MSI EZgo EV Charger

Let’s get the boring stuff out of the way first. I drive a BYD Dolphin, which we’ve had since September 2025. I live in a freestanding house where I’m fortunate enough to have a 10kw solar panel system. I am not, in any way, an EV wonk - my experience and knowledge is limited and ultimately, I’m just choosing to use what works for me. Since… Read more

getting the Dolphin, we’ve made do with the granny charger the car came with - plugging it into an outlet in the garage while the sun is out, and very occasionally leaving it to charge overnight.

For what I’m using the car for - which is mostly school run and other short, local trips - this works pretty well.

There are a few pain points, however, and my initial experience with the MSI EzGo Portable Charger tackles a few of them.

My first impression of the EzGo is that it feels nice. No shade to the BYD charger, but it definitely feels like something that came with the car. (A bit like the old wired EarPods that used to come with the iPhone - it does the job but it doesn’t exactly blow your skirt up.)

The second impression is that the cord is long. At present, I need to park the car right up the garage door to get our existing charger to reach. (No, parking in the garage isn’t an option. Don’t ask.) The extra length of the EzGo is just a lot more practical, giving us more room to breathe. We have a double-wide driveway, and the extra length means I can charge in either spot.

Surprisingly, the app is pretty good. Being able to schedule charging is fantastic, particularly when we want to take advantage of what our solar panels are generating. Being able to tweak timings to fit around off-peak pricing is another benefit. (That the app can be used without creating an account is also something I’m pleased with as I’m truly so tired of everything requiring a sign up these days.)

We currently only have a 10A powerpoint in the garage, which is limited to 7.5A, which does limit charging - we’re getting, on average, about 1.8kw. We’re hoping to upgrade soon to a 15A outlet, which should give us charging speeds of up to 3.5kw.

If you’re commuting big distances each day, the expense of getting a wall charger installed makes sense. For me, where I’m mostly doing short trips to places within 15km of the house, it’s a tough thing to justify. With the EzGo, the experience of charging from a normal powerpoint is just a little more convenient and flexible. The inclusion of a wall bracket is a nice touch as well, meaning once we’ve installed that, we’ll have a more elegant solution than propping the old charger up on our dodgy bar fridge.

While the EzGo doesn’t serve as a replacement for a wall charger, it does improve the experience for those of us who aren’t wanting to go that route - all in a nice, premium, portable package.

For transparency, MSI EVSE sent me the charger as a complimentary sample so I could test it and share my honest thoughts. I’ve been testing the MSI EZgo Portable EV Charger with my BYD Sealion 7 over the past week, only using it for home charging. Overall, it has been a very practical bit of gear, especially if you want something portable rather… Read more

than going straight to a permanently installed wall charger.

First impressions were good. The packaging was great, and everything arrived neatly packed and easy to unpack. The charger itself felt solid and well built straight out of the box. It didn’t feel cheap or flimsy, which is important for something you are going to be plugging in, moving around, and using near a car regularly.

Setup was straightforward. I plugged it into a standard outside wall outlet, connected it to the car, and charging began without any drama. The display and indicators were easy enough to understand, so I could quickly tell that everything was working properly. I didn’t need to spend much time reading through instructions or troubleshooting, which is exactly what I’d want from a portable EV charger.

In real world use the main benefit for me is convenience. I can see this being useful for people who want a backup charger, renters, apartment owners, or anyone who does not want to rely only on public charging. Obviously it won't replace a proper high-speed public charger and people should have realistic expectations about charging speed from a standard wall outlet, but for overnight charging or keeping the battery topped up at home, it does the job perfectly.

I also paid attention to heat and general handling during use. In my testing, the unit stayed reasonably cool, and I did not notice anything concerning. Storage is also easy, as the included wall bracket makes it a great option to hang on the wall when not in use. That is a small thing, but it makes the charger feel much neater and more practical for regular home use.

Overall, the MSI EZgo Portable EV Charger has been a useful and easy to use portable charging option. I’d recommend it most to EV owners who want a flexible backup charger or a simple way to charge at home without committing to a fixed wall unit straight away. Just make sure your electrical setup is suitable and that you understand the charging speed you’ll get from the outlet you are using.

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Last month I took the plunge and bought my first EV, a Subaru Solterra. I had been looking into everything I would need to consider, and one thing I was still undecided on was what to do for charging at home. From what I had read, the "granny charger" that would come with the car should be sufficient for topping up after my regular commutes, but… Read more

what about those weeks where I travel further afield each day?

At the same time as I was picking up my new car, the team from MSI were looking for reviewers for their MSI EVSE EZgo charger and I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity, and within a week I was sent the product for free, in exchange for sharing my honest review of the product. Never having owned an EV before, I am sharing my experience of their product as someone who has no preconceived notions about how a, EV charged "should" work.

Before receiving the EZgo, I got by with the charger that came with the car. It seemed simple enough, plug it in at night, let the car charge up while I sleep, wake up, unplug and off I go. At first I wondered what could be done to improve on that, it seemed so simple, until the EZgo arrived.

