Reddit reviews MUSTART Level 2 Portable EV Charger (240 Volt, 25ft Cable, 32 Amp), Electric Vehicle Charger Plug-in EV Charging Station with NEMA 14-50P

It really depends on how many miles you need to drive. L1 charging adds about 4 miles of range per hour of charging, so if you've got 10 hours to charge at night that means you'll get 40 miles of range per day. If your regular use is less than 40 miles per day in that case then you'd be fine.

You can also buy L2 chargers that plug right into your dryer outlet and will double (or more!) the charge speed, and there's no modification of anything required. You'd just have to plug and unplug the dryer and car charger every time you wanted to use one or the other, which would be inconvenient but not difficult. They are just as safe as using a L1 charger and are designed to be used that way. You just have to look at your dryer plug and make sure you buy a charger with the same kind of plug, since there are a couple different kinds of plugs for dryer outlets depending on how old your house is.

If you do eventually have an additional outlet installed for a dedicated L2 charger you could just have the same outlet installed as what your dryer uses and use the same charger you bought already, just plugging it into the new outlet so you don't have to swap it with the dryer anymore and don't have any additional expenses except the installation of the new outlet.

It was all separate. The charger cable and 50 amp wire I bought on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077DC39J9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HEHCMS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


The rest is from Home Depot.

I looked up the MUSTART portable Level 2 charger on Amazon, is this what you're referring to?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077DC39J9

If so, I have two questions:

• Did you get the 32A or 40A version? Just asking because there's another Amazon verified purchase customer who claims to have gotten the 40A version for their Chevy Bolt 2019, but as the official docs say (and you said yourself), the Chevy Bolt 2019 maxes out its pull at 32A.
  
  
• Do you plug in directly to a NEMA14-50 drop on the wall, or did you get one of those NEMA14-50 to 120V adapters like this one?

>Just wanted to make sure there wasn’t a generic mobile or home charger with similar performance as Tesla

So there are 3rd party mobile connectors you could buy that will plug into a NEMA 14-50 or other common wall outlets. You can find plenty of them on Amazon.

But most will cost you more than Tesla's $300 option and all will require you to use your J1772 to Tesla adapter with them. And I'm pretty sure there aren't any 3rd party chargers that have swappable plugs like Tesla's charger.

So I was lucky. My 100A subpanel was in my garage.

I had an electrician come and install a 240V/40A outlet about 2 meters from the sub panel. He went through sheetrock and didn't spackle (and neither have I). That was about $350.

I then purchased a Level 2 portable charger on Amazon. The electrician and I chose the outlet type, in my case I chose a NEMA 6-50. You get what you think is right for your electrical grid.

Here's the product link.

That was about $350 when I bought it.

So total expense to me was about $700.

Whether you want a "charging station" or "place to charge" is up to you and your aesthetics/finances.

Bought this for $300 and it's working well

MUSTART Level 2 Portable EV... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077DC39J9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Best of my utility company gives a $250 rebate for putting in the L2 charger. Could have gotten a "free" 16a charger that was listed at $220 but I figured I have 32a why not get all of it?