A car battery pack is an optimal piece of car camping equipment. Actually, it’s just a great item to have stowed away in your car at all times. It can be an extra option for external battery power when paired with a power inverter, like the PowerCup. Includes: Flashlight and DC (cigarette) Socket.
12-Volt Jump Starter w/ Light
Nice, Compact, Works We purchased the JNC300XL about a year ago to power a camera system we were developing for a truck. We needed 12Vdc vehicle power while in the lab and in the field for testing off the vehicle. It charges quickly, holds a charge for months and is light and compact. Last summer my wife called to say she was first in a left turn lane on a busy expressway and her car stalled and would not start. I grabbed to JNC300XL where it had set for months without a charge and off I went. I connected it to her battery and it provided plenty of power to turn over her fair sized V6 engine and start the car. The nice thing is it was a quick hook up. I wasn’t in the middle of a busy road trying to get my car close enough to her car to string a couple of jumper cables. It is great for powering gadgets that normally plug into a cigarette lighter for power. You unplug the “flashlight” on the front of the unit to access the cigarette lighter plug. As with all batteries it should be charged every several…
Jum N Carry Jump starter 0
Got to work…after some trying Changing my 1-star review to 3-stars. I purchased this unit but it wouldn’t start my 1997 Land Rover Discovery V8 — at least not by following the standard directions. I spent over an hour with it over two days trying to start the car but it simply wouldn’t turn over. This said, I was able to start the car using jumper cables connected to another vehicle, and AAA was able to start the V8 with a similar but larger portable unit. I finally called Clore Automotive Technical Support at (800) 328-2921. First off, they were super nice. They suggested that the JNC300XL may or may not work with a V8 truck, that a larger unit might be required, especially if the truck battery were completely dead. AAA had been out several days earlier, tested the Land Rover battery, so I knew it was OK, it was just low.The Clore technician asked how I was connecting the unit. I said I followed the instructions, connecting the red lead to the red battery terminal and connecting the black lead to a…