@norman8 yes will charge your iphone buy iphone charging cable not included

@tomdina further proof that NOTHING is too obscure for meh.com

@tomdina SCTV, not Strange Brew?

@edgriebel strange brew was the film that featured the characters originated on SCTV. I’m a purist. I always default to the original. Lol

@tomdina Agreed, I was being pedantic, so just take off, ehh?

@nolrak That’s at least the THIRD reference to Strange Brew we’ve done…that I know of.

@WTFsunshine 1 sentence

2 hour wait times when its busy.

also paying $45 for this vs paying $90 for AAA plus(normal AAA only covers 5 miles of towing

@WTFsunshine “D” cells work much better in this application.

@WTFsunshine one more thing, some insurance companys(like progressive and others) have roadside assistance for dollars a month extra on your insurance, its so much cheaper than AAA. also some premium credit cards also have road side assistance

@WTFsunshine also, if you have frequent issues it’d be a pain to have to use AAA every time your battery dies

@spitfire6006006 @communist@wholeflaffer All very valid points. But I’m in a small city with seven tow companies that do AAA (My Daddy is a frequent flier and longest wait time was 20 minutes - only because he didn’t want to call us for the sixth time in a year). Helps that we both know law enforcement agency officers/deputies and troopers (Highway Patrol, Sheriffs Office and local P.D. all are based in this city) and fire department personnel. As well as the state park police and preservation parks personnel which is where my Daddy likes to go. We do have one of the PEAK jump starters in the car that will be our sons and got one for my Daddy. We all have exchanged extra car keys for everyone’s car kept in both houses and/or cars in my extended family for lockouts (same with house keys). Roadside assistance from insurance companies take longer than AAA for any of us. I’m not on it anymore, since I can no longer drive, so my son took my place. But it also helps that we know the police and firefighters in surrounding counties. AAA is just a backup in case a tow is needed for a breakdown or when traveling (the benefits they give for traveling pays for itself). I haven’t heard about credit card companies, so thank you for teaching me that. My husband and I got the credit card that puts a percentage of each of your total bill into investments (as long as it is paid off monthly which we always have been lucky enough to be able to do) and when our youngest graduates he can draw from that to help pay for college. As well as investing in a 529 and other investments recommend by an agent my Daddy found from the Marshals Office when he worked for the government. Our oldest didn’t need it since he went straight into the Navy to be a corpsman and he is in his last medical class and youngest to get to E6 (yes - that was a slight humble brag-but I’m proud of him). Only thing that scares me now is if they attach him to a Marine unit (he was working with Seal Team 17 for a while) and with what I read about Drumf wanting to send more troops to the Middle East I’m afraid he might go. He was supposed to go back down towards San Diego after this class for another medical assignment but now I worry. Sorry it’s so long just to say that you all had good things to point out, as well as teaching me something I didn’t know, but I also wanted you to understand the reasoning behind what I typed.

@WTFsunshine TL;DR

@WTFsunshine You’re gonna laugh when you read that comment in the morning.

BTW, p a r a g r a p h.

@spitfire6006006 YupYup! for some reason my battery likes to die at random times, I have a short somewhere in my truck that drains my battery and i was jumping it at least once or twice a month and AAA only gives you three call outs before they start charging so i went to NAPA Auto Parts and bought a portable jumper (same with what AAA uses) and now i just jump my truck myself

@Joshaw Been out of main stream and abbreviations for a long time. Is TL = too long or too late or too little or something else? No clue on DR.

@WTFsunshine
Too long; didn’t read.

@RedOak Yep, it’s long (apologies were included in the p a r a g r a p h - but I don’t see why I’ll be laughing in the morning. Since all replied to the original two words and three letter comment I made I then replied in kind to each one made (and then some extra in the end - I can get wordy - since apparently a short comment can be taken wrong).

@Muhr Thank you! Wasn’t for him anyway.

@WTFsunshine Fully expected this to end with “and then my dad beat me with the jumper cables”.

Synonyms for “Daddy” may have been helpful . . . I scanned the long paragraph and thought it contained pr0n. Which is totally fine. In fact, it may probably be the only reason why I ended up reading the whole damn thing.

@Pavlov “Daddy always knew how to get my engine running”

@Pavlov I grew up southern so it has always been Daddy. But definitely not pr0n or I would have typed “my sugar daddy”.

@WTFsunshine Thank him for his service to our great country…

@fastharry Thank you- that means a lot to me.

@djslack I had one of the lead acid ones and it was extremely heavy and took a lot of space in the car. It was so large that I didn’t keep it with me all the time.

The new lithium one stays in the glove box. I used it several times to jump friends cars at the gym and to start my lawn mower. Works great.

@cengland0 I’ve actually avoided buying a new lawnmower battery all year so far thanks to mine. I do need to get around to replacing the mower battery, but every weekend when i remember I haven’t, out comes the battery pack and a-mowin’ I go.

