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'Micro Car Start' for flat battey, any good ?

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  • Dont bother buying this item, it does not work been used a few times and not started one car! Also it looks like Coopers dont let you give their products one star rating reviews they only show higher rating reviews.
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    You're to late we've all bought one. Pity you weren't here in 2014 to advise us.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    It should illegal to sell cr4p like this, it never ceases to amaze me how people are willing to pay more to mask a problem than they'd need to pay to actually fix it. Even in this case, buy one of these and you just increased the total cost of your inevitable battery replacement.
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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,080 Forumite
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    Even if they were any good, who would want to leave one in their car 24/7 have you seen what happens to a LiPo battery when it goes bad? They swell and then can catch fire.

    Imagine that in your car on a hot sunny day? Swollen batteries and a nice hot car.. Toasty...
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    If it's a jump start you need then a Jumping Jack works well , size of a mobile phone but easily starts a car.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • keith1950
    keith1950 Posts: 2,597 Forumite
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    Why would anyone pay £60-£90 for a jumping jack when you can get a jump pack for around £50 that has cranking amperage of up to 900amps.?
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    keith1950 wrote: »
    Why would anyone pay £60-£90 for a jumping jack when you can get a jump pack for around £50 that has cranking amperage of up to 900amps.?


    or even buy a new battery for their car
    Save a Rachael

    buy a share in crapita
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    pappa_golf wrote: »
    or even buy a new battery for their car

    Exactly, which goes back to my previous point about spending more money to mask a problem than to actually fix it.

    Flogging extra life out of a knackered car battery is VERY dangerous thing to do and I think the breakdown recovery people have a lot to answer for in showing people that it's "ok" to keep jump starting their car.
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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    keith1950 wrote: »
    Why would anyone pay £60-£90 for a jumping jack when you can get a jump pack for around £50 that has cranking amperage of up to 900amps.?
    Maybe this?
    A range of compact, powerful emergency jump-starters and portable USB chargers. Use them to jump-start engines, charge laptops, MP3/MP4 players, portable games consoles, tablets, smartphones, cameras and many more devices. Comes complete with jump start cables and adaptors for most popular mobile devices.
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    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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