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During the initial Covid lockdown, I was worried that my car might have a flat battery when I started to use it again. I\u2019d taken it out a couple of times, but not for a significant run – once to the Post Office, and once to fetch fuel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, I have used jump leads if I ever had a flat battery, and although I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve had to do it, the major drawback is always that you need someone else to manoeuvre their <\/strong>car so the jumps leads will reach between your battery and theirs. And jumps leads are a menace in the boot – they get tangled up and take up space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a precaution, I bought a battery-powered jump starter unit – the NOCO Boost HD, shown above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turned out, I didn’t need it once we got moving again. But a few weeks after we had, I was on a lesson with a pupil one evening in Morrisons\u2019 car park in Bulwell. Someone came up to us and asked if we had any jump leads. My first answer was that I hadn’t, but then I remembered I had the jump starter in the boot and took it over to him. His white Transit had died as he was leaving. Here was a chance to see if the starter actually worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as the unit was connected to the battery terminals, the van\u2019s lights came on and it fired up first time. The two blokes in the van were grateful, and I was well impressed. Money well spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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