Car Jump Starter

Manbatius said:
My ring one lasted approximately 18 months.

Replaced with a Gooloo. Not the one linked above.But managed to jump start a car not started in around 3 years with only 80% charge.
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Only 18 months? That's interesting to hear. Ring have a good reputation as far as I know. I have a Ring RTC4000 tyre inflator which has been very good (though to be fair, a tyre inflator doesn't have the same risk of dying like a battery starter) so I thought their jump starters would be reliable but clearly from your experience they're not! I'll go with Gooloo. Looked at various of their models but I think the A3 should be good.
 
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Merlin5 said:
Only 18 months? That's interesting to hear. Ring have a good reputation as far as I know. I have a Ring RTC4000 tyre inflator which has been very good (though to be fair, a tyre inflator doesn't have the same risk of dying like a battery starter) so I thought their jump starters would be reliable but clearly from your experience they're not! I'll go with Gooloo. Looked at various of their models but I think the A3 should be good.
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Yeah I was a bit gutted. So when I looked into this, it's not the power bank itself that fails. It's the bit that connects.

The Mrs has a hybrid that if left longer than about 3 days goes flat. I've used it maybe .. 4 times in those 18 months. Had also heard good things about Ring, maybe I was just unlucky.

That A3 Gooloo one looks decent !
 
It's very easy to say 'solve the problem', rather than get a jumper but that's not always the case.

I'll give you an example.

A few years ago, we went on holiday, got a ferry to an island, parked the car, and jumped on another ferry to another island.

A week later, we got back to the car and my remote didn't work to open it. I got in with the key, and the battery was completely and utterly flat.

I had no jump leads, no jumper pack and it was late in the evening, we had about 45 minutes before we had to check in for the ferry home.

There was no indication previously that the battery was on the way out, no slow starts, nothing. In fact, it turned out that as my lad had got out of the car, he'd knocked the rear interior light on by mistake. The car has tinted back windows, there's no way we could have noticed it.

Luckily, very luckily, I actually knew someone who worked nearby and he was able to get me going. I blatted around for half an hour before getting on the ferry home and was able to get enough charge in the battery for it to restart at the other side.

The next day, I bought a jumper and a set of jump leads. I've never needed to use them myself since, but I've been able to help a couple of people with flat batteries.

So yes, these do have a useful place in the car.
 
Feek said:
It's very easy to say 'solve the problem', rather than get a jumper but that's not always the case.

I'll give you an example.

A few years ago, we went on holiday, got a ferry to an island, parked the car, and jumped on another ferry to another island.

A week later, we got back to the car and my remote didn't work to open it. I got in with the key, and the battery was completely and utterly flat.

I had no jump leads, no jumper pack and it was late in the evening, we had about 45 minutes before we had to check in for the ferry home.

There was no indication previously that the battery was on the way out, no slow starts, nothing. In fact, it turned out that as my lad had got out of the car, he'd knocked the rear interior light on by mistake. The car has tinted back windows, there's no way we could have noticed it.

Luckily, very luckily, I actually knew someone who worked nearby and he was able to get me going. I blatted around for half an hour before getting on the ferry home and was able to get enough charge in the battery for it to restart at the other side.

The next day, I bought a jumper and a set of jump leads. I've never needed to use them myself since, but I've been able to help a couple of people with flat batteries.

So yes, these do have a useful place in the car.
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Yes absolutely. I could buy a new battery or leave post-it notes on my dash to remind me to turn lights off, but there's usually that one time something happens and you need that jump starter.
 
Feek said:
I blatted around for half an hour
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you don't have an auto function on the headlights
Headlight Behavior & Battery Drain
  • "AUTO" Mode: If your Auris is equipped with an "AUTO" setting and you leave the switch there, the headlights will automatically turn off when you switch off the vehicle and open the driver's doo
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personally just have a manual footpump in the boot for the rare tyre top-ups. - biggest problem with them is operating the nipple deftly so excessive air doesn't escape when engaging it ...
no rings here (or on the house front door - benny hill joke there somewhere))
 
One thing I'd be slightly concerned about is keeping a lithium battery permanently in the car. I'd want to buy something of decent quality to make sure there is minimal fire risk, although I haven't heard of any instances of jump starters causing fires.
 
radderfire said:
One thing I'd be slightly concerned about is keeping a lithium battery permanently in the car. I'd want to buy something of decent quality to make sure there is minimal fire risk, although I haven't heard of any instances of jump starters causing fires.
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I keep mine in my electric car :D
If its going up in flame it's going up.
 
jpaul said:
you don't have an auto function on the headlights


personally just have a manual footpump in the boot for the rare tyre top-ups. - biggest problem with them is operating the nipple deftly so excessive air doesn't escape when engaging it ...
no rings here (or on the house front door - benny hill joke there somewhere))
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That would be nice to have. I'm not aware of an auto function on mine, perhaps it's on later models.

radderfire said:
One thing I'd be slightly concerned about is keeping a lithium battery permanently in the car. I'd want to buy something of decent quality to make sure there is minimal fire risk, although I haven't heard of any instances of jump starters causing fires.
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It's a good point but I guess it'll be ok. Gooloo seems to be a trustworthy brand.
 
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