these units in year four or year six. The five-year warranty suggests the company is confident; it also means NexBlue needs to still exist in 2031 for that warranty to mean anything. That's the bet. If you're comfortable placing it, the hardware rewards you.

The Ohme's pitch is the opposite — nothing on the spec sheet will excite you, but everything on it works, and has worked for the last several years. Direct API integrations with Octopus, OVO and British Gas. Officially recommended by Octopus for Octopus Intelligent Go. Built-in 4G with three years of SIM included. Solar diverting without a separate clamp to buy. The feature list is narrower; the confidence it earns is wider.

Tethered versus untethered, and the cable question

This is the quieter difference, and it matters more than the price gap. The Ohme Home Pro ships tethered — a 5-metre cable bolted on, with an 8-metre option that costs extra. The NexBlue Point 2 is untethered only; you provide and store your own cable.

If you drive one Tesla and park in the same spot every night, tethered is the tidier answer. Plug in, walk inside. If you have two EVs with different connectors, or you want the wall kept clean when you're not charging, untethered wins — and the NexBlue's 2.1 kg unit is one of the lightest mounts at this price. Neither choice is wrong; it's a question of how you actually live with the thing.

Which tariff do you plan to be on?

Both chargers automate smart tariffs, but through different routes. The Ohme uses supplier-direct APIs — the charger talks to Octopus, which tells it when to charge. The NexBlue uses EcoPilot, its own tariff-integration layer. On Octopus Intelligent Go or Octopus Agile, the Ohme's integration is the one with the longer reliability record and the official Octopus blessing.

If you're on a flat-rate tariff or something like OVO Charge Anytime where the supplier does the scheduling, the automation layer matters less — and the NexBlue's warranty and hardware headroom become the deciding factors instead.

When the comparison shifts

If V2G is on your roadmap, the serious alternative to the NexBlue is the Indra Smart PRO — Indra has been shipping V2G units in UK homes for longer than NexBlue has existed. If you want the safest, most boring, proven tethered charger on a smart tariff, the Ohme vs Tesla Wall Connector comparison is probably where your decision actually lives, not here.

The verdict

Buy the Ohme Home Pro if:

• You're on or moving to Octopus Intelligent Go, Agile, or a British Gas EV tariff
• You want a tethered cable and a charger you'll forget exists
• You value a settled product over a spec-sheet winner

Buy the NexBlue Point 2 if:

• V2G matters to you and you want future-ready hardware without a later swap
• You'd rather an untethered unit and own your cable
• The five-year warranty and lower price outweigh the shorter UK track record

If one has to go on a wall tonight, it's the Ohme Home Pro. The NexBlue is the more exciting product and may well prove itself brilliantly, but "may well" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Pay the £5 premium for the charger with the receipts.