Wagan 9796 Easy Quick Jumper In-Car Jumpstarter

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Product Features

• Charges batteries by connecting cigarette lighter to cigarette lighter
• Works with all 12-volt automobile vehicles (standard voltage)
• Charges a dead battery in 5 to 10 minutes
• Green LED light glows when the battery is recharged--eliminating guesswork
• Extra-long 18-foot power cord makes it easy to reach from car to car

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 2.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00005OWK2
• Item model number: EL9796
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,181 in Automotive (See Bestsellers in Automotive)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
Jump-starting a car using standard jumper cables can be nerve-racking. You have to pop the hood, deal with the battery connections, untangle the cables. Plus, it's so easy to doubt yourself. Red is positive, right? Wait, or is it black? Well, thanks to Wagan's new Easy Quick Jumper, the process just got easier. This clever new gadget recharges a weak battery via cigarette lighters. Just plug one end of the Easy Quick Jumper into the cigarette lighter of the dead car, then plug the other end into the donor car's lighter, wait 5 to 10 minutes, and when the green LED light turns on, the battery is ready to go. That's it. You don't even have to open the hood. The Easy Quick Jumper has an 18-foot power cord, too, so reach isn't an issue.

The system works with all automobiles that have 12-volt electrical systems, the vast majority of cars on the road. If you're not sure about you car's voltage, check your owner's manual. --Jon Groebner

Product Description
Jumping starting a weak battery can be a real hassle: Opening the hood, the tangled cables, and not to mentioned trying to figure out if things are hooked up the right way. For all of these reasons let the WAGAN Easy Quick Jumper, jump-start your car the quick and easy way! Just simply connect one end of the Easy Quick Jumper to the 12-Volt cigarette lighter of the "dead" car and then plug the other end into the "donor" car's 12-Volt cigarette lighter. Then let the WAGAN Tech Automatic Power Charging system do its work! You'll be up and running in about 5 - 10 minutes! The Red LED indicator lights lets you know of the charging status and once charged the Green LED light will light up to let you know. It's that easy! There are no dials, no switches, and no buttons. Extra long heavy gauge 18-ft power cord for added mobility and convenience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works sort of as-advertised, but no substitute for real jumper cables for really dead batteries., December 6, 2005

By	The Comedian "The Comedian" (USA) - See all my reviews

This works, but you you have to realize its limitations. It is limited primarily by the fact that it can only slowly move power into a working battery in another car that happens to have run-down its charge.

It will let you get enough charge into a well-working car battery in order to start a car.

It will NOT, however, let you move enough power from one car to another to start a car that currently has an old, broken or worn out "dead battery." For that you'll still need jumper cables, an AC starter, a jump box OR a new battery to get a car going that has a truly dead battery.

This product is a great, safe idea, and it'll let you get a car going when someone let the battery run down, BUT, it will not let you jumpstart a car when its battery has died due to age or malfunction of the battery itself.

Picture this as a straw moving a bit of power slowly into the discharged-but-working "dead" battery, while you really need a fire hose (jumper cables) to start a car that has a no-longer-working battery.

To summarize : Great when someone left their headlights on, worthless when someone's battery has given up the ghost for good.

34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Was quite a popular item at the Christmas grab bag exchange, January 12, 2002

By	Tara Misu "Sandy" (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

One important warning to this nifty gadget though--- it takes 10 minutes to work. In my husband's opinion, that significantly reduced the "cool factor" since you had to wait a while for the jump to take doing it this way.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works great but may take some time, January 23, 2007

By	BK "BK" (Plymouth, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This device actually works very well but takes time. Our Dodge Stratus battery was completely dead due to interior lights being left on. There was no glow from any interior lights. It was completely out of current and had been for several days. The temperature was 15 degress, it was snowing out and the car was parked so there was no way to get close enough for a traditional jumpstart (would have needed at least 20' jumper cables).

I plugged one end of the Wagan device into the cigarette lighter of the "running" car and the other end into the dead car. The "red" light on the device went on as expected. I waited about 10 minutes in the comfort of the warm running car and the green light on the device went on signifying that the battery was charged. I tried to start the dead car (it was only 15 degrees and snowing)and it only cranked over once and quit. I plugged the Wagan in again and noticed that the green light on the device stayed on so I unplugged it from the cigarette lighter and plugged it in again. It then went red. After 10 minutes it again went green. I didn't try the dead car this time but rather unplgged the cord and plugged it back in again and waited 10 minutes for the green light to come back on. This time when I tried the dead car it sprang to life and ran fine. It took 30 minutes for the whole process but it did work!

This system has enough cord length for about 18 feet and will fit through a partially opened window so there is no need to open the hood or get at the front of the car. This system allows a person to jumpstart it from any angle so long as the the cigarette lighters of the 2 vehicles are within 18' of each other.

Remember - You must turn the key of the dead vehicle to the "accessory" position for the cigarette lighter to be able to pass current through the cigarette lighter sockets.

The beauty of this system is that any car can be jumpstarted this way. Many of the new cars don't have accessible battery connections. You don't have to know how to jumpstart a car. You don't have to know how to even open the hood. It is safe (no battery explosions or getting corrosive chemicals of hands or clothes)and can be done by anyone, regardless of mechanical knowledge.

I was able to jumpstart a completely dead car in 15 degree temperatures, in a snow storm with getting dirty or cold in about 30 minutes. Doing a traditional jumpstart would have meant getting dirty, opening the hood and having snow blow into the open engine compartment. Getting the engine compartment wet with snow (or rain) can compound your problems!

Every car should have one of these devices for the occasions when jumpstarting using conventional cables is not possible, practical or available. The $18 price for this device makes owning one a no-brainer.