There's already so many EV chargers on the market it's difficult to decide what is best for your situation.

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Without getting too technical, we explain 10 key differences between HandyChargers and others.

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1. We don't have a wide range of charger options. In fact, we have just 1 model. We do this so we can be experts on the equipment we provide and so we know every single component is of a high quality, rather than having a limited understanding of a large number of chargers, many that may not even be designed by the company selling them.

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2. UK Government OZEV Approved - available to view here. Although chargers sold and installed in the UK need to adhere to certain safety and reliability standards, also being on the OZEV (Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles) Approved list ensures extremely high manufacturing standards have been met.

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3. Designed in the UK. HandyCharge Limited is a UK company, entirely owned and operated right here in the UK. Our charger and software has been designed here in the United Kingdom and we pay all our taxes here in the UK, no funny business.

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4. O-PEN Protection built in. The main benefit of this is it means no earth rod is required to be installed at each HandyCharger, keeping installations tidy and users safe.

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5. Dynamic Load Balancing as standard. This ensures the devices inside the building are always going to work just fine. Turning on the kettle and the hair dryer while charging a car at a log cabin? No problem. This also splits the available power fairly between cars, when more than one is charging at the same time.

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6. Twin cables attached. As well as allowing for two electric vehicles to be charged at the same time, having cables instead of sockets means no more hunting in the boot for a cable. It means less time taken to start charging, and as the cables are 5 metres long it means no crazy parking is required to get close enough to the charger.

More seriously, we know one of the most common frustrations among EV drivers is getting their own cable 'locked' in a public charger, especially if they are in a rush. As it is always possible to disconnect the cable from the car side, this serious annoyance does not occur with HandyChargers.

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7. Sleek, subtle design with no LCD screen to reduce light pollution. The clean, modern design has proven extremely popular with customers. Removing an unnecessary backlit screen from the charger increases reliability as there is one less component part to go wrong, and in a world full of too many screens we don't want to add to that if we can avoid it!

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8. 7.4kWh charge speed. Any slower and cars may not complete their charge before they get off and start their journey. Any faster would normally require expensive site upgrades, costly equipment installation and a slow approval from National Grid. HandyChargers can be installed at the vast majority of businesses we visit without any of these challenges, so we feel this is the charging speed 'sweet spot'.

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9. 24 hour freephone helpline number on every HandyCharger. While others often also offer this, as we focus on just one charger type we are able to solve the vast majority of issues over the phone.​

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10. Network agnostic connectivity and no wifi used. This sounds complicated! All this means is we connect to the strongest mobile signal available when charging takes place and we never connect to nearby wifi, which could easily be down or disconnected. Collectively this ensures the highest possibility of successful charges taking place.

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And a bonus point for good measure! HandyChargers are the easiest to use chargers on the market.

With every single charger you can quickly scan the QR beside the cable to be taken straight to a payment page to complete and begin your charge.

If you have a suitable Roaming Fob this can instead be used for an even quicker start and stop.

 

We do not hold user data or offer any apps to download.

Just like screens, the world has too many apps, usernames and passwords, thank you very much.