Jump Start packs
Discussion
They charge by plugging them in the same as you would a phone & when they're charged then yes they work, but it's like anything else, the good ones are good & cost in the hundreds & the s
t ones are st & cost thirty quid.
Unless you regularly leave your car for long periods I don't see the point in them. A dying battery is easy to replace before it dies completely.
t ones are st & cost thirty quid. Unless you regularly leave your car for long periods I don't see the point in them. A dying battery is easy to replace before it dies completely.
I've got an almost identical model. It's OK for starting small engines, but isn't strong enough when trying to start a heavy diesel engine - won't start my Land Rover or Daihatsu Fourtrak if the battery is totally flat.
It also runs out of steam VERY quickly - you've got maybe 2 or 3 goes before it's also flat.
ETA: The most useful function on mine is the mini-compressor!
It also runs out of steam VERY quickly - you've got maybe 2 or 3 goes before it's also flat.
ETA: The most useful function on mine is the mini-compressor!
I have a similar one, but without the compressor.
It's a very good little device.
It's even managed to jump start my Hilix with a dead flat battery.
That's a 3ltd lump.
Some jump starters need to have a bit of power in the battery before it will jump it.
It's to stop you electrocuting yourself or others.
Ironically, it means you can't use it to jump a battery that's flat – only one that's mostly flat.
If this one is the same as mine it doesn’t have that safety feature, and is better for it.
It's possible that the cheaper models have the same yellow case but a lower quality internal battery that might not last as well.. That's just a guess though.
You pays your money and takes your chances as they say.
It's a very good little device.
It's even managed to jump start my Hilix with a dead flat battery.
That's a 3ltd lump.
Some jump starters need to have a bit of power in the battery before it will jump it.
It's to stop you electrocuting yourself or others.
Ironically, it means you can't use it to jump a battery that's flat – only one that's mostly flat.
If this one is the same as mine it doesn’t have that safety feature, and is better for it.
It's possible that the cheaper models have the same yellow case but a lower quality internal battery that might not last as well.. That's just a guess though.
You pays your money and takes your chances as they say.
I have 2...one was a cheap (£20 IIRC) from Maplins with a compressor...Battery inside is *rap and is now totally dead after circa 2 years...
The other is a Clarke one...http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/jump-start-900
This is excellent...I've had it for approx 7yrs and it works...does the job always (so long as it's charged up, of course)...
The other is a Clarke one...http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/jump-start-900
This is excellent...I've had it for approx 7yrs and it works...does the job always (so long as it's charged up, of course)...
I got one but it wouldn't start a 2ltr Saab. Might have been a bad one. Tried it on the Jeep (4ltr) and I would have been as well holding the posts with my own fingers and using my inner spark. I eventually got a Clarke 4000 and this beast starts anything. I had the Jag off the road for 4 months there and it was dodo dead. Tried the cheapy first but not a jot. Stuck on the Clarke and it started without a whim. What you pay for I guess
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