Imagine a little box no bigger than your cell phone with the power to jump start your quad, side-by-side or truck! Oh and they also charge your tablet, cell and laptop. No rider should be without one:

Antigravity Batteries New Micro-Start Jumpers Coming Soon - ATVConnection.com

 

A neat idea though I'm sure you better have a waterproof bag to put it in or its probably ruined. A little pricey but to have something that small that can actually jump start your machine, its to be expected. Many newer quads with efi won't even start without a fully charged battery. Backup pullstart is becoming a thing of the past too.

 

There are different brands that are cheaper, but I must share an experience I had with a Whistler unit that I purchased. Caution should be taken with ANY brand that you purchase. The following is a copy and paste of a letter that I sent Whistler:




"I am writing to inform you of a potentially lethal problem with the Jump and Go Portable Jumpstart. On Thursday, December 10, at approximately 9:00 p.m., I placed my Jump and Go on the household charger. I was awoken by my smoke detector at around 3:00 a.m. Friday morning. I found the Jump and Go carrying case on fire that was about 6 inches away from the Jumpstart. Upon closer inspection, it appeared as if the Jumpstart had popped/burst, which ignited the carrying case. I do have pictures that I will send later and a report from the fire department it needed. If there is not a safety recall on this product there needs to be a an alert regarding this issue. We were lucky that we had a smoke detector. Thank you for your time and consideration regarding this matter."



This was a follow up message:

I find it very disturbing the lack of concern that Whistler has for a situation, caused by one of their products, that could have been lethal. Three days after sending the message above, I have yet to hear back from anyone. I did try to call, but it was outside of normal hours. This is why I sent an email. Attached, you will find pictures of what happened. I urge you to act on this before someone suffers a worse fate.


I should add that there was a voluntary recall of these units and Whistler did replace my units for free with updated ones. I should also note that the instruction manual warned of this possibility as do other manual regarding the charging of batteries. I just never expected it to actually happen. I was very surprised that there was no safety bulletin or some type of warning in the media, especially since my incident was not an isolated one. Even with the new units, I still will not leave them charging at night or while I am gone, or near anything flammable. They do work very well and are very handy to have. I have used them to jump start my quads and pickup. And, make sure that ALL OF YOU have smoke detectors and test them often. I am a firm believer in them now.