HomeFlex Level 2 EV Charger J1772 - Fast Smart Battery Power Charging at Home for Electric Automobile Vehicles - Hardwired for Electric Car

This is a great EV charger for level 2 home charging with the CCS plug. As of 2025, new cars will start using the NACS plug (Tesla). Most cars come with adapters to use either plug. This charger works flawlessly with either (NACS compatibility with your own adapter). The hardwired charger is the safest option, as long as you have at least a 6AWG wire connecting to a 60AMP breaker in your electrical panel. This lets you safely select 48AMPs of power, which works out to about 11kWh. This provides the best home charging experience in my opinion. Initial setup is easy in fast. However, wifi is required to complete installation. The charger only supports 2G wifi; it will see 5G wifi and connect to it, but give a cryptic error message and not finish setup. Plugging in is easy and the charge cable is long to reach inside or outside most garages. The cable is sturdy, though be careful not to damage it or drag it across the ground. The app integration works well, although it does not support multiple users in the home. Each person would have to install the app under one account (as of 2025). There are plenty of options to check charging status, and even stop charging remotely. We have the charger set up to not charge during peak hours, which our utility company charges triple the price. This schedule is easily set up in the app. Occasionally, the power ring of the charger will turn white. This means it’s not connected to wifi, or it’s not connected to the ChargePoint cloud service. When this happens, the charger will charge more slowly. I don’t like the idea that the charger requires a cloud connection to charge at full speed. Also, there’s no physical reboot button on the unit. Sometimes the white ring can be solved by turning the unit off and on. This requires you to go to the electrical panel and flip off the breaker for 1 minute. All-in-all, it’s a good and reliable charger, and some power companies offer rebates.

I drive a 2023 Kia EV6 GT-Line. I bought this about a year ago, more on a whim than a necessity. Level one charging has been perfectly adequate for my general needs. This is really a convenience I don't require, but still wanted. A friend of mine drives a VW ID.4 and uses this same charger, and I guess I had some charger envy. I may have also been a little bit intoxicated when I hit "pay." Anyway, a neighbor who is a licensed contractor was going to install for me. After about 8 months of waiting on him to have time, I eventually did some Harry-Homeowner style education (I've moved 240v, but never installed new) and decided to wire this myself, with the help of my brother who isn't an electrician but is a union tradesman with electrical experience. We wired it on a 50a breaker, using 8 gauge THHN copper wire, and PVC conduit from the panel. It's about a 20 foot journey, and we had to work in a weird bend where the siding on the house meets some brickwork. The hardest part was pulling the wire, as it got hung up a bit on aforementioned bend. But once we got past that, it was straightforward. Two live wires and a ground. No polarity, no neutral. Tough to mess up. The way they have all the wires line up with each other inside the unit is a little bit weird-- green, red, and black enter from the power source in a different sequence than they exit to the charging cable-- but just pay attention to the manual. Also, as long as you have the ground in the right place, I don't think it should matter about red and black (or whatever you're using for your two live wires coming off the panel). But I hope your electrical education is more vast than just reading this review and hoping I'm right. Getting the unit to shake hands with the house power and the WiFi was easy, using ChargePoint's app. (You don't really need to use the professional installer app to get it to work, just the regular consumer one.) Once I plugged into the car, it's pulling at a pretty consistent 9.4kw. Almost exactly the estimated output for a 40a charge on a 50a breaker. I've been charging the car on a 110v household current for almost 2 years, and a 20-80% charge has taken about 36-40 hours. Now the same charge takes less than 6 hours. It seems it would be ever so slightly faster if I used a 70a breaker and 6 gauge wire, but I do all my charging overnight, and the difference in charge times is negligible enough that I can't justify the extra expense. I'd be asleep for those extra few minutes anyway. Also, to the naked eye, the wires to the plug don't appear to be larger than the 8 gauge I ran from the panel. So maybe that doesn't actually make a difference, and it's all in the breaker. I'll let actual electricians argue about that. Pretty happy with it. The cord is pliable enough, even in 30-40 degree Utah winter temperatures that it doesn't appear to be an issue. Though I did install inside the (unheated) garage. I can't say whether outside might present a bigger issue. I don't think it would. Also, with newer EVs all going with the Tesla style form factor, I was glad to see that when I buy something newer, I can replace the cable on this for around $200, instead of buying a whole new unit. Overall, it's sort of pricey, compared to some of the alternatives, but worth it to me for a trusted name in EV charging. No complaints.

Easy to install and works extremely well. Charges quickly.

Cord is long and flexible even in -15C temperatures. The holster for the handle is sturdy and feels like it will last quite a while. The wifi failed to connect the first couple times trying to activate the thing, but it eventually worked. Seems to maintain a connection now, but wish it had stronger connectivity. App is good enough for what I need and contrary to some other reviews I saw, there is no longer a requirement to provide any payment info in order to register or use the home charger. I'm pretty happy with this thing.

Le chargeur fonctionne très bien mais l'application pourrait être meilleurs. Le principal problème c'est qu'on ne peut pas contrôler deux bornes avec le même compte ! Soit on se déconnecte de l'application et on ouvre un autre compte, soit on créé un compte sur un autre appareil. Le fil est juste assez long et reste flexible par temps froid. J'habite au Québec et nous n'avons eu aucun problème avec cette borne durant l'hiver. J'utilise tout de même une toile pour recouvrir le branchement à la voiture durant l'hiver. L'installation doit être faite par un électricien certifié.

Pour le moment, tout va bien mais je n'ai pas encore connecté le chargeur via internet. Considérant certaines critiques lues sur le web, je ne suis pas convaincu que je vais le faire. Par ailleurs, je suis très satisfait du produit en regard d'une utilisation quotidienne du chargeur.

This charger worked fine for about 8 months and then the WiFi communication stopped working. The only way to set the max charging current is through the app but since it won't communicate over WiFi there is no way to change this. I have tried to contact the manufacturer but received absolutely no response. They say they offer a one year warranty but that is a joke. Spend your money elsewhere.