Tesla Wall Connector (Gen 3) vs Ohme Home Pro

The £64 question

The Tesla Wall Connector costs £475. The Ohme Home Pro costs £539. Both are tethered Type 2 units delivering 7.4 kW on a single-phase supply. The difference is what happens after midnight — whether the vehicle follows a schedule you set or the charger works with a compatible supplier to choose charging slots.

• Tesla Wall Connector — £475, 7.3-metre cable, four-year warranty. You set a schedule through the vehicle; it follows it.
• Ohme Home Pro — £539, 5-metre cable, three-year warranty. Compatible supplier integrations can shift the charging window.

When the Tesla Wall Connector is the right buy

If your tariff has a fixed off-peak window, vehicle scheduling may be enough. Octopus Go currently records 8.5p/kWh across 12:30am–5:30am. Set the vehicle schedule within that window and confirm the result in the app. The Ohme can automate compatible tariffs, but has a shorter standard cable and one fewer year of warranty.

The cable matters more than people expect. The Tesla's 7.3-metre tether reaches driveways where a 5-metre cable leaves you reversing in. Ohme sells an 8-metre option, but it costs extra. Factor that in and the real gap widens.

There is a specific wrinkle for eligible Tesla owners on Intelligent Go. Its recorded off-peak rate is 8p/kWh across 11:30pm–5:30am, with managed scheduling through compatible vehicle or charger integrations. Check current vehicle eligibility before treating a charger integration as necessary.

When the Ohme Home Pro earns its premium

Octopus Agile publishes new rates every half hour and the pattern shifts daily. A fixed manual schedule cannot react to every price change; a compatible automated setup can. Actual savings depend on the published slots, vehicle energy use and how much charging can be moved.

The same logic applies to OVO Charge Anytime at 14p/kWh and British Gas EV Power at 9p/kWh: the relevant question is whether your charger and vehicle are eligible for supplier-led scheduling. Check the supplier's current compatibility list before ordering.

The Ohme also has built-in solar diverting. No extra CT clamp, no third-party box. If you have panels and want surplus generation routed into the car, the Ohme handles it natively. The Tesla Wall Connector does not — you would need additional hardware, or a charger built for the job like the myenergi Zappi GLO. Solar owners weighing the Ohme against the Zappi will find more detail in the Ohme vs Zappi GLO comparison.

The grant, the rating, and the small print

The Tesla Wall Connector is not recorded as OZEV-approved. The Ohme Home Pro is. Eligible customers may be able to claim up to £500 towards the chargepoint and installation, subject to the current scheme rules and installer application.

Weatherproofing: the Ohme is rated IP65, sealed against jets of water. The Tesla sits at IP44, adequate under a soffit or in a garage, less reassuring on a fully exposed wall. If your charger faces west with nothing above it, that distinction is not academic.

Warranty runs the other way. The Tesla offers four years; the Ohme, three. Neither matches the Wallbox Pulsar Max at five, but the Tesla's extra year is a small, tangible edge.

The verdict

Buy the Tesla Wall Connector if:

• You are on a fixed-window tariff like Octopus Go or EDF GoElectric and a manual schedule does the job
• You drive a Tesla and use Intelligent Go, where the car's own API handles optimisation
• You want the longest cable (7.3 m) and the longer warranty (four years) for less money

Buy the Ohme Home Pro if:

• You are on a variable tariff like Octopus Agile and want the charger to chase cheap half-hours automatically
• You drive a non-Tesla EV and need the charger — not the car — to be the smart layer
• You have solar panels and want built-in diverting without extra hardware

For an eligible Tesla owner on a fixed-window tariff, the Wall Connector's lower recorded unit price and longer cable make a clear case. For a compatible supplier-led tariff, the Ohme Home Pro offers more automation. The right choice depends on eligibility and charging behaviour rather than a promised payback period.