Automotive Tools and Equipment

Battery jump starters are great, and we carry one at all times, but they’re not a substitute for jumper cables. Smaller 3,000A and under ones have trouble with big engines , and if you don’t get your car started after a couple of tries, most of them run out of power. Even if you don’t, most of them recommend waiting as much as 10 minutes between attempts, meaning it could be a long time before you get going. Almost all the models we’ve tested have also had very short cables, and often small clamps that can make it hard to…