Portable Battery Jump Starter

Black & Decker START IT VEC012CBD 450 Amp Jump Starter/Inflator Price

The product was exactlly what I wanted. However, the item was shipped in the display box you see in a store. A shipping label was just put on the box and given to the carrier. Since the box was not intended for shipping, it was crushed by the time it arrived. Fortunately, the product itself does not appear damaged. It should have been placed in a heavier carton before being shipped.

Feature

• Battery size: 17 Ah
• Keyless on/off power safety switch for added safety
• Reverse hook-up warning alarm to prevent damage to vehicle or electronics
• Two year warranty

Overview

The Black & Decker Start It instantly jump starts without the need of another vehicle. It features an air compressor for vehicle tires and sports equipment.

Specifications

The Black & Decker Jump-Starter/Inflator has 450 instant amps to start your car in the unlikely event that your battery goes dead. You can never count on finding someone to jump-start your car, even if you have a set of jumper cables. The Jump-Starter/Inflator will alleviate this worry by giving you the power you need to do it yourself.

Black & Decker’s Jump-Starter/Inflator is a powerful and compact tool to restart your vehicle. View larger.

Portable and Powerful
The Jump-Starter/Inflator is portable, cordless, and rechargeable. It featuresare 450 amp instant starting power for nearly any vehicle. It is so versatile it will power coolers, air compressors, inverters, spotlights, and almost anything with a car charger attachment, even cell phones and laptops.

Inflator Attachment
The Jump-Starter/Inflator also comes equipped with an air compressor which will inflate vehicle tires, sports equipment, bicycle tires, pool toys, and more. This unit is perfect for taking along to soccer games, football games, camping trips, or anyplace where an inflator might come in handy.

Safe and easy to use
The Jump-Starter/Inflator also features a keyless on/off power safety switch and reverse hook-up warning alarm in case the cables are accidentally attached to the wrong terminals. An LED battery status indicator lets you know the state of your battery.

Rechargeable
The Jump-Starter/Inflator recharges easily from any household AC outlet, so that it will be ready the next time you need it.

No more jumper cables
With Black & Decker’s Jump-Starter/Inflator, there is no more worrying about having to track down a friendly vehicle. Whether you’re in the rain, on an empty street on a dark night, alone in an unfamiliar place, or on a remote playing field with a flat soccer ball, you’ll be happy that the Jump-Starter/Inflator is charged and ready to assist you.

Warranty
Black & Decker offers a full 2-year warranty.

What’s in the box
Start It Jump-Starter, 120 volt AC charger, adapter nozzle set, and heavy-duty cables and clamps.

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Customer Reviews

Good backup – SeaWye –
It does what it says it would, but I was dissapointed it had no outlets to power other items. The last one I had was smaller but also had two cigaret lighters built in, but it broke. My fault for not researching well enough. This a problen when buying on line. Don’t assume anything. Nothing wrong with the product, its fine.

After 6 months would not hold a charge – B. Stenman –
I have another battery booster (Century brand) that I bought in 2001 and still works great. I wanted another one for my Prius as it is easy for a valet to leave the car on and drain the small battery that powers the electronics and allows the car to start. After 6 months I found it would no longer take a charge and it is on its lowest charge state setting even after 8 hours of charging.

The air compressor actually works better than my other 12 volt compressor only one but that was when it was new. Now it is junk and I need to pull out the NiCad battery so it can be disposed of properly. The compressor also adds considerably to the bulk of the booster so if you want something compact to fit in the trunk or under a car seat this is not the one to get.

Thought with the Black and Decker that it would be better than average in quality but the reverse is true. Bought a PEAK brand for to replace the B&D and will see how well it holds up. As with any rechargeable battery it is a good idea to recharge it at least every other month whether it has been used to start a car or not. Deep discharges are tough on battery life and many chargers will not recharge a battery when it drops below 20% of its capacity though good units have a control to keep this from happening. The PEAK battery booster has an alarm function and will start beeping when it needs to be recharged which is a great feature for this type of out of sight out of mind device.

I hate to be adding junk to the local landfill much less dealing with the toxic aspects of cadmium in batteries so having this Black and Decker fail so quickly is doubly irritating. When you need it the most – i.e. your car battery is dead, that is when you find that this booster is also dead and you are out of luck.

Always a good idea to have a set of jumper cables just in case but the boosters are much handier and work great in situation where it may not be possible to get another car into position with its battery. With a booster it is a more idiot proof procedure with just two cables to connect and not having to worry about the sequence of the 4 connections as with jumper cables. Jumper cables may be a better choice if your car is outdoors in subfreezing conditions (can store the booster in the house though) or for very hot climates as baking at 160 degrees in a car out in the Arizona sun is going to greatly shorten the battery life.

Didn’t work on BMW X5 3.0 6-cylinder – K. Young – Chicago, IL
Bought for emergency jump starts at home or on the road. Had an intermittent electrical drain that caused all of my car interior lights to come on by themselves maybe once a year that drained the battery. (Bug in the alarm code. Dealer couldn’t fix.)

Bought the B&D because it was highly reviewed on Amazon and offered 450 amps. Got my first dead battery about a year later. Charged battery. Tried to jump. Nada. Let car sit and charged another 36 straight hrs. Nada. Technically, when I hooked the B&D up to the car battery, the dash display lit up and therefore had some power, but this thing could not even crank the engine once!

To be fair, the BMW X5 battery is a slightly different from a standard car battery in that it uses a bit more power up front than a conventional battery. But not much. And even so, my car only has a 550 amp battery starting a 3.0 6-cyl, not the V8 V10 or V12 engines. And the B&D could not even get my car to crank for a second on a full charge before draining itself again.

100% disappointed as you can imagine as it did not do the job advertised–that being, when fully charged, this can jump start a car with a dead battery. Tried twice as I said. Glad I was not on vacation when this happened.

My recommendations to my fellow Amazon shoppers looking at this jumper for “real” peace of mind:
1. Get a larger (or perhaps a professional) model with a minimum of 550-650 amps
2. Test it on your own car before trusting this on the road

Hope this saves some of you the if you own a BMW or have a larger vehicle or a bigger battery. They got me on this one.
Product Information and Prices Stored: Aug 28, 2010 22:00:06

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