Poniie PN2500 Professional NEMA 5-15 Wi-Fi Wireless Level 1 EV Charger Pass-Through Power Usage Monitor (60-240V, 25Amp)

I have a Ford F-150 Lightning with extended battery. I work from home so I do not need to charge daily, so I can afford to charge at Level 1 (120v/15A). I know after the EV is charged, the BMS continues to perform other maintenance tasks such as charging the 12V battery, keeping the EV batteries warm/cold as necessary, and other tasks. I have always been curious when this actually happens and how much additional electricity is used for these functions. In my browsing around Amazon, I ran across the PN2500. I was specifically interested in this model because it is rated at 25A, where others are only rated at 15A. My EV is plugged into a 20A AC outlet. The PN2500 is a bit more expensive as compared to others in this category, but it does have WiFi and APP for monitoring and fine tuning settings. So far, the PN2500 has performed flawlessly. I find the APP (IOS version) to be well designed, provides a lot of live data and so far has performed a lot better than I had expected. Most APPs for devices like this are clunky and hard to use and don't function as expected. This APP, however, is working great!. I don't need to into detail of all of the functions this device has, since there are several other reviewers that have covered that, and did a good job in their reviews doing so. There is one point I would like to make note of. If your mobile devices is using 5ghz WiFi at home, you will need to temporarily change your mobile device to 2.4Ghz. When the APP is first installed, it looks for the PN2500 using Bluetooth. Once it finds it, it starts to configure the network settings. It grabs the network config from your mobile for the initial setup. Since the PN2500 only supports 2.4ghz, and your mobile devices is currently configured for a 5ghz network, it will fail initial network setup. Again, change your mobile to use 2.4 temporarily and the initial network setup will be smooth as silk. At lease mine was. Yes, I had to temporarily change my mobile, but after network config was complete, I switched it back to 5ghz and the PN2500 continues to use 2.4ghz. I''m considering getting a 2nd PN2500. I would recommend that everyone has one of these in their tool box.

So far so good, all that is left is the test of time. I will update if it fails.Great unit. Easy to use, has all the key metrics to monitor, app is clean/good (see photo).Physical size of the PN2500 is practically identical to the Kill-a-Watt EZ P3. In height, width, and thickness (See photo). But unlike the P3, the PN2500 has Wi-Fi, which is an absolute game changer. No more bending over in awkward places where you have this thing set up to see the results, it can all be done from the app. Additionally, the app lets you change settings, so you can update your energy rate, toggle the LED on/off, etc from the app.The app was around 65MB, I installed it on a Galaxy S9+ with no issues. The app has a Guest login! So you do not even need to set up and account to get all of the basic monitoring features. You can get it up and running without directly providing any personal information (name, email, etc.) to the company.Additionally, this unit supposedly has a Max Power rating of up to 3000W @ 120V, which absolutely smokes the P3's rating of 1800W. I have burnt out several P3's when using around 1200W, which is why I no longer trust those units. Hopefully this PN2500's 3000W rating will be accurate. That would unlock the ability to monitor things like small space heaters (the notorious killers of the Kill-a-Watt P3's).I have not had the unit long enough to comment on its durability. But if the unit fails I will update this review. No update means the unit is still going strong.

I keep track of my usage to run my Mach-E Ev, I plug this device into the wall then the Ford 120v charger into this, Perfect, Got this one because it can handle more power out and i can monitor remotely. Easy to install app on my-Iphone, Love that I can monitor remotely my power usage, The graphics to keep track of the power usage, what not that usefull for me, but I still rate this a 5 star,

I purchased this to log power usage and based on the app's picture and device's WiFi ability, I expected to do some data logging with it; however, while it will connect to Home Assistant, using the Tuya integration, the power meter only sends volage and then separately, current, each about every 4 seconds. Watts are not sent, neither is KWh. Of course you can calculate watts from the received data, but the measurements (I and E) are separated by roughly 3 to 200 milliseconds (I'm assuming they come in separate packets). The power meter would do excellent in providing immediate gross power readings or for a measured time span (for example, 24 hours). In summary, it appears well built, good display, legible multi-function buttons, app is usable, integrates somewhat with HA. Downside is the limited data logged in the app and transmitted via WiFi.

This works well and the instructions online were decent. I was glad to get on sale.