Recommend a Car jump starter
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and these jump leads are long enough to reach your battery in the garage wherever you are?
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I must be missing something here but why would you want to keep one of these in the car? Surely if you have a half decent battery it's not something you'll ever need to use. So just get a new battery if your current one is on its way out?
That depends on the usage scenario, dashcams running 24/7 for example can be problematic over a reasonably short period depending on how they run, some mild hybrids have a very small battery that is only rechargeable if you can activate the switchover to ‘on’, which you can’t without normal 12v power. Admittedly those are likely better dealt with in other ways, but people can be strange.
Aye, if you actually have a clue, the chance of your battery going flat when out, or in a situation where you are not near a car of a family or friend etc is very rare, 20 years of driving or whatever I have never been caught short on a flat battery other than at home. Mostly my motorcycle actually I had to jump that just the other day becuase I hadnt ridden it for a while, but it'll be in the middle of the winter, in the morning if it will go. I try and do a fair bit of my own mechnical work at home (altough I certainly have limits!) so a spare battery at home can be handy.
An older car that can run its battery flat from leaving an interior light on would be a good use case.
Leaving a car parked up for a few days could see a parasitic draw develop and run the battery flat.
If the product was pointless it wouldn’t exist.
My mind boggles also, I have not needed to jump start a car for over 20 years, massive waste of time getting one
It's pointless, if there is nothing wrong with your car, and you give it a good run once a week, your reason for why these products exist is massively flawed
What a shame, perhaps if you didn't run a car as a mobile surveillance van it wouldn't be a problem
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https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637187876/800a-12v-electrostartr-hybrid-jump-starter
Stick in the boot and forget about it until you need it. No charging, no risk of shorting something out using jump leads.
I have the 1100A one and have started 4L diesel trucks and a 7.2L V8 with it. No drama. No fuss.
Stick in the boot and forget about it until you need it. No charging, no risk of shorting something out using jump leads.
I have the 1100A one and have started 4L diesel trucks and a 7.2L V8 with it. No drama. No fuss.
The product isn't pointless - they have a number of uses, particularly if you're a car dealer and have a lot of cars, or perhaps as someone with a few cars its a useful thing to keep in the back of the garage (maybe, I remain to be convinced even on that).
But if you feel the need to permanently carry a jump start pack around in the back of your car then something is wrong, it's that simple. It's not like its a tenner and the size of a matchbox is it? They cost about £100 and are quite big - you could buy a replacement battery for that and not have an issue for years to come. If you're routinely needing to jump start your car when out and about then fix the problem don't just prolong it by jump starting it all the time off one of these packs.
Personally I'd rather have a decent battery charger in the garage (and do) rather than a jump start pack. This and a decent healthy battery is really all you need.
What a shame, perhaps if you didn't run a car as a mobile surveillance van it wouldn't be a problem
By now surely you realise that not everyone has the same needs/requirements in life? The Amazon van driver that hit my fathers parked car for example was sure it couldn’t have been him, right up till the dashcam footage showed him inspecting the damage immediately afterwards before moving his van. Clearly the impact must have caused the guy PTSD related amnesia - I imagine he probably tried to claim for it.
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A lot of people live in flats etc, so no access to electricity or if car is parked down the street , so charging is difficult
So that device can use the remaining voltage in the dead battery to charge itself and then jump start the car? If it actually works and doesn't further ruin the already dead battery what an ingenious device.