It's this kind of reliability you want in a starter.Īs an extra test, we switched the car off after only a few minutes and disconnected the Ring - the battery not being given enough time to recharge from the alternator. The result? It fired up first-time and almost instantly thanks to the Ring which had no problems supplying the required power. We then hooked it up to the battery of one of our classics cars, a big 3.0-litre Vauxhall Senator that has been sat for six months and had a completely flat battery. We tested the RPP元00 over several months, fully charging it and then leaving it in our car, just as we imagine many people will, for three months. Of course, the real test comes when you actually need to jump-start a car. It feels a well made and high-quality product, which helps justify the price, but it's the small things that are the most useful - for example, the jump starter port has a rubber cover to keep dirt out, while the two USB ports are really handy if you need to charge your phone but don't have a spare 12v socket in the car. Usefully there's an indicator on the side to let you know how much charge is left. The only thing we would like to see is a case to keep it and the jump starter cable neatly stowed away.Ĭharging it is simple, it comes with a standard micro USB cable and takes just three hours to fully charge. It's not much bigger than a glasses case so will easily fit into a glovebox or you can tuck it away in the boot. It's a neatly designed and good looking unit that looks more like a power bank than a traditional jump starter. If you expect jump starters to be big and bulky, this Ring starter will change all that. For smaller engines up to 2.0-litres, Ring also offers the cheaper RPPL200. The intelligent clamps manage power between the jump starter and vehicle, plus it features reverse polarity, short circuit and anti-spike protection. It includes a safe connect system, designed to protect the user, vehicle and jump starter when in use. The main unit is 16cm by 9cm so will easily fit in a glovebox. It fully charges in three hours and includes a micro USB charging cable along with a battery charge indicator on the side. Along with the fact it's a jump starter, there are two USB ports, so you can use it as a power bank to charge phones and tablets, plus an LED torch. Sample size = 1.The Ring RPP元00 is a Lithium Cobalt LiCoO2 jump starter that's able to start 12v vehicles up to 3.0-litres. The fuel savings would be large enough for me to notice and to care.TL DR: This truck would work for me, as a truck. Three separate times other drivers tried to run into my truck (stainless steel panels, yes please). One day I bummed a ride in a Roush Mustang. There were several store runs involved, some for 8-foot stock. And then Tesla promises "100 cubic feet of exterior, lockable storage - including the under-bed, frunk and sail pillars." Underbed storage requires the bed to be clear of other stuff, but bottom line everything would have fit, especially when we consider the second row of seats (tools and some materials out of the weather).Some days I was hauling mostly air on one leg of the trip. Stainless steel plus no paint is a plus.Apparently the Cybertruck bed will be 78" long (but over 96" with the tailgate folded down) and 60-65" wide. The frunk would have been extremely useful (lock the tool cases there, out of the way of the Bed Stuff, away from prying eyes and grasping fingers - you say I can charge my cordless tools there? bonus). Nothing I carried had any substantial weight to it, in truck terms. It was pretty full, is what I'm saying.The range of the Cybertruck would have been just fine. On the ride home yesterday the bed carried a 20 foot extension ladder (10 feet long, flagged 14 inches past the rear bumper), two other ladders, a smallish air compressor, a largish shop vac, three large bins, some materials, some scrap, and a slew of tool cases/bags. Recall that the interior bed space of my (modified) truck is 98" x 74". ToolGuy I did truck things with my truck this past week, twenty-odd miles from home (farther than usual).ToolGuy Is it a genuine Top Hand? Oh, I forgot, I don't care.Surferjoe Still have a 2013 RDX, naturally aspirated V6, just can't get behind a 4 banger turbo.Also gloriously absent, ESS, lane departure warnings, etc.They could sell it as the classic classic classic model Art Vandelay Dodge should bring this back.
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