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A great ergonomically designed little jump start unit.
I love the fact that it can be left plugged in perpetually
and will take care of itself. I'm not mechanically inclined
so the less I need to do the better.
The only complaint I have about it is that it doesn't come
with a cord to plug into the wall. You have to get a heavy
duty extension cord to connect it to the wall, and they
never tell you that when you are reading the product
description. For the price of this item, I think it should
come with a simple short extension cord.
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If it weren't for my All in One, I would have been dead in the water, literally, on Lake Lewisville in Texas. Needless to say, we ran the stereo & fish finder WAY longer than we should have and found ourselves stuck in a cove in the middle of nowhere. We brought the all in one, with the intention of just using it to inflate to tubes for the kids, but the Jump Start feature is what really saved us. I didn't even realize that it had a light on the handle (thank you wife for noticing) but that came in handy too trying to jumpstart a boat in the dusk while mosquitoes were starting to attack! I have since recommended it to many of my co-workers and fishing buddies.Best Deals for Energizer 84020 12V All-In-One Jump-Start System with Built-In Air
I spent a few weeks researching different jump starters and I wanted something that was easy to use, had a built in float charger, air compressor and was cost effective.This unit fit the bill and the additional features (plug-ins) is a bonus.
These boxes are basically a battery you charge and use it to start your car when your battery is dead. When you charge batteries you must be careful NOT to overcharge...meaning, you can not just plug them in and leave them until you are ready to use them 1, 2, 9 months later. The overcharge will literally cook the battery and render it useless. Suprisingly there are very few jump boxes on the market with built in float chargers...meaning, when the battery is fully charged it will go into a float mode and trickle charge the battery not overcharge.
I have used this box 5-6 times over the last 4 months and it has performed flawlessly...even started our 2005 Diesel truck and that takes some power!
Agree with many of the other users the box should come with a cord to plug it in...another $10 at the store and the cables could be just a touch longer as it is sometimes difficult getting to a grounded location with the negative cable.
All in all I knew about the need for a power cord and cable length going in and I felt this was the best product for the price...value!
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I've had this now for almost two years...long time to wait to make a review, I know. I didn't want to review it based on looks though so now I've got 2 years of use out of it in a variety of situations and plenty to say. Bottom line up front: I love this thing and feel huge pangs of insecurity when it isn't in my car for some reason. That's how good it is. Now for details.I'll just get what might be a detractor addressed right away:
1) It is heavy for it's size. Yes, but it has a powerful battery in it and those are heavy. It isn't too heavy for me, a middle aged woman of no particular brawn.
2) Doesn't come with an AC Cord or DC Adaptor. Nope, it doesn't. I use a heavy duty extension cord but like that just fine. And I like that I can use my AC to DC charging cord that goes with other things instead of having to try to pack two of them. Not a problem for me.
3) The battery cables are short. Yes, they are and that would be the only thing that I would want to change. However, the trade off is more weight and size so I'm on the fence about that. You do have to find a way to prop it up when charging a battery. Some cars present a challenge.
My use experiences have all been positive for this unit and are as follows:
1) My nieces old POS car (a previously uncared for Cruiser) had a random starting problem that was eventually figured out and fixed but for a while, her car would just randomly not charge the battery. It was a hidden wire break but this unit saved the day many times.
2) My light duty SUV (relatively new and 6 Cylinder) battery died after I did an epic trailer tow with it in the hottest summer I could imagine on the east coast. This thing started it 4 times for me without a recharge and still had juice before I got my car to the shop.
3) I also got a nail in my tire...oh joy...on my way to work one morning and didn't notice. I aired up my big old tire and got halfway to the shop, pulled over, aired it up again and then got to the shop. The capacity light was still showing green.
4) This got left in my car for several months, with me not needing it and forgetting to take it out and plug it in to top off the charge. Of course, that is when we would have a huge storm that took out our neighborhood power for more than a day because we blew a transformer nearby. (That was a really spectacular sight, frightening but just like the movies). And, of course, my cell AND my Kindle Fire were low on charge. I used this to get full charges on both of them and then topped off my laptop and was able to watch a full movie. And that was after being in my SUV for months.
In my case, I've had nothing but good experiences with the unit and can't speak highly enough about it. Maybe I got a super-duper one where everything works just perfectly but I wouldn't trade it for anything, despite the amount of space it takes up in the back of my SUV. It's been so good to me, that while we've been looking for a second car one of the first things I said when I looked at the trunks of compact cars was whether or not one of these will fit with all my work stuff. A second one of these will be waiting when the new car comes home.
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