Power Pack Jump Starter
I know very little about these things so I come here asking: "Will this thing really start a car?". My wife wants to give one to her son for as a backup for his 2008 Harley Streetglide. He has been wi...
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j-d wrote:shastagary wrote:
the down side i see in the jump starters is the batteries in them do not last very long I've seen some that do not last a year before they will not hold a charge. if they are charged regularly that may help but i see a lot of dead ones around. it might be the cold winters here that do them in early in my area.
Agreed, and the cost of a new SLA (Sealed Lead Acid) battery is about the price of another jump start pack. Mine is a Horror Fright unit. Paid $40, they're now about $65 and a new battery was about $30. It's a bigger SLA than many of these packs have. Only reason I did the repair instead of replace: Mine is Starter, Power Pack and Compressor, so I felt it was worth fixing.
The ones we're discussing here are not SLA batteries.
For all the warnings posted, I am not too concerned. It cost $29.49. It has already proven that it can jumpstart my durango. And if some time in the future it fails, then I rely on my backup (AAA) like I did before I bought it.
