Anyone try this portable jump starter?

Beatit 600A Peak 14000mAh 12-Volt Portable Car Jump starter Booster Battery Charger Power Bank Vehicle Emergency Kit, Compass & Built-in LED Flashlight

I saw it on Amazon and want something for emergencies. If anyone has a better suggestion I would appreciate it.

I have a Noco GB40. Want to pick up another one, or a GB70, but living in Hawaii, Amazon won't ship lithiums now..

During one high school summer, working at Domino's Pizza, I had been given the Harbor Freight version. When my alternator went out, I had to use my portable jump starter in its place for a few weeks until I could afford to replace it! Naturally, this burned out the jumpstarter's battery eventually, but between charging it twice a day from nearly dead and using it to power an entire vehicle for several miles during the commute each way, it was definitely worked harder than ever designed!

Long story short, which ever version you get, consider them very useful! Sure, it probably doesnt completely replace good ol' jumper cables. But as long as you keep up with charging, and store it somewhere it doesnt get stepped on and broken, it should take care if 99% of your jumping needs, and you won't have to bum a jump off anyone!

One caution: for the long term, most of the non-lithium ones aren't technically designed to crank directly from the jumpstarter. You are really supposed to let the jumpstarter charge your vehicle's vattery for a few minutes, and then crank after disconnecting.

I have had one of these from Antigravity for a few years now and it has worked fantastically when I needed it. This I believe is the closest current model to what I have now:

https://shop.antigravitybatteries.co...o-starts/xp-1/

Just for reference, I have used it several times to jump-start things:496 MAG HO V8 in my friends 25' Cobalt boat twice in one day when he had a dead starter battery. We also use it to charge devices when I don't want to put a draw on my own house battery on the boat when we aren't running the engine. It holds a charge for a very very long time even when you don't use it for a while. And considering it has enough horsepower to start a motor as big as a 496 8.1L, it should be absolutely fine for our T4Rs (even though I haven't had to use it on my truck yet thank god!).

Same here. It gets more use charging electronics than jumping cars but it has been used for that a few times since 2014. It's a nice thing to have for some peace of mind also. The newer ones are smaller as technology gets better but I imagine they are just as good.

I have two of these from different manufacturers. Be sure to check the charge level about every 6 months.

I have one of these. Thankfully haven't had to use it, but I was curious...

do you guys keep them in the car 24/7?

I have a couple of the NOCO chargers...the 7200 which I use to charge my AUX battery when my truck is at the house because I run my fridge/freezer 24/7.

For jump starting, I can jumpstart my cranking battery w/ my Aux battery with the National Luna System, however I do carry a NOCO GB70 at all times also..

Whatever you get, simply no plausible reason I can think of to not go with a lithium chemistry based product. Size, weight, recharge times, all seem far more superior than lugging around a 30lb lead acid chemistry style brick.

I "always" have something, apart from when its charging.

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I haven't but had a stanley that was 900 amps was decent

I'm not sure what others do, but I use this mostly for my boat, and I definitely have it with me every time I am out. I have a dual battery setup but its been great for piece of mind and for my friends boats occasionally. With that being said, it is in my truck most of the times but not always. I don't venture off the beaten path too much though.

Taking it out in the boat makes sense. I definitely take mine whenever I go off the beaten path. I was more curious if people just leave them in their car, and how often they charge and check on them.

For some reason, sensible or not, I feel weird leaving it in the car during the dead of winter and summer. The swing seasons don't bother me, but something about sub 30 and north of 100 makes me kind of nervous about having it sitting in the car all the time.

So you peaked my curiosity. I keep a Gb40 in my truck, I let a coworker jump his explorer just before Thanksgiving, I fully charged it after that. My truck lives outside, it has been there under the seat until 5 min ago. Just checked the meter 100%, I plugged it in to charge, no pulse, meaning the battery is at capacity 100%. So we live in the same area you know how cold it has been up until about a week ago. If that's any help.

I keep a gb40 in my truck too,
Same deal, 2 boosts a couple months ago, and pack still shows 100%

I learned a while back that a big benefit of lithium ion batteries is their performance in very cold weather.