Wild River Review - Best Products Reviews.Look for starting or cranking amps, and don't worry much about the peak amp figures. Most manufacturers rate their portable car starters and motorcycle jump starter batteries for types of engines, so read the fine print for your jump starter battery. I think Maruti is charging a bit more for this device but that is to be expected as they would charge a premium for their name but you don't have to buy it from Maruti, I'm sure one can buy a 10,000 or a 20,000 mAh power bank from Amazon India for a reasonable price. Jumper cable is good to have and all my cars have it as a part of a safety kit but there can be an instance where you may not find anyone in your vicinity to jumpstart your dead battery and this has happened to me multiple times. A power bank really came in handy in those situations. On multiple occasions, they have encountered a weak/dead battery with not enough juice to crank the engine and no one nearby to jumpstart their car's dead battery. People also inhabit the Northern & North-Eastern parts of India that are subjected to colder temperatures and nothing kills a battery quicker than exposure to negative temperatures (believe me I have changed three batteries on my wife's Hyundai Santa Fe in the last 10 years as the temperature here in winters can dip down to -35C).īack home in Shimla in winters even my parents find it sometimes difficult to start their cars (a Honda City, a Wagon R & a Gypsy King) with batteries being replaced every 3 years (they don't drive much and that also contributes to the batteries dying early). India is not just Delhi, Bombay, Banglore, and Chennai. Interesting comments here unfortunately too many assumptions are being made in regards to the utility of these kinds of devices. But the problem doesnt arise enough, to justify buying one. So is this is a useful product, absolutely. So I think its better to be covered for a range of problems than just one. It covers you for a lot of things such as a dead battery, flat tyre, broken wheel, out of fuel, stuck in slush(refer TATA harrier rescued by Insurance RSA, thread). Its just that for situations like these, I buy RSA component whenever I am buying insurance. ![]() Now I am not saying that this situation is not scary enough for someone who is travelling with family and gets stuck somewhere on the highway because of a dead battery. All I did was ask two guys around to give me a push and got going. Right after dinner, outside a restaurant. In my 10 years of car ownership, the number of times I have been in a situation where I needed a jump start is: once. I am pretty sure if I ask someone to lend some battery current, help is always given. If I am really worried about getting a jump start, I will prefer keeping jumper cables in my boot rather than carry this around. Also I guess this will be useful for 5 years tops before the battery deteriorates and will have to buy a new one. I might do it a couple of times at first but then I will forget about it and when time comes when I need to use it it will be useless. With this, the first thing that I have to do is to make sure that it is always charged. Why does one need to lug a pump around all the time. If you ask me now, changing to the spare is not bad at all. The pump is waiting to be used in an emergency. Have I been in a situation similar, nope. I swore I will never change a tyre again and ordered the electric air pump, so that I can fill up and drive to the puncture fellow if it ever happened again. After sweating it out for a long time, I finally changed the tyre and got the spare set up and came back home. Not saying that I have never run into a situation where I needed help, but they are usually very rare and help is always available.Ī long time ago, I got off work quite late and when I walked over to the car which was parked on the street I noticed a flat. No matter how important of a problem it solves, I will never be in a situation where I need to use it. Will always be useful for the ones that need it often.īut here is the catch.Will I buy one? Naa.
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