@djslack All the vender answers about amperage output on Amazon say it’s only 400 amps peak output.
“Question: Whats the max amps this can put out? My engine needs 600amps on the starter to start. Will this work?
Answer: This jump starter will supply up to 400 amps.
By SICK_DEALS SELLER on January 18, 2017”

@PhysAssist I wonder if @dave might know?

@PhysAssist I was just going by the stated specs. 600A is in the ballpark of 50C and 400A is about 35C, both of which are common current ratings for lithium batteries, so that doesn’t help eliminate one possibility.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You do have to watch Amazon because if different variants are listed as product options, q&a and reviews for all those variants will be lumped together. Sometimes this is a huge pain in the ass.

@therealjrn I think @dave knows just about everything. And if he doesn’t he knows who to ask…;)

@djslack Hook that mower battery to a desulfinator charger and the battery will hold a charge like new. I’ve brought friend’s batteries (from motorcycles to deep cycle marine) back to life that they gave up on.

@djslack I use the “Battery Tender” brand. Paid for itself at least 4 times.

@gregormehndel I bought a Schumacher desulfating battery maintainer on the way home today and it’s hooked up now.

@djslack Sweeet. Haven’t used a Schumacher, but I think you’ll be pleased. Sometimes you’ll find a stubborn batt that won’t desulf because the plates have too little ‘clean’ surface area to start the desulf process. If you get a stubborn one, hit it with a few doses (don’t overdo it!) of 10 amp jump start current to knock off some of the lead sulfate and it should desulf after that. G/L, lemme know how it goes!

@gregormehndel this charger does everything automatically, so i have no confirmation whether it was desulfating or not. I do know that after the first overnight session it said it was charged, but it wouldn’t crank. Disconnected and restarted the cycle, and it seemed a little stronger every day for a few days, then it started killing the battery (but showing it was charged every day). When the red light by the key wouldn’t even light yesterday, i finally got the multimeter out. 8.74 volts. The side I could easily uncap while in the mower showed a reasonable level of electrolyte, but I didn’t check the other half. I suppose it could have cooked it off but i find that unlikely at 1.5a max current.

I bought a new battery today and installed it. As far as I know that was the original battery from 2006 so it probably should have been replaced anyway.

@djslack That is a weird experience. The desulf electronics are supposed to prevent overdoing it. LYS, probably did not cook off the electrolyte, but I’m very curious as to what happened. I guess you got your money’s worth from that batt! thx for writing back. Life got busy, didn’t mean to leave you hanging.

@awk Using them then will give you naturally curly hair then if you use them on your nipples?

@Pavlov heres the link to the 600a one for $40 delivered https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ERIFR3K

@communist Thank you, comrade.

@Pavlov I love the digital power remaining display on that 800 amp model.
Now it’s on my wish list for when I get xtra $.
Thanks!
PA
PS: Spasebo Tovarisch!

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@Pavlov would that be “be a tit” or “beat it”?

When the 1-star reviews approach or beat 10% I get a bit cynical about the product. However, sometimes it is stupid user issues.

@RedOak be at it

@RedOak

@RedOak Why would you put a compass in a battery pack? Seems like north would drift…

Or is that some analog meter?

@ManBehindPlan I don’t know - ask @Pavlov, it’s his gadget.

BTW, how is an “analog meter” compass not affected by nearby magnetic forces?

@RedOak Well, it is a compass. And, for the life of me, I can’t see how it would ever be accurate - not saying that most little bitty ones are accurate either.

Imagine the design team deciding this - “Well, we got lots of space here on the plastic, let’s do something emergency prepping-ly. I know, let’s put a 2¢ compass on there”.

And, the engineering team quietly laughs to themselves.

Maybe you’d be better off with moss…

/image find north moss tree

@ManBehindPlan My 800A doesn’t have a compass. I noticed the new release 600A so I thought I would mention it, as it sells very well and appeared that whilst accounting for idiot users, it garnered pretty decent reviews. I think you’re right about the moss being more useful, unless, of course, you find yourself south of the equator.

@Pavlov I bought your linked 800A and they seem very solid. They came 97% charged, but I went ahead and charged them up to 100%. No compass on mine. Both of my cars a Detroit V8 iron, so I didn’t want to risk the meh offering being only 400A. Thanks!

@Stallion I had a situation where a guy was trying to help someone with regular jumper cables and they couldn’t get the car to start. I tried my lithium box and it started immediately. Everyone was surprised such a small device worked better than jumper cables.

@niroola
I’m wondering how he eats and breathes (and other science facts).

@Hanky Then you need to find somebody else to connect the other end of the jumper cables too and if the people i’ve asked for help before in the past is any indication you’ll be waiting a while

@AiraCobra I just hook mine to my nipples, which put out about 12 amps, so it works out great – and it gets my rocks off

/giphy nipple clamps

@sdb Yes and 400amp does not do V6 engines, or so I have read.

