Autel MaxiCharger Home Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger, up to 50 Amp, 240V, Level 2 WiFi and Bluetooth Enabled EVSE, Hardwired, Indoor/Outdoor, 25-Foot Cable with Separate Holster, Silver

Luckily I had a sub panel in my garage so a $500 electrician visit had it installed. Probably overkill for my home garage but has great management features and I may move it to my office building for outdoor use eventually. I am a month in and have had no problems and it is working well with a cheap Tesla adapter although this makes it where you can't use the wall mount without removing the adapter. No big deal, I just hang it over the hook at the top and leave the cord draped out part way to the car. For my amount of use, I probably could have gone with less amps, but it is nice to have it charge relatively quickly. The 50A running through the cable does get pretty warm, Probably would be better if it was a heavier gauge wire but that gets expensive.

If you want to know what is in a persons heart look in their closet or the floor of their car. Same for an EV charger, they are all slick on the outside but crack the top and some are a total mess, just a jumble of wires. Look under the hood of the Autel, clean as a whistle, connections are super easy to both see and do with nothing in the way. At least on the detached holster model, but I think you can take off a few more screws and get the holster out of the way on that model as well. Everything clicked on and went to work at plug in time, nothing needs to be configured other than the rotating amp limit dial inside the box, which requires a tiny flathead the sort that you use on eyeglasses. Everything else is optional. If you don't care to connect to bluetooth, ethernet or wifi and just want a dumb box that pours electrons into your car you can do that. Getting set up with the Autel app was fairly easy, though using the QRcode to get the app didn't work, but I can type "autel" into the playstore search so no big deal. Double check when you scan the QRcode on the manual for box linking with the app, it had the right serial number but the pin was wrong so I had to enter the correct one by hand, don't just assume because it populated all the fields it was correct.My favorite thing that I did not know about was the software level limiting. I mean I knew you could do that but from what I could tell it limited you to the same steps as the hardware switch, 16/24/32/40/48/50. But you can actually do it in single amp steps so if you want to throw in a bit more safety factor to your 30amp breaker to help you sleep at night you're not limited to just choosing to go down to 16 from 24, you can have 23, 22, 17...all the way down to 6. That should come in handy if you want to relive your 1.44kw memories from level 1 life.

Perfect addition for home charging. Couldn’t be happier.

Great charger. Works well with app and would definitely buy again.

For the first few months… this charger was great. 25 foot cable and charging port holder was exactly what I was looking for.Unfortunately, this charger suddenly started throwing ground fault errors with no change occurring to any of the wiring.I had the wiring to the box replaced and it is still throwing the ground fault errors. The electrician suspects the issue build quality on the board where the house wiring connects to the unit. The board itself “wiggles” significantly which may indicate it is poorly secured.I am now looking for a better supplier as I can’t trust this one. Buyer be wear as usual. These things break outside of return windows and your just out hundreds of dollars.

Install was easy and straight forward. I did hire an electrician to do the install. I am an amateur electrician and after watching him do it. I am confident I could do it if I ever need to again. It looks nice, the cord is ample and the machine works great. The app is constantly improving and works great. I bought the highest amp one but I only use 48 instead of the 60. Just didn't know any better. SO unless you are know you are goign to use the max power of this, just get the next one down and save a few a bucks.

This charger was relatively easy to install. One snag I ran into was that the terminals are mounted very close to the top of the inner housing, making it nearly impossible to get a torque screwdriver securely on the terminal screws. This was only a minor inconvenience, however. The bigger problem is very stiff cable. The out of Spec YouTube channel reviewed this charger and states that the quality of the cable has improved and is now more flexible (especially at low outdoor temperatures). This was not my experience. The cable was fairly flexible at around 60 degrees, but temps around or below 45 degrees cause the cable to be extremely stiff. I really want to love the charger, but the poor quality cable has me looking for alternatives.It’s also worth mentioning that the cable near the charger did get warm after only 20 minutes of charging at 48 amps.

The media could not be loaded. This has made a world of difference for us. Charges quickly, getting us from 20 to 80% (desired range) while we relax at night. Easy to use, and piece of mind for commuting car. Works well in our 2 car garage where the EV is parked on the far side, but reaches easily with no hassle plugging in.