Battery Jump Box - NOCO is a no-go

[FMB4]

Maybe in your utopia fantasy, but in reality that's not the case. Here in Arizona you're lucky if they last 3 years.

Sorry, AZ isn't most people's idea of "utopia". Btw, I was born in Phx. Again, in many parts of this Country a quality well maintained battery will last about 4 years.

 

[M6erfan]

TX here. We get freezing winters and months of triple digit temps in summer. Our batteries avg. about 8 year life spans. What the heck are ya'll doing to batteries that they last only 3-4 years???

 

[Odd-job]

When my neighbor's Deere 4720's battery failed, I went over there with my JNC 660, and it couldn't get it to turn over. Warm late summer day. That Deere has a 2.4l 60hp diesel.

Went back to my place and grabbed the NOCO GB70, and she started right up. Twice actually, since he inadvertently shut it down before moving it to the barn.

Both of my jump packs are kept topped up. Stored inside.

I was very surprised.

Fun fact. Neighbor's battery was the original OE DEKA from 2007. Fun fact #2, My 2008 Deere 5625's battery just crapped out a couple of weeks ago. It too was original. Deka manufactured in August of 2007

Interesting. Can't seem to understand the advertised spec listing to compare the GB 770 to the 770/660r's for the life of me. Best I can tell the JNC has 1700 peak amps and around 400 cranking amps while the Noco has 2000 peak amps and 200 cranking amps if I am converting the joules correctly. Specs aside its possible the 660 warmed up the Deere and/or could be getting a little tired. The Noco could just be punching above its weight.

 

[02camaro86]

over the past 3 yrs ive had 1 gb150 and a gb150x from noco both are great. both have been able to jump start any size v8 i can stick them too 5.3-7.5L. absolutely zero issues with them and have been well worth the money.

 

[NC Fabricator25]

I’ve had a GB50 for about 18 months and it has worked fine, been used a handful of times to start smaller car engines with weak batteries, and a bunch to start smaller equipment (mower, small diesel tractor). Last week I was helping a friend with a ‘69 Caddy with a 472in^3 that wouldn’t start, new battery that was reading less than 1 volt, completely dead. For kicks I put the NOCO on and it did crank the car, but it was to slow to start, and only did that three times before it was used up. I had to utilize the “dead battery override” switch to even get it to register being hooked up. I can’t really blame the booster pack, that was asking more than it’s rated for AND I can’t vouch for certainty that it was at 100% charge, I generally try to top it off every few months but don’t recall when I last did so.

Looked at NOCO on Amazon recently and was surprised at the variety of models…..GB40, 45, 50, 55, etc. all the way up to a GB250 capable of cranking diesel engines up to 16L….or so it claims!

 

[wxm]

Picked up NOCO GB45. It has 60W USB_C. Hopefully, I could also use it to charge my chrome book on the road.

 

[superchargedv8]

ive had several jump packs and they slowly die and never really get much use so I just keep a snap-on battery charger station and cables...between the two I can get most anything I need done.

 

[rrich1]

I have been very pleased with the Interstate battery charger. I have the larger jump pack and if I recall it's only $120 in store. Slightly cheaper on Amazon.

 

[xjfish]

My Anti-gravity unit is still going strong after years of use... Gonna go ahead and recommend again. With that being said, its tough to beat a good old fashioned 12v lead acid or deep cycle jump pack...

 

[Jsf721]

Anti gravity battery jump packs have been great.

 

[Bacon!]

If warranty won't cover it, I'd at least open it up to see what the cells voltages are, and also whether it looks like a battery form factor you can replace yourself at much lower cost than an entire new jump starter, or maybe the cells aren't low and there's some protection diode pack that failed.

 

[AJHD]

@ FMB4: I was not calling AZ a utopia by any means, far from it. You misunderstood my post.
In fact, I mostly hate AZ and I'd move if I could. I'm not originally from here and I dread leaving the house for about solid 5/6 months every year.

But anyway, the desert beats the ever living **** out of anything automotive, rather it be batteries, or tires/rubber, or plastic, or paint, etc.
I can only speak from experience working not only on my own personal vehicles and those owned by family/friends, but having wrenched for a living in multiple shops as well.