PC200 Pro — what changed, and why

The PC200 earned its place in daily use across Europe. Customers trusted the hardware, and the reviews reflected that. What came next was more instructive: the feedback from drivers who liked the product enough to tell us precisely what it was missing.

Today, we're introducing the PC200 Pro — a new portable EV charger available now in 7.4 kW and 11 kW, with app control, smart charging goals, and the Quick-Switch adapter system for every socket in Europe.

What PC200 owners told us

The majority of what we read was consistent. Customers trusted the hardware, appreciated the straightforwardness, and returned to it day after day without incident. For a product built around daily reliability, that kind of sustained confidence is not incidental — it's the foundation from which more precise feedback becomes possible.

That consistency is meaningful — and, on its own, insufficient for improvement. The more useful signal came from the four-star reviews: customers who trusted the product enough to be specific about where it fell short.

The feedback that mattered most

★★★★★

Mauricio M.R., verified customer, France · Judge.me

"Une amélioration qui changerait drastiquement ce produit serait de le rendre connecté via l'app pour permettre de suivre la consommation et modifier l'ampérage à distance."

An improvement that would drastically change this product: connect it to an app, to track consumption and adjust the current remotely.

A second customer — also in France, also four stars — had no issues with the hardware itself, but noted that scheduling was limited to a departure time. What he needed was a defined charging window: begin at midnight, stop at five, aligned with off-peak electricity rates, completing without further input. A precise gap between what the product offered and what the experience required.

Both observations pointed at the same underlying gap. The hardware was performing as intended. The intelligence that should accompany it was not yet there.

A decision worth explaining

The scheduling feedback was the more instructive of the two. The obvious solution would have been to add a stop time alongside the existing start time — one additional input, problem solved. We spent some time on that, and then stepped back. A stop time still puts the burden on the driver to know what they need: how many hours, how many kilowatt-hours, what that translates to in range. For someone charging for the first time, or unfamiliar with their car's consumption patterns, those are not intuitive numbers. What people actually know is how far they need to drive the next day, or what time the car should be ready. Distance and time are concrete. Kilowatt-hours are not. So instead of adding a stop time, we built goal-based charging — an input that starts from what the driver already knows, and works backwards from there.

What the PC200 Pro delivers

The PC200 Pro connects to the Rheidon+ app over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. What that connection enables is not a timer — it is a goal. Select your car model and the app matches it against battery specifications in our database, giving you a reliable baseline to work from. From there, set what you actually need: the distance you intend to drive the following day, the time by which the vehicle should be ready, or a precise kilowatt-hour target. The charger calculates accordingly. Current can also be adjusted mid-session from the app without interrupting the charge — relevant when circumstances change, or when managing draw on an older electrical installation.

On the hardware side, the Quick-Switch System is fully integrated into the PC200 Pro line. A single unit supports CEE16,  Schuko, Type G for UK sockets, Type J, Type L and additional regional formats — adapters swap in seconds without tools. For drivers who charge across multiple locations or across borders, this is what makes a portable charger genuinely portable.

The PC200 Pro comes in 7.4 kW single-phase and 11 kW three-phase, both with a 6-metre Type 2 cable and ten protection functions running on every charge — including temperature monitoring at the plug, the Quick-Switch connector, and inside the unit. CE-marked, IP65-rated, two-year warranty.

Why 7.4 kW and 11 kW

A note on why those two power levels, and not higher. Early in development we considered a single 22 kW version that would technically cover the full range. It would have simplified things on our side. We decided against it — 22 kW exceeds what most European home electrical subscriptions can supply on a three-phase circuit, and also exceeds the on-board charger limit of the majority of EVs on European roads today. A specification most customers could never fully use would only mean higher development costs passed on to them. 7.4 kW and 11 kW are where drivers actually are.

What comes next

Development on the next set of capabilities is already underway. Solar surplus charging — which will allow the PC200 Pro to draw on excess energy from a home solar installation rather than the grid — is coming via firmware update. Load balancing with the Rheidon AC550 is also planned, enabling the charger to operate in coordination with a property's existing electrical demand rather than in competition with it. Both updates will be delivered over Wi-Fi to existing devices. No hardware replacement required.

The PC200-3K6 remains available for drivers who charge from a fixed socket at home and have no need for additional complexity. The PC200 Pro is for everyone whose requirements have moved beyond that.

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