Ohme Home Pro vs NexBlue Point 2

£5 apart, five years of philosophy between them

The Ohme Home Pro costs £539. The NexBlue Point 2 costs £534. A £5 gap — less than a takeaway coffee habit for a week. Price is not the decision here.

What separates them is temperament. The Ohme is a known quantity: established brand, deep tariff integration, a tethered cable you plug in without thinking. The NexBlue is a spec-sheet marvel — V2G-ready, OCPP 2.0.1, lifetime 4G, five-year warranty — from a brand most UK drivers haven't heard of yet. One rewards pragmatism. The other rewards faith.

• Ohme Home Pro — tethered, proven tariff automation, three-year warranty, the charger Octopus recommends by name.
• NexBlue Point 2 — untethered, V2G-ready hardware, five-year warranty, a newer brand betting on where the grid is heading.

The Ohme's tariff integration is still the benchmark

On paper, both chargers offer smart tariff support. The Ohme Home Pro has direct API links to Octopus and British Gas. It is the charger Octopus officially recommends for Intelligent Go — the tariff that gives you 8p/kWh across a six-hour off-peak window and lets the charger shuffle sessions into the cheapest half-hours automatically. On Octopus Agile, where rates shift every 30 minutes, the Ohme chases them without intervention. Set your departure time, walk away.

The NexBlue's EcoPilot system covers Intelligent Go, Agile, and other time-of-use tariffs too. The ambition is comparable. The difference is maturity: the Ohme's tariff engine has been refined over several product generations and hundreds of thousands of UK installs. The NexBlue's is newer, with a smaller user base feeding back bugs and edge cases. If tariff automation is the main reason you're buying a smart charger — and for most EV owners it should be — the Ohme's track record carries weight that specs alone cannot replicate.

That said, on a simpler tariff like Octopus Go or EDF GoElectric, where off-peak is a fixed block you can schedule manually, the sophistication gap narrows. A basic timer does the job. At that point, you're choosing on other grounds.

The NexBlue's V2G hardware — valuable or premature?

The NexBlue Point 2 supports ISO 15118 and OCPP 2.0.1, making it one of a small number of home chargers with genuine bi-directional readiness baked in. The Zaptec Go 2 sits in similar territory, though at £638 it costs £104 more. The Indra Smart PRO, at £395, already does limited V2G — but with older OCPP.

The honest question: when will V2G matter to a typical UK household? The regulatory framework is still forming. Most cars don't support it yet. Buying V2G-ready hardware today is a bet that your charger will still be on the wall — and still compatible — when the ecosystem catches up. The NexBlue's five-year warranty helps that bet feel less reckless. But nobody can promise the firmware updates will arrive on schedule, or that the standard won't shift again before the hardware earns its keep.

If you plan to keep your charger for five-plus years and are comfortable with some uncertainty, the NexBlue's future-proofing is a rational choice. If you want a charger that earns its money now, on tariffs that exist today, the Ohme is the more immediate return.

Tethered versus untethered — a practical split

The Ohme Home Pro is tethered with a 5-metre Type 2 cable (an 8-metre version costs extra). You arrive home, grab the cable, plug in. The NexBlue Point 2 is untethered — a socket on the wall, bring your own cable. That suits households with multiple EVs using different connectors, or drivers who prefer to keep a cable in the boot. It is less convenient for a single-car household in the rain.

Weight is worth noting: the NexBlue is 2.1 kg, the Ohme 3.5 kg. Neither will trouble a wall, but the NexBlue's compactness — and IK10 impact rating — makes it a tidy unit for exposed driveways.

Which to buy

Buy the Ohme Home Pro if:

• You want tariff automation that works reliably today, particularly on Intelligent Go or Agile
• You prefer a tethered cable and the simplicity of arriving home and plugging straight in
• You'd rather buy from a brand with a large UK install base and wide installer availability

Buy the NexBlue Point 2 if:

• V2G readiness and OCPP 2.0.1 matter to you — and you're prepared to wait for the ecosystem
• You want an untethered socket for flexibility across multiple vehicles
• A five-year warranty matters more to you than a three-year one

For most buyers choosing between these two today, the Ohme Home Pro is the charger to put on the wall. Its tariff integration is proven, its installer network is mature, and it will start saving money the week it goes live. The NexBlue Point 2 is a more interesting product — arguably the better hardware for 2028. Whether it's the better purchase in 2026 depends on how much you trust a young brand to deliver on ambitious promises. The warranty suggests NexBlue believes in it. Whether you do is the only question left.