@Kidsandliz Hope your day is going good so far down this way it’s not looking to good. Just wanted to say I have a Cobra 400A Peak Current USB Power Pack 7500mAh Battery Capacity and I love it. I have Jumped off 6 cylinder, 4 cylinder and more and the price was double what this one is. I love having them around since my daughter is always forgetting to turn off her headlights.It will also jump start a car though the cigarette lighter they will fit into a shirt pocket and I would recommend grabbing this up because the price is right, oh wait wasn’t that a game show? You should see the look on peoples faces when I pull this lil ole thing out and it jumps their cars off, Well gotta run gotta a storm moving in have a wonderful and safe weekend and all the rest of you down here in Texas please take care ,be safe and hang on this looks like a rough one. Your all in my prayers. Peace ✌ out.

@hotwheels53

will also jump start a car though the cigarette lighter

“Jump start”… or boost a slightly weakened battery if you leave it plugged in for a while?

Cigarette lighter jacks tend to be limited to 15 amps - nowhere near enough current to jump start a car with a dead battery. (Look at the thick wires on the jumper battery clips.)

@sdb Looks like the 600amp ENX12K with a case!

@croneyzzzz funny- I played one of my quiz games after this and one of the questions/answer had this topic on it. "What AAA brings = tower. I mention AAA and get my shit jumped and you say it 54 minutes later and nada. Didn’t know that AAA won’t touch a motorcycle. Wonder why? They should make it known upfront about that. Hope it works out well for you.

@Stormchaser But charging more is exactly what you want from this kind of product!

@WTFsunshine good catch. We’ll probably get those updated in the morning.

@Thumperchick Yep, you’ll definitely do better

@AiraCobra

I have a short in my truck somewhere haven’t been able to find it so it slowly drains my battery

That can be crazy frustrating diagnosing it. Draining your battery repeatedly to the point where it needs jumping kills the battery prematurely.

It could be an old, marginal battery or charging system as well. All vehicles have parasitic battery drain when sitting unused.

Have you tried systematically pulling fuses to isolate the problem circuit? Seems like it would likely be a circuit that stays active after you turn off the car. Or it could be a fried relay that is leaving a circuit live when it shouldn’t.

I don’t know if they make an ammeter sensitive enough for this purpose, but you might even be able to do it in one sitting rather than pulling a fuse… waiting… repeating…

Or you could Google it for smarter diagnosis procedures.

(Is it too obvious I’m putting off doing something I don’t want to do?)

@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: dashing-fallacious-fritter

/image dashing fallacious fritter

@danforth347 that is true @dave @shawn @snapster

where da email at?

@danforth347 @communistjack

Perhaps they were scrambling to find more of these fine battery jumpers… and hadn’t held enough back for either the 8am or 4pm VMP crowds…

@danforth347 Glad you mentioned this. I kept checking and even looked in my spam. Thought I had an email issue all day.

@cinoclav I like RAVPower. Solid stuff and excellent customer support. Right up there with Anker.

@RedOak Agreed. They’re generally my favorite, primarily due to better pricing than Anker most of the time.

@gfreek I like helping folks. But I admit every time I’ve given a jump start, I’ve pondered the chance their rogue electrics might infect my vehicle.

… so these battery box jumpers do eliminate that risk.

@gspitman I hit buy 10 seconds past 4 ET and they were gone…

@keithzimmermann so they had 1…

@gspitman You can scroll down to the stats section on the home page:

And you bought…
775 of these.
Midnight - 2am ET: 272 sold
Paused from 2am - 8am ET
8am - 9:57am ET: 480 sold
Paused from 9:57am - 4pm ET
4pm - 4pm ET: 23 sold to VMP members
Sold out at 4pm ET

@gspitman definitely have to log in beforehand and be ready. It’s like a fuko up in here sometimes.

@Alakey this is about the dumbest shit ever.

First, hello spammer!

Second, if a jump starter doesn’t have a battery, it’s a pretty shitty jump starter. The rest of your battery gibberish makes about as much sense.

Third, if you’re going to spam urls, you might at least form them correctly.

Fourth, cc @thumperchick

I guess that’s all for now. Have a terrible day trying to ruin the internet!

@djslack First, hello to the Big and Evil Man, Who Is the Coolest in the World!
Secondly, it means the volume of the battery, not its presence or lack of (I would like to look at the jump starter without the battery at all).
Thirdly, if I have incorrectly stated my thoughts in some place, it is enough to say this to me and show how correctly.
Fourth, do not press your certainly Great Authority and first to figure out what’s wrong.
On this perhaps all, I have a terrible day sitting on the Internet spoiled conceited people.

@djslack Thanks for the tag.

@Alakey Hi, if you want to hang out and participate here, you’re more than welcome.
Quit spamming, though. Even relevant spamming is still spamming - especially since you didn’t make it clear you work as a spammer for the company you linked.

@Thumperchick "especially since you didn’t make it clear you work as a spammer for the company you linked."I do not quite understand this statement, I will be grateful for the clarification.

@Alakey Anything would be clearer than that garbled post you made. People like you are ruining the internet.