I ran actual numbers before doing anything, which is apparently unusual around here. Wallbox Pulsar Plus hardware runs about $700, installation quotes I got locally came back between $900-1400 depending on panel distance, so call it $1600-2100 all-in for a proper wall unit. A decent portable Level 2 is $500-650 and comes with me.
I move for work roughly every 3 years, always renting, never owned the place I've charged at yet. Amortized over a 3-year window the wall unit is somewhere around $45-58 a month once you factor in that I don't get a dime of that install cost back when I leave. The portable is maybe $18 a month over the same window if I use it for two full moves before it dies. Am I missing something the wall-install crowd knows that I don't, or is a chunk of this forum just paying for permanence they don't actually need?
