About Amp & Adapter
An independent, spec-driven EV charging buying guide — and an honest account of what that does and doesn't mean.
What this site is
Amp & Adapter compares home EV chargers, charging adapters, portable chargers and the accessories around them. The goal is simple: help you buy the right charging gear the first time, without wading through marketing. Every recommendation is reasoned from published specifications, the electrical-load and cost-to-run math is shown on the page, prices are pulled live from the retailer, and there’s an explicit “skip this” whenever a cheaper or simpler option is the smarter buy.
Who writes it
Stephen is an enthusiast who's genuinely into EV charging gear — the kind of person who reads the install manual before buying. He's not an electrician and doesn't run a test lab, and he won't pretend to. What he does: pull the published specs, compute the circuit size and the cost-to-charge math, and cite every source so you can check the work. No lab coat, no borrowed credentials — for the actual install, always use a licensed electrician.
That framing is deliberate and it’s the truth: Stephen V.is an enthusiast, not an electrician and not a lab. The site competes on being transparent and checkable rather than on credentials it doesn’t have.
What this site is not
We don’t run a test lab, we don’t own the chargers we write about, and we won’t pretend otherwise. Plenty of sites say they “tested” twenty chargers; we haven’t bench-tested any, and we say so. Nothing here is electrical advice — circuit sizing, breakers and hardwired installs are a licensed electrician’s job, and the figures on this site are for planning a purchase, not doing the wiring.
How we’re different
Instead of a lab we don’t have, we do the work anyone can check: pull the manufacturer’s published specs, compute the circuit a charger needs and what it costs to run, and cite the source for every figure. Our full method is on the methodology page, and how the site makes money is on the affiliate-disclosure page. If you ever find a figure that’s wrong, tell us on the contact page— we’ll check it against the source and fix it.