The Wallbox Pulsar Plus for Holiday Lets: The Budget Pick (2026)

Quick answer: The Wallbox Pulsar Plus is a strong budget choice for a holiday let: it's one of the most compact chargers on the market, among the cheapest, and OCPP-compatible so you can bill guests through a platform like GuestCharge. The trade-offs to know: it has no built-in MID meter (so you'll need an external one for compliant billing), no solar diversion, a shorter 2-year warranty, and Wallbox's customer support has a mixed reputation, which matters more for a property you manage remotely. If budget and a tidy unit are your priorities, it's a sensible pick. If you want billing built in or solar features, look at the Easee Charge Max or Zappi instead.

The Wallbox Pulsar Plus is one of the most compact and affordable smart chargers on the UK market, and for a holiday let owner who wants charging sorted without overspending, it's a sensible option. It does the core job, bills guests via OCPP, and takes up little space. This guide looks at where it fits for a rental, and the trade-offs worth knowing before you buy, including one that matters more for a let than for a home.

What the Pulsar Plus is

The Pulsar Plus is one of the most compact smart chargers on the market, roughly the size of a hardback book, which makes it easy to site tidily at a property. It's a Type 2 charger with adjustable power up to 22kW (the standard UK model is 7.4kW single-phase), with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, app control, and OCPP compatibility. It's available tethered with a 5m or 7m cable.

Wallbox also sells a newer model, the Pulsar Max, which upgrades a few things (IK10 impact resistance, a 5-year warranty, native Octopus Intelligent Go integration). If you're buying new, it's worth comparing the two, because some of the Pulsar Plus's weaknesses below are improved in the Max. For this guide we focus on the Pulsar Plus, since it's the one most widely referenced, but the holiday-let logic applies to both.

Where the Pulsar Plus fits a holiday let

Budget and size. Its main appeal is straightforward: it does the core job, bills guests via OCPP, and costs less than the premium units, in a smaller package. For a holiday let owner who wants charging sorted without overspending, and who's happy to fit an external MID meter for billing, that's a reasonable proposition.

OCPP for billing. The Pulsar Plus is OCPP-compatible, which is the non-negotiable for guest billing. It connects to a platform like GuestCharge so guests can pay per kWh for what they use. Wallbox's own commercial positioning leans on OCPP, power sharing and load management for businesses monetising charging, so the billing capability is genuine.

Adjustable power and load management. It can adjust its output and supports dynamic load management, useful if the property's supply is shared or limited.

The trade-offs that matter for a rental

Two of the Pulsar Plus's known weaknesses bite harder at a rental than they would at home, so they're worth weighing properly rather than skimming.

No built-in MID meter. Like most chargers (the Easee Charge Max being the exception), the Pulsar Plus has no built-in billing-grade meter. To bill guests compliantly under the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, you'll fit an external MID sub-meter alongside it at install. That's a standard job, but it's an extra cost and it partly eats into the unit's price advantage, so factor it in. Our MID-meter compliance guide covers the detail.

Shorter warranty. The Pulsar Plus carries a 2-year warranty, shorter than the 5 years offered by Easee and several rivals. For a charger you intend to keep at a rental for the long haul and rely on year-round, a longer warranty is worth something. (The newer Pulsar Max addresses this with a 5-year warranty.)

Support reputation. This is the one to weigh most carefully for a holiday let. Wallbox's customer support, based in Barcelona, has drawn consistent criticism for slow responses. At home, a support delay is an annoyance. At a holiday let you manage from a distance, a charger that goes down mid-booking with slow support behind it is a guest problem and potentially a refund. If reliable, responsive support is a priority because you're managing the property remotely, that's a genuine mark against it, and a point in favour of a charger with a stronger UK support presence.

No solar diversion. The Pulsar Plus doesn't do solar matching. If the property has panels and you want guest charging to draw from surplus solar, the Zappi is the better fit. No solar? Then this isn't a loss.

What it costs

The Pulsar Plus is among the cheaper mainstream chargers, with hardware typically around £500, plus installation, so an all-in figure usually lands below the premium units, before adding the external MID sub-meter you'll need for billing. That sub-meter is the thing that narrows the gap with a built-in-meter charger like the Easee Charge Max, so when you compare prices, compare them including the meter, not just the bare unit.

As with every charger, don't bank on a grant: the EV chargepoint grant for landlords (up to £500 per socket from April 2026) excludes holiday and short-term lets, so most holiday let owners won't qualify. The return comes from billing guests for what they use, which you can estimate with our earnings calculator.

The verdict for holiday lets

The Wallbox Pulsar Plus is a capable, compact, affordable charger that's OCPP-ready for billing guests. It earns its place for a holiday let owner who's budget-conscious, doesn't need solar features, and is comfortable fitting an external MID meter for compliant billing.

The reasons to look elsewhere are specific. If you want billing built into the unit with no separate meter, the Easee Charge Max is the cleaner answer. If the property has solar, the Zappi makes more of it. And if you're managing the let remotely and want the reassurance of responsive support and a longer warranty, the Pulsar Plus's weaker support reputation and 2-year warranty are worth weighing, or consider the newer Pulsar Max, which improves both.

To see how the Pulsar Plus compares with the other main options side by side, see our guide to the best EV chargers for UK holiday lets. And once your charger's installed, billing guests fairly for what they use is exactly what GuestCharge does; Wallbox is on our list of supported chargers.