Advice needed for buying a jump starter

[kevinj93]

Maybe check out the Rescue Mate jump starter. This is a capacitor based starter that chages off the residual power in your "flat" car battery, and claims to be safer to carry in the vehicle.

See https://www.rescue-mate.com/ for details.

This appears to be an Australian product, but several different suppliers are listed in USA.

[RMcG]

Originally Posted by kevinj93

Maybe check out the Rescue Mate jump starter. This is a capacitor based starter that chages off the residual power in your "flat" car battery, and claims to be safer to carry in the vehicle.

See https://www.rescue-mate.com/ for details.

This appears to be an Australian product, but several different suppliers are listed in USA.

This is a good thought Kevin. But the rescue-mate on Amazon is very expensive ($200+ USD).

There is another new technology, Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Battery Jump Starters almost $500 on Amazon . LiFePO4 batteries and technology are supposed to be much more resistant to heat than Li Ion and other Lithium batteries and technology, but, as I say above, it is much more expensive right now.

Regarding using jumper cables and a friendly passer by to get a jump komichal, I have done this many times. But it depends on how densely populated the area where you are driving is. If it is sparsely populated there may not be anybody around to give you a jump for a long time. But, I will continue to carry jumper cables as a backup even when I buy a portable jumper.

Any more comments from anybody else will be welcomed.

Thanks,

R.