Jumper cables? Nah....there is a newer, better way to go.

[Kern Dog]

I get tired of pulling batteries to charge them or dragging the charging unit to the cars parked in the yard.
It is a nice thing to carry something like this in the event that someone needs help when out on the road.

 

[440 4 speed]

If you're in a pinch and have a battery laying around, but no tools to remove the dead one, just invert it and touch the posts together

I have seen it done.

 

[moparedtn]

I'll ask a silly question here, having zero experience with any of these:
Do any of them have the capability of being kept charged by a vehicle itself?

 

[Kern Dog]

I thought someone mentioned that their in car power port could recharge these units. That sounds like a sort of "perpetual motion" machine!

 

[BeepBeepRR]

His videos are pretty long.
Can you give us the Cliff notes?

I skip to the end after seeing the brands... lol

 

[Don Frelier]

I'll ask a silly question here, having zero experience with any of these:
Do any of them have the capability of being kept charged by a vehicle itself?

With the JNC I always just leave it on the car after it starts for 3-4 minutes.

 

[Kern Dog]

Hmm....
I've gotten into the habit of avoiding extended idling in almost everything.
That is maybe being over-cautious but low speed idling doesn't give the best oiling to the valvetrain, lifters, cam, etc.
The 3G Hemi is supposed to have a potential weakness to that and of course, our flat tappet cams need all the oil they can get.

 

[Don Frelier]

Hmm....
I've gotten into the habit of avoiding extended idling in almost everything.
That is maybe being over-cautious but low speed idling doesn't give the best oiling to the valvetrain, lifters, cam, etc.
The 3G Hemi is supposed to have a potential weakness to that and of course, our flat tappet cams need all the oil they can get.

3-4 minutes shouldn't hurt anything, if you're worried about it put a brick on the pedal that will get the oil pressure up there.

 

[GetX'd]

I'll ask a silly question here, having zero experience with any of these:
Do any of them have the capability of being kept charged by a vehicle itself?

Yes - you can technically recharge most with these units - including having a running or charged car recharge it as long as you have the proper ports in the car and I suppose off the battery itself if you don’t - just like your car can recharge your phone etc… Same thing It may take a bit longer.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I thought someone mentioned that their in car power port could recharge these units. That sounds like a sort of "perpetual motion" machine!

Yup... They come with a cigarette lighter plug... Yeah. I know "power port" but I'm pre-power port.... These things are some kind of alien technology.... Frickin VooDoo stuff....

 

[Kern Dog]

There are two ports in my 2007 truck. One has the cigarette lighter in it, the other has a cap on it with “Power Port” or something like it printed on the face.
I never was a smoker so I don’t automatically associate smoking with that port.
I tried to smoke but wasn’t any good at it.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

There are two ports in my 2007 truck. One has the cigarette lighter in it, the other has a cap on it with “Power Port” or something like it printed on the face.
I never was a smoker so I don’t automatically associate smoking with that port.
I tried to smoke but wasn’t any good at it.

I've never smoked... But it's still the cigarette lighter plug...

 

[RemCharger]

There are two ports in my 2007 truck. One has the cigarette lighter in it, the other has a cap on it with “Power Port” or something like it printed on the face.
I never was a smoker so I don’t automatically associate smoking with that port.
I tried to smoke but wasn’t any good at it.

Some people can pull off looking cool, and not smoking, at the same time. I think you may be one of them

 

[Kern Dog]

In my late teens, almost everyone I knew smoked. This was the mid 80s.
I liked menthols but didn’t like that my endurance felt compromised. I would get light headed and felt drunk.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

My parents both smoked, my sisters both smoked... My brother smoked... I hated the smell, thought it was nasty, my mom died of emphysema at 59... She'd been on oxygen for five years prior... Every time that hose got tangled it would get a kink in it... When it got a kink she would quickly black out, starved for oxygen... It was horrible to witness & if I ever wanted to smoke that aught to be enough to persuade me otherwise... Never understood how my brother & sisters took up the habit...

 

[Kern Dog]

It was the culture for many people.
Everyone in my family smoked, relatives too except grandma. She lived to 93. Everyone else checked out 20 years or more earlier.

 

[F4R/T]

Lots of great options!

 

[68 Sport Satellite]

Most of us try to help... I've had my GF question the safety of helping people... My response is I may be foolish but IMO if people won't help one another then we have lost our humanity & I don't really want to live in that sort of world.... So I do what I can... Hopefully others will do the same..

I agree. Where's the humanity people!
I've jumped a half dozen people's cars, helped a lady push start her manual car and she was surprised it started, and changed tires for strangers roadside 3 times because I had a hydraulic jack in my trunk and was right there. All seemed surprised and tried to pay me. I'm surprised they let me do it instead of being fearful of a stranger. I just smiled and told them I couldn't let a useful tool and time savings go to waste. Pay it forward friends!

 

[threewood]

I have the Noco Boost HD GB70 as you have pictured. Seriously, it rocks.

I have the same one. Had it for 3 years and it has always worked.

 

[LowBikeMike]

Have both the JNC and NOCO on the farm. Both are good pieces, the JNC can really take some abuse.