Halfords And Similar Jumpstarter Packs - Any Good Or Rubbish?

[Atari Boy 11]

Are these jump starters any good or cheap crap?

Link

 

They can be bought on eBay even cheaper.

It needs to be man enough for a 205.

 

Many thanks

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Pretty sure my brother has used one a few times with no issues.

[flipperthebushkangaroo 2]

Are these jump starters any good or cheap crap?

Link

 

They can be bought on eBay even cheaper.

It needs to be man enough for a 205.

 

Many thanks

 

 

Can't speak for that particular one but had a similar one a few years back, it had a compressor built in which packed up after a few months of very little use and when i eventually needed to start the car with it, it was a miserable fail. Would not even turn the engine over.

 

Roddie

[welshpug 1,657]

you do need to keep them topped up if you want to be able to rely on them, that goes for either end of the price scale.

 

I just get a spare battery from the scrapyard for a tenner and use jump leads

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I have experienced 2 of these exact ones (one was mine and one was my Dads). What a load of s*it!!! They had trouble jump starting anything that I've owned, went flat in no time at all, and when I used the tyre inflator the switch burnt out and I couldn't turn it off

 

Avoid like rabies

[omega 82]

Are these jump starters any good or cheap crap?

Link

 

They can be bought on eBay even cheaper.

It needs to be man enough for a 205.

 

Many thanks

 

ive had a few of these over the years so

the one you llinked to dont bother the ones for about 20 quid dont bother

what you have to look for is the size/capacity of the battery in the thing.

i now have a halfords own brand one {think its model 3000] and its great only things to watch are short leads and its very,very.heavy due to the battery but has started a diesel transit with a flat battery.

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Never let them get too cold, it kills them. Keep them topped up, or they are useless.

 

I have a battery from a merc sprinter van, I keep it topped up via a slow charge and use jump leads when I need it.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Got mine from Machine Mart, £100.00 but is serving very well, the cheap ones are just that cheap

[muddatrucker 125]

I took a more expensive one on the Mongol rally with me, it served its purpose.

[Alastairh 47]

I have a good 12-24v one at work. Very good and would keep turning over a problematic 24v truck for some time. You get what you pay for.

 

Al

[Atari Boy 11]

Thanks chaps, some very useful feedback. I don't need one often enough to warrant spending the required £100 for a decent one. The battery idea is a good one which I hadn't thought of.

[Obey_R 23]

I sell those ones at work (Carplan branded but same product) and they aren't really much cop. I had to call the police out to the shop when someone wanted to get a refund on it he felt that... desperate.

 

If you do want one I can get any of the Ring powerpacks much cheaper than online so let me know if any take your fancy.

[allye 530 3 Cars]

My good friend (mechanic) went through 3 or 4 cheap ones before buying his snap on one, lasted years - just changed the battery and its like new. I know this doesn't help much as your not after a £200 pack, whats wrong with some jump leads!? I'm assuming you would have access to another car when needed?

[Atari Boy 11]

Yes I have jump leads and use them at the moment but us just bit of a faff.

[omega 82]

I sell those ones at work (Carplan branded but same product) and they aren't really much cop. I had to call the police out to the shop when someone wanted to get a refund on it he felt that... desperate.

 

If you do want one I can get any of the Ring powerpacks much cheaper than online so let me know if any take your fancy.

 

also the halfords ones are made by ring.

[gtmotorsport 0]

Just a quick comment on jump leads, they need to be good quality and a good size. Your never going to start a car with a dead battery on tiny leads, I have some I made up myself. Over the top thicker than your thumb, but will start anything with ease if the doner battery is up to it that is.

[woodsy 0]

I have used cheap packs in the past and as iam in the motor trade they have not really worked well when used regularly.I got a snap on one last year which starts bloody anything but last week the battery gave up, think my mate jumped his gsxr 750 with it and now stinks of eggs.

 

The only one which was ok and not too bad price was a big red one from Machine Mart or possibly costco. Just to compare the snap on is 1700 and 900 continous cranking.

[Baz 421]

I use one identical to the halfords one, it must be about 3-4 yrs old now and still works. The jump pack side of it quit ages ago, it was only when I took it apart to fit a new compressor hose lead that I found it's connections had rattled loose! Re-connected and it's fine again!!

 

It's not the best thing in the world, it'll only jump smaller engines with less compression tbh, but you can't expect much for the £60 odd I think it was, I mainly use it for the air compressor out on events. But saying that, it's outlived 2 much more expensive ones my old work hav so can't be bad!!

[Baz 421]

Just to add, it does need looking after, but not over-charged! I generally only whack mine on charge when I know it's had or going to have some serious use and it probably gets more if a hard life than most tbh!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

I got a snap on one last year which starts bloody anything but last week the battery gave up

 

Put a new battery in it!?

[Carl Chambers 7 2 Cars]

I have got a clark one, it cost around £60 but is great, will start almost anything!

[P_Monty 2]

I've got a Halfords one and its been fine. One thing you have to watch for is that its got a battery voltage sensor to stop you operating it with the leads back to front. This means that if it can't detect the right volts it won't work so if the battery's totally flat it won't even try and start the car. Sometimes I needed a mains charger to bring the volts up enough to allow the battery pack to start the car...

[SurGie 54]

I know its a little off topic but >

 

I was thinking of getting one of these starters because my 6 battery went totally dead after a month off road in the garage. The thing is i tried to use leads to jump start it with another car but it took over half an hour for it to start. This was last Monday yet when i tried today it was flat again even after letting the car charge for over an hour last Monday and the battery is only a year old.

 

Now i dont think i need to buy one of these if the battery needs replacing, does anyone think my battery need replacing ?

 

It was a Halfords one.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

dont halfords batteries have a guarantee?

[SurGie 54]

Im not sure how long they are, i would assume at most a year, yet mine was bought over a year ago ???