On setting it up I was impressed out of the box. The build quality and presentation looked impressive, with an included mounting bracket and hook to mount on the wall, I wouldn't have to worry about packing the charger back into its bag after charging each time. While this may not be a selling point for renters if you are unable to mount any hardware, for those of us fortunate to own our homes, this makes for a much tidier setup (see attached photos) while still making it easily removable when you want to take the charger away with you when you travel.

The charger came with 2 tails, one for a standard 10A powerpoint, and another for a 15A powerpoint, which many people will already have installed in their garage or at their workplace. Both tails are easy to swap, with a simple twist and lock plug to connect them to the charger body. I used the 10A tail for the first couple of nights until I had a 15A socket installed by my electrician.

Thanks to two other great features of the EZgo, I know that using a standard 10A socket I was able to charge at 1.7kW. With the 15A socket on its own circuit, I am now able to charge at 3.1kW. How do I know this? I can see both on the integrated LCD screen on the charger, and in the free MSI aConnect app, that can connect to the charger by Bluetooth. Using the controls on the charger itself, or via the app, you are able to set a timer for the charge and adjust the charging current to suit your needs.

With the app, you can monitor the charging status at anytime (within Bluetooth range of the charger) which is handy by itself, but you can also view details about previous charges, which is handy if like me you are on a single rate tariff, so you can work out exactly how much your charge has cost you. Best of all no subscription is required for the app! My car doesn't have any kind of app connect, so it's handy to be able to monitor the charging without having to walk out to the garage. I can also stop the charging at any time from the app if I need to. I have included some screenshots from the app, so you can see the details it gives you.

Setup for the charger and the app was fairly painless. Apart from having to power cycle the charger at first to update the firmware the first time, the experience was smooth the whole time. Mounting it on the wall was equally simple with the supplied hardware. I mounted to brick, but with the right anchors it could easily be mounted to a plaster wall if that's what you have in your garage or carport. If you're not fortunate enough to have undercover parking for your car, the charger is IP66 rated, and for a temperature range of -30°C to 50°C, which should cover anyone in Australia.

If I was looking to buy a charger, would I buy the EZgo? Absolutely, it seems great value for all of its features and seems very well built. I have already recommended it to my friends with EVs from my early experience with it.

Shout out to the team at u/micro-star-intl for reaching out to the EV community here in Australia to get some real world reviews and for putting together a great product for the Australian market.

MSI EZGO EV charger. Overall Impressions: Build quality is great, nice thick cables and solid connection points. I don’t see any obvious failure points however it’s worth noting the cable between the charger and wall socket can be swapped to facilitate moving between a standard Australian 10 amp power outlet and a 15 amp outlet, so if you were to… Read more

swap these regularly then that is a potential failure point.

Using the charger at home is quite simple, just plug it in and start charging at the set amp level (it defaults to 10A if you connect the standard power cable) however you can adjust down to 8A which might be useful if you have other appliances running on the same circuit.

The app is pretty no‑frills and clearly translated into English, which is a common weakness with many EV chargers. For example, when the charger is ready it displays “Insert the Gun,” a clumsy translation of what it actually means: “Plug in the car.” Fortunately, you don’t really need the app at all, both current adjustment and scheduling can be done using the two buttons on the front of the unit.

The app itself is Bluetooth only, so it’s not very practical for monitoring a charge. Move more than about five metres away and it disconnects. That said, Bluetooth is realistically the only sensible option for a portable charger you’ll keep in the boot and use in different locations, so I’d still rather have it than not.

I do wish the app had a more obvious name, though. It’s called aConnect, which appears nowhere on the charger, and for EV owners who already have four or five public‑charging apps installed, the unusual name makes it annoyingly hard to find on your phone.

The scheduling function, whether you use the app or the physical buttons, can only set a start time, there’s no option to set a stop time. In my view that’s a missed opportunity, as many people prefer to charge only during peak‑solar windows or overnight when electricity rates are cheaper.

Charging performance itself is flawless. It consistently delivers the full 10A, so full marks there.

I do wish the cable was a bit longer. Five metres is really the bare minimum for a portable charger, and given this unit sits at the premium end of the market, a seven‑metre cable would have been a welcome upgrade.

It does include a wall‑mount bracket, and with 15A charging (roughly 3.5 kW) you could realistically use this in place of a dedicated wall charger if you already have a 15A outlet available. That’s a genuinely useful inclusion.

While I’ve pointed out a few negatives, the charger absolutely nails its core job, charging. And most of my app related complaints apply to plenty of other chargers too. The 15A capability is the real standout here, giving it a meaningful advantage over the basic portable chargers that come bundled with most EVs.

I received this product as a free sample from MSI EVSE in exchange for my honest review.

