Lithium Jump Packs
- Thread starter waterboy222
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Well, only once that I can remember, actually. In fact, in all my years driving, I've never even carried jumper cables. But, I work at an auto repair shop... we have to jump cars all the time and these little packs save time and hassle. Beyond that, they serve many other purposes, too. I rarely pack gear that does not serve at least two purposes and this one can do a lot more than I'm interested in listing. The simple fact that it pretty much eliminates the need for me to add a second battery to my car is worth it alone.
In my opinion, if this thing saves you (or someone else) once while stranded in the back country, it's well worth the investment. Then again, my opinion is worth what you paid me for it. Ha!
Ditto!
Ovrland
Adventurer
Not knowing anything about lithium batteries, is it possible to recharge these in the field via solar? If so, what wattage would the panel have to be?
I was thinking that on a six to eight month excursion this would be a handy piece of kit to have.
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I was thinking that on a six to eight month excursion this would be a handy piece of kit to have.
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toyotech
Expedition Leader
You and me think alike lol. I work in an auto shop and only time I really need a jump is at work. All the years of owning vehicles. I never had to jump my own car. Guess we know better lol. I do own a larger jump pack for work and looking to down size. Especially at work. I would love to just carry a smaller pack. Than I can easily double it for my personal vehicle for trips and makes it much easier to move from work to home.
So it holds up to the abuse of the shop than. I just need to sell my old heavy one 1st lol
I'm telling you, man. These things are cool. We have a couple big jump packs at the shop and I won't use them any more. I just used mine to rescue a customer who's car wouldn't start just down the road from the shop. Screw lugging those big things around. We also used one to bench test a starter the other day... too easy. When the big jumpers in the shop fail, they'll be replaced by the smaller units for sure.
toyotech
Expedition Leader
Good to hear. We have to buy our own so no shop packs. Too cheap lol. Now time to find a sucker at work to buy my old one lol.
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BigSwede
The Credible Hulk
I believe that Stanley is a lithium ion battery, not LiFePO4. Both involve lithium but not the same technology.
BigSwede
The Credible Hulk
Here is a LiFePO4 jump starter that is $54.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K7UXT2O/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For that price I decided what the heck and ordered one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K7UXT2O/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For that price I decided what the heck and ordered one.
java
Expedition Leader
Very interested to see how it does. Please do some tests and report back.
These are on my to buy list, but the budget it tight!
toyotech
Expedition Leader
11 amps??? Can't see this jumping a dead vehicle. Make being one back just enough to start
BigSwede
The Credible Hulk
That's 11 amp-hours, not straight amps. The "starting current" is listed as 200 amps, with a peak current of 400 amps.
[shrug] they are all in that ballpark. The Powerall is 12ah ($99.95)and has 119 four or five star ratings out of 138 total. The MicroStart XP-3 is 13ah ($112) and has 19 five-star ratings out of 20 total (and has the same 200 amp starting current rating). They must be doing something right, lots of folks are jump starting cars with them.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D42AFS8...TF8&colid=2QLI0F0NYT4KN&coliid=I1XDZ9AIQALGC0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GT2FUB2...TF8&colid=2QLI0F0NYT4KN&coliid=I2EQW7REZH4L10
The Maxmade doesn't have any ratings yet, but for half the price I figured it was worth a try.
[shrug] they are all in that ballpark. The Powerall is 12ah ($99.95)and has 119 four or five star ratings out of 138 total. The MicroStart XP-3 is 13ah ($112) and has 19 five-star ratings out of 20 total (and has the same 200 amp starting current rating). They must be doing something right, lots of folks are jump starting cars with them.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D42AFS8...TF8&colid=2QLI0F0NYT4KN&coliid=I1XDZ9AIQALGC0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GT2FUB2...TF8&colid=2QLI0F0NYT4KN&coliid=I2EQW7REZH4L10
The Maxmade doesn't have any ratings yet, but for half the price I figured it was worth a try.
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toyotech
Expedition Leader
surly
surly adventurer
Powerall was pretty convincing. If I am camping and kill the battery with my fridge this should keep my wife from killing me.
I'm getting one and doing the same test.
BigSwede
The Credible Hulk
Received it today, looks like a nice unit. Haven't had a chance to test it though.
java
Expedition Leader
Anyone had an issue of their Micorstart being dead?
I bought one a few months ago. Gave it a full charge overnight and threw it in my trucks drawer (in its case). Pulled it out yesterday to jump a company truck. It was dead, completely. Anyone else have this issue? Maybe the button got pushed at some point and the flashlight drained it? Not real happy as I have been relying on it as my backup battery...
I bought one a few months ago. Gave it a full charge overnight and threw it in my trucks drawer (in its case). Pulled it out yesterday to jump a company truck. It was dead, completely. Anyone else have this issue? Maybe the button got pushed at some point and the flashlight drained it? Not real happy as I have been relying on it as my backup battery...