Winter Is Coming - CTEK Battery Charger In Lidl

molerat

CTEK CT5 Time To Go in Lidl from next Thursday 24 Sep.  £69.99 which seems a good price, around £5 less than I found anywhere else.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/car-essentials/ctek-ct5-time-to-go-battery-charger-maintainer/p35323?ar=11

https://www.ctek.com/uk/products/car/ct5-time-to-go-uk

neilmcl

molerat said:

CTEK CT5 Time To Go in Lidl from next Thursday 24 Sep.  £69.99 which seems a good price, around £5 less than I found anywhere else.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/car-essentials/ctek-ct5-time-to-go-battery-charger-maintainer/p35323?ar=11

https://www.ctek.com/uk/products/car/ct5-time-to-go-uk

Just get the CTEK MX5.0 for only £66 at Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/CTEK-MXS-5-0-Reconditions-Motorcycle/dp/B00FC42HAA/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0

Ectophile

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

HHarry

Ectophile said:

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

 Technology has moved on in the last 10 years and battery chargers are considerably more sophisticated.  The recondition function on my CTEK has bought a couple of batteries back from the dead.

Stubod

..note that some of the reviews for this on Amazon are not very good due to one of the buttons failing?

Biggus_Dickus

HHarry said:

Ectophile said:

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

 Technology has moved on in the last 10 years and battery chargers are considerably more sophisticated.  The recondition function on my CTEK has bought a couple of batteries back from the dead.

Just curious and a genuine question:... if a car battery is in such a poor state that it needs to be brought back from the dead using the ‘recondition function’ how reliable will the battery be in future and how much longevity will said battery actually have?

 

onlyfoolsandparking

Biggus_Dickus said:

HHarry said:

Ectophile said:

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

 Technology has moved on in the last 10 years and battery chargers are considerably more sophisticated.  The recondition function on my CTEK has bought a couple of batteries back from the dead.

Just curious and a genuine question:... if a car battery is in such a poor state that it needs to be brought back from the dead using the ‘recondition function’ how reliable will the battery be in future and how much longevity will said battery actually have?

 

It's a good question, my only answer is, how long is a piece of string.

forgotmyname

Ectophile said:

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

Quite often that maybe true, a new battery would be better than a charger or a jump pack.  But maybe its someone that only does
a short drive or where its parked for most of the week and rarely used.  I charge mine every now and then as its rarely used.
The battery is less than 2 years old and its a decent brand so buying another battery wont solve the issue of limited use to charge it.

External charger is better than wasting fuel driving it around just to keep the battery topped up.

Homer_home

molerat said:

CTEK CT5 Time To Go in Lidl from next Thursday 24 Sep.  £69.99 which seems a good price, around £5 less than I found anywhere else.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/car-essentials/ctek-ct5-time-to-go-battery-charger-maintainer/p35323?ar=11

https://www.ctek.com/uk/products/car/ct5-time-to-go-uk

You can get their own brand smart charger usually twice a year for about £14 , same with Aldi too

I own three and they are all ctek copies and do a fine job 

L9XSS

HHarry said:

Ectophile said:

Over the years, I have found that if you think you need a new battery charger, what you really need is a new battery.  I haven't used a charger in at least 10 years.

 Technology has moved on in the last 10 years and battery chargers are considerably more sophisticated.  The recondition function on my CTEK has bought a couple of batteries back from the dead.

Exactly the same for me, the charge was fast and the battery has been perfect, used this on a Mercedes SLK thathadbeen stood for 5 months!

fred246

I think my Ctek charger was one of the best purchases I have made. I love the instructions. Basically you can't go wrong. Connect wrong way it just tells you. Leave it on indefinitely. I have a car I don't use much so have the Ctek comfort connect on it. If I am going to use the car I just pop it on charge the night before.