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My electric car charger died after 14 months and the company wants $800 to fix it.
It failed last Tuesday while I was trying to charge for a trip to the coast, and now I'm wondering if anyone has found a reliable Level 2 charger under $500 that won't crap out after a year.
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amy1541mo ago
Honestly, I just read a review somewhere that said to avoid the cheap ones because the internal wiring is basically trash. Someone mentioned that the Grizzl-E charger is built like a tank and their's has lasted like 3 years without a single issue. It's around $400 last time I checked, so it fits your budget. My buddy has one and he lives in the rust belt with crazy winters and it's still going strong. Might be worth looking into before you spend $800 on a repair.
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wadecooper1mo ago
Read somewhere the Grizzl-E is made in Canada heavy duty, so @kelly.nora might be right about all chargers being similar inside.
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kelly.nora1mo ago
@amy154 makes a good point about Grizzl-E, but playing devil's advocate here - the company isnt offering to fix it for $800, they're just quoting a repair price. Thats pretty standard for out of warranty work on electronics these days. Everybody jumps to "buy new" but that $400 Grizzl-E could have its own problems down the road too. Fact is, all these chargers use the same basic components, just in different boxes. The wiring in a $400 unit isnt necessarily better than what's in your dead one, its just assembled somewhere else. You might spend $400 now and be right back here in another year with the same headache. Maybe the smarter move is to push back on the repair cost, see if the manufacturer will knock it down to $400 or $500 since the thing barely lasted over a year. That way you get a working unit you already know the history of.
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