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It weighs 18 lbs and has the dimensions 11.2 x 8 x 13.5 inches
It’s now sitting in the cargo bay of my Mercury Mariner and it loves to roll around when the vehicle turns. Does anyone have a simple or elegant way to prevent this rolling around? There are no side attachment points where I can run bungee. Putting it in a box won’t solve the issue as the box will careen around back there.
ugh; any thoughts are appreciated. I can’t think of a way to handle this.
America has turns?! 😮
Head on over to your local autoshop, they sell velcro bar thingies that adhere to the interior felt-like lining in your car (assuming your car has that). Put the charger on its back, or however the center of gravity if lowest and choke it up by those things.
wow! thanks! I didn’t know such a product existed. What is the product actually called, so I can search on it? All I’m coming up with are collapsible box-like storage bins
I was gonna say go get some industrial adheasive backed velcro to put on the back and stick it down to your carpet… But That^^^^^^^^ is great! Gonna have to get a couple..
As it’s a jump-start pack, does it have a lead-acid battery in it?
If so, it would be best to keep it upright…!
Out of curiosity, why did you go for this rather than a much more compact version like the one below? Is it the air compressor part that you really need? I know that there are smaller 12V ones that can plug into a cars ciggy socket.
Yes. I thought the compressor would be handy in a pinch. Also I bought my unit for $80 while units like the one you pictured were somewhat more expensive. A close friend just bought a similar unit for $130.
Yeah those small chargers are fun, but if you want one that 1) actually works on anything other than the smallest of city cars, b) doesnt break on you after 5 uses and *) doesnt self-discharger like a baws then they are pricey. Big batteries for big currents is a way simpler and thus cheaper solution to this problem. I myself prefer the big ones too, if only because i wont misplace em so easily.
I don’t have pics now, but using some aluminum angles and straight bar from home depot along with some rivets, I made a “brace” if you will for my trunk. It works, but if I needed to get the spare tire out, I have to pull everything out. Those stayhold is looking very promising. I’m curious to how well the carpet liner will be if you move them all the time.
I guess it depends on the quality of the ‘felt’, i imagine high quality stuff will last longer… but cheap stuff is cheaper to replace. On my car i cant really tell where the felt thingies usually sit. But then again, i don’t move em very often and i honestly don’t give a carp about how the felt liner in my cars boot looks 😉
Just something you might want to consider… Let’s suppose you get in a wreck. What’s an object that weighs that much going to feel like when it comes forward and hits you? There’s probably a math/physics formula around somewhere to figure it out but in an old safety class I remember they proved you could safely hold a 20 pound infant in your arms in a 50 mph wreck as easily as you could grab, and also instantly stop moving, a 600 pound object. Piece of cake, right? Mass and velocity are not always your friends.
Strap that bad boy down. Nylon straps and a place to anchor them. Seatbelt mounts, car seat brackets, etc. ought to work. Keep the straps tight too.
Those gizmos that stick to the carpeting look