Current Events > Any of you own a battery pack that will jump start your car?

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Yeah like those gadgets where you don't need another car. Is it just me or does it seem like fewer people these days will agree to help you jumpstart your car, especially like a total stranger? Yeah easily most will not, from what I have personally seen, imo. So the self jump starter might be a great idea.

Yes I have a Noko branded one.

I've never used it myself, but I've jumped strangers with it before.

I don't, but I might if I owned a car. I think my dad has one.

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I was out with a friend of mine at a brewery in the winter. His car needed jumped. I got out my Noko. Here's what's wild. His honda SUV, you couldn't even access the battery nodes with normal equipment. You had to remove some sort of plastic mountings to reach it. We had to call triple a to fix the situation. totally crazy!

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Yeah did not think about that. Possibly has nothing to do with strangers being less nice these days at all. How many amps is yours? I heard if it doesn't have big amps it is almost useless though, unsure though.

I have a HALO brand one that I've let co-workers borrow.

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I had never seen something like it either. I drive a WRX and can easily access the battery.

Hey Bryk , the listing on amazon says it costs 125 bucks. So that is what you paid? I saw a great deal on one at menards was like 50 amps less than the one your listing for 30 bucks, it sold out extremely fast.

I have a Noko one as well, it's great here in Colorado. Lots of dead cars in the ski area parking lots!

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Oh you poor innocent thing you. Become a mechanic you'll be saying that literally every damn day.

Engineers design for space constraints, not to make techs lives easier.

Yea one that's a jumper, power bank, and air pump.

Just a warning those booster packs don't have a huge lifespan a lot of them won't work past 3 years especially if you don't use them often.