I purchased this as a replacement for a similar product that I bought on home shopping of all places 5 years ago. It had worked flawlessly for 5 years sitting in an unheated garage and charging it only after an occasional use. But the air pump broke so I needed a new one and I couldn't find the old brand any more. I purchased this jump starter with inflator and have had it for about 7 months now.Pros:
It is a heavy duty unit
It has a lot of features on it.
It is easy to throw in the trunk on trips
It has a test system to tell you how charged the unit is.
Cons.
I left my car for vacation and returned to find a totally dead battery. I hooked up the starter and the car came to life but it didn't have quite enough power to start the car. I ended up buying a charger and recharging the battery for 24 hours. The car has worked fine since.
My wife picked up a nail in one of the tires producing a slow leak taking about 4 days to go flat. I used the pump on the car tire every other day for 3 weeks, that's another repair story, and it worked fine but.
The guage was small and inacurate.
The air hose was too short and in some cases I had to find something to put the starter on to be able to reach the tire valve.
The air hose wraps around the inside behind the jumper clamps so they must be removed first to remove the hose.
They recommend charging the battery every 4 months. The other product held the charge over a year.
They also say that constant charging can ruin the battery so you have to charge it for a day and a half and then unplug it. The
older one was plugged in for months without a problem.
Are these things serious? No just annoying. It will do the job but next time I will do a little more looking.
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