NOCO
NOCO Boost Plus GB40 1000A UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter
Small enough for the glovebox, starts most cars and can't spark if she gets the clamps backwards; lithium hates heat, so in a desert summer it should live indoors.
- Buy it if
- A new driver who should be able to fix a dead battery without waiting for a second car and cables.
- Skip it if
- The car is a big diesel truck; NOCO rates it for diesel engines up to 3.0 liters.
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Who we pick it for
- If the battery dies in the school lot, she clips it on and starts the car herself. The clamps are spark-proof and protected if she mixes up red and black. In a Phoenix summer, keep it in the house or her bag, not the glovebox. New teen driver? Put these in her first car before she drives alone →
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