A few years back when having some problems with starting my car I bought a little Jumping Jack starter kit (similar to this one - Max Portable Jump Start Battery Pack >> Jumping Jack) on a recommendation, it's a bigger version of the USB power banks but with enough power to jump start a car. I'd looked a conventional jump start kits before but they're bulky and slow to charge whereas these li-ion ones are small, light and reasonably quick to charge. They're very easy to use as well as you simply pop the bonnet, attach the terminals, wait for the lights to show good and then start the car.
I thought it was worth posting here because it's such a handy gadget to have and other people might not be aware of it. A few weeks ago my brother had borrowed my Mum's car and accidentally run the battery flat so I just chucked the starter in my bag, cycled over and then started the car and took it for a run. Yesterday with the lockdown easing a little I decided to take the dog out for a walk and unsurprisngly the car was completely dead, hooked up the starter and it came to life. When I came back to the car it wasn't a long enough run to get enough charge for the car to start itself and I was a bit nervous since i was down a forest track off a small back road but thankfully managed to jump start the car again.
I thought it was worth posting here because it's such a handy gadget to have and other people might not be aware of it. A few weeks ago my brother had borrowed my Mum's car and accidentally run the battery flat so I just chucked the starter in my bag, cycled over and then started the car and took it for a run. Yesterday with the lockdown easing a little I decided to take the dog out for a walk and unsurprisngly the car was completely dead, hooked up the starter and it came to life. When I came back to the car it wasn't a long enough run to get enough charge for the car to start itself and I was a bit nervous since i was down a forest track off a small back road but thankfully managed to jump start the car again.