MSI EVSE EZgo review I recently took delivery of a lovely Zeekr 7x earlier this month, however what wasn't so lovely was the fact that a customs issue meant that I had to drive home without a single way to recharge the car at home. So when the good folks at MSI put out a call for reviewers for their MSI EVSE EZgo charger, I leapt at the chance.… Read more

For some background my house is a single phase and I only have a 10A GPO in the garage. I have solar and Sigenergy batteries.

The carry bag was quite light, measuring around 36cm square and 13cm deep. At a guess, it weighed around 4kg. It would be very easy to load and fit in the front trunk of any EV.  Inside, everything was neatly arranged with plastic protecting things from scratching each other.

And here is what was actually included: The charger unit (IP66 rated) with a Type 2 CCS connector (5m cable length) Two tails. A 10A and a 15A which both connect via a collar that twists to lock. A hook that you can install onto your garage wall to take up the cable slack. A holder you can install to mount the charger unit. Hardware to mount both of the above. A quick start guide. A warranty card (the unit has a 2 year warranty). And lastly, the bag itself of course.

--- The charging unit has a nice, bright screen that displays the charging time, voltage, charged voltage (kWh), charger temperature and current. There is a big blue LED that indicates the status of the charger. e.g. "filling" like a loading bar for charging status. It can also go red if anything goes wrong. The bottom left "A" allows you to change the current setting.  You can cycle between 8A, 12A, 16A, 24A, 32A, and finally 40A. The bottom right clock allows you to delay the charging, handy for those who want to be able to plug the unit into their EV at night and go to sleep without having to manually turn it on when cheap overnight electricity rates kick in.  You can only delay the charging in increments of 1 hour. Note: Both current and time settings need to be set before plugging in the unit to your EV. 

--- I also linked the charger to their app which is called MSI aConnect. This was quite fast and painless, taking probably no more than a minute. Once connected and charging, you can view: Charging energy: this is how many kWh the charger has currently fed to the EV. Charging power: the amount of instantaneous kW the charger is supplying. Charging time: how long the unit has been charging for. Charging current: the current it is charging at. In this case, it has been set for 8A and is charging at 7.8A. Charging voltage: the voltage it is charging at. You can also remotely stop and start the charging via the big green button at the bottom which is a great feature for the purposes of safety or even laziness.  Also buried within the app is the ability to set a schedule to charge via a 7 day calendar .There was also a page to view your charge history and a page to analyse the exact amount of kWh charged over time.

--- So overall, how is the MSI EVSE EZgo? The hardware itself is high quality and easy to use. The 5m cable length means it can extend the full length of any car, should your GPO be in one corner of the garage and your EV charging door be in the other corner of the same wall. It comes with a nice carry case and thoughtful extras like both a mount for the charging unit as well as a hook to take up the cable slack, not to mention the mounting hardware too, saving you from a trip to Bunnings. It would have been nice to have the timer delay work in smaller time increments like 30 or even 15 minutes. The charging unit has 90 degree celsius overheat protection which will cause the circuit to shut off, a major tick for those nervous about charging EVs at home. IP66 rating is nice icing on the cake meaning you can use it outside in the rain without fear. App connectivity was great and worked without a hitch. It was good to see how many kWh had been transferred in real-time via the app. If your EV doesn't come with an app (Skoda and Jaecoo, I'm looking at you), this feature will be a godsend for tracking your battery charge amount remotely without you having to go up to your car and peer through the driver side window. In my case, even when Zeekr finally gives me the charger that is meant to come with the 7x, I'm definitely going to stick with the MSI EVSE EZgo. It has many more great features and inclusions like supplied mounts and hardware and great app connectivity and control versus the basic Zeekr one. If you're looking for a no fuss granny charger that can pretty much do it all, you'll be pretty much covered by the EZgo. --- I received this product as a free sample from MSI EVSE in exchange for my honest review.

I am impressed by the sturdy design and robustness of the unit and cables provided. It also came in a nice carry bag to keep all parts tidy in the boot. Also the length of the cables should be sufficient in most instances, beating the shorter length… Read more

of the BMW charger cables provided with the car. My greatest reason for upgrading the BMW charger to the MSI charger was the much shorter charging times. For whatever reason, BMW decided that its charger will only ever deliver 8A in Australia, NZ and Argentina. When using the 15A connection cable on the MSI charger, it delivers full current as expected (a 10A cable was also shipped that delivered 8A or 10A selectable.). The unit comes with a quick setup guide that instructs downloading and connection to the MSI aConnect app. The installation worked without a hitch. Because of the portable nature of the unit, the aConnect app does not allow full scheduling, instead it only allow delayed start of charging (without ability to specify the end time). This may work in most situations, but as I am on a EV plan with the power provider, I would have liked the option of fully scheduling start and end time. The charger has two push buttons responsible for selecting the current limit and delayed start time without using the aConnect app. While the current limit was easy to change, I could not work out how to set the timer with the information provided. However, in most cases I guess portable chargers will be used ad-hoc, so this is not a real problem. (An online manual can be found here: https://download-2.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/EVcharger/MS-C806_V2.0_User%20Manual_English.pdf)