Head to head
Two of the most popular home chargers in Northern Ireland, pulling in different directions. One is built around design and a great app, the other around solar. Here's how to tell which one is yours.
Free · No obligation · Takes about 60 seconds
The Hypervolt Home 3 Pro is the design-led charger: a polished app, a good-looking unit, and solar-aware charging of its own. The myenergi Zappi is the solar owner's charger: it can divert spare power from your panels into the car. Both are 7kW single-phase units, so they charge at the same speed. The winner is whichever matches what you care about most.
The design-led smart charger.
Solid tariff support through the app, with scheduling that targets cheap overnight rates. The Pro adds smarter energy features. It is capable here, though dedicated tariff optimisers still tend to rank Ohme first for dynamic, half-hourly plans.
Read the full Hypervolt guideThe solar owner's favourite.
This is the reason most people choose a Zappi. If you have panels, its eco modes let you charge primarily (or only) from surplus solar, which is hard to beat for running cost. No panels yet but planning them? It future-proofs the driveway.
Read the full Zappi guideThe differences that actually decide it, in one table.
| Hypervolt | Zappi | |
|---|---|---|
| Headline strength | Design and a polished, modern app | Charging from spare solar power |
| Solar surplus charging | Yes on the Home 3 Pro (Eco and Super Eco modes) | Yes, its whole reason for being (Eco / Eco+ modes) |
| Cable options | Tethered only | Tethered or untethered |
| App experience | Widely rated as one of the slicker apps | Capable via the myenergi app; some find it less slick |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (no cellular back-up) | Wi-Fi based, well established locally |
| Charge speed | 7kW single-phase | 7kW single-phase |
| Best home for it | Wants looks, a great app, and keen pricing | Has solar PV, or plans to |
Skip the agonising. Find your situation and follow it.
Choose the Zappi.
Its Eco modes charge the car from surplus generation, the cheapest energy you'll ever put in it.
Choose the Hypervolt.
A slick app, a unit that looks deliberate on the wall, and solar-aware Eco modes on the Home 3 Pro.
Weigh the Home 3 Pro.
It adds solar-aware charging to the design and app, closing the gap on the Zappi for panel owners.
Torn between them? Note it on your quote and ask installers to price the Hypervolt against the Zappi for your exact setup. Or see how they sit against the wider field in our Zappi vs Ohme guide.
The cleanest way to settle it is a real quote. Tell us your property and whether you have solar, and we'll match you with up to three vetted, NICEIC-registered NI installers who can price the Hypervolt and the Zappi for your driveway, with your OZEV grant checked and NIE Networks notification handled as standard.
Want the wider field first? See our best home EV charger shortlist.
No obligation. We match you with up to 3 NICEIC-registered installers covering your area.
It depends on your priority. If you have solar panels, or intend to fit them, the myenergi Zappi is the more direct choice because its Eco modes divert spare solar power into the car. If you care most about a polished app, a charger that looks good on the wall, and keen pricing, the Hypervolt Home 3 Pro is a strong pick, with solar-aware Eco modes of its own. Both are 7kW single-phase units, so they charge at the same speed.
The Home 3 Pro includes solar-aware charging through its Eco and Super Eco modes. The Zappi builds its whole identity around solar surplus charging through its Eco and Eco+ modes. If charging from your own panels is the single most important factor, the Zappi is the more focused solar unit, though a Home 3 Pro can suit if you also want the design and app.
Hypervolt is widely praised for one of the slicker, more modern apps in the category, with live data, scheduling and usage history. The Zappi works well through the myenergi app but some owners find it less polished, even though the charging itself is reliable. If app experience matters a lot to you, that tends to favour the Hypervolt.
The Hypervolt range is tethered only, so the cable is attached. The Zappi is sold in both tethered and untethered versions, so if you want a socket and your own cable for a tidier wall, the Zappi gives you that choice and the Hypervolt does not.
Yes. Both are OZEV-approved smart chargers, so any grant you qualify for applies to either. And whichever you choose, a NICEIC-registered NI installer notifies NIE Networks for you, which is a legal requirement for every new home charger in Northern Ireland.
Hypervolt, Zappi, or let the installers weigh in. Either way you get vetted NI installers, grant checked, no obligation.
Free · No obligation · Takes about 60 seconds
3 free quotes from vetted NI installers
Get my 3 quotes