Product review of Personal Power Supply

[Phoneman1981]

Hello Everyone: A few weeks ago a coworker showed me a gift that he received. Micro Start PPS Antigravity Battery. Small compact battery with a Multi tip USB power cord to charge the most common cell phones. Also has a set of small jumper cables and enough power to jump start a vehicle or motorcycle. Weighs around 1lb. Built in flashlight, emergency strobe light. I watched a you tube video and was impressed.

 

I considered purchasing one on Amazon but ran across a dealer at the J&P Cycle store in Sturgis. My wife spotted the dealer first and grabbed one immediately. Rally specially for $116.

 

Our newest Kia Optima like many new cars does not have a accessory plug that is hot all the time. We often need to charge our phones while in the car but cannot do it unless the key is on. A real pain. I thought the PPS would come in handy. I have used it daily at work and really like the convenience of not being tethered to my vehicles for on the go charging.

 

I also wanted to carry it with us on the bike. I showed it to a riding buddy last week. Last night he entered his Harley Sprint in a vintage motorcycle event and did not get the key turned completely off. Head light was off but tail light evidently still on in bright sunlight and ran the battery completely dead. When he went to leave he discovered his error. I happened to be eating supper next door. He asked if he could borrow my gadget. Gave it a good test. Bike started right up, but died as soon as the jumper cables were removed. So he was able to reconnected the short jumper cables and left the device connected while he rode the bike back to his radiator shop a mile away. From now on I will always be sure to carry it with me. Below is the you tube video link. Just my two cents.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_WTbDdjn2s&sns=em]Antigravity Batteries Micro Start, Starting Demonstration flv - YouTube[/ame]

Edited August 30, 2014 by Phoneman1981
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[stanG]

Yeah, I bought one of these at the local NAPA store back in July. I was skeptical about whether it would actually start my car and had originally bought it to use to run my CPAP while camping (it will power the unit for 8 hours of good sleep). As it turned out, I had left the door open on my car in the garage for the whole weekend and drained the battery dead. It wouldn't even light up the dash when i turned the key. I hooked this thing up and the car started just fine. It even had to crank it for a while because the computer had reset itself from the power drain. If I hadn't seen it with my own own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. A little pricey, but worth it!

[midnightventure]

I got one of these a couple of weeks ago and also am impressed. Of course the next time I went to start my John Deere lawn tractor the battery was dead. It fired it right up. I am also going to try it for the cpap on my camping trip in a couple of weeks.

[syscrusher]

Looks pretty neat I guess. Maybe it would have been a less expensive solution for my DR650 than the $170 lithium battery I put in it. It seems pricey for the size of it but if it really will start a car that's great! I ran the battery down in my hybrid by leaving a small defrost heater running. It wouldn't have been a big deal since the huge 300 volt battery was fine but there was nothing for the computer to run on. I wonder if this would have worked for that.

[Cougar]

Yup, I gots one to about a year ago. works pretty darn good.

[Mike G in SC]

Interesting,,, may get one when I retire and travel next year.

 

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[Phoneman1981]

Just for the record my PPS is the XP-3 model. It does not have all of the added adapters that are pictured in the Amazon ad for the XPG-1. I think the XPG-1 has additional tips and maybe a laptop port? Not sure.

[Cougar]

Mine also has the works, comes in handy

[midnightventure]

I was so impressed with mine I bought another for my daughter.

[Mike G in SC]

Question for those who own one (or more):

Will is keep it's charge if you keep it in your hot car or bike a few months?

[Leland]

Yes.

[Barrycuda]

Thanks to this post and the amazing people on it, it opened me up to this. Last night I purchased on and awaiting its arrival. Glad to know it has great reviews and so portable. Thank you for turning me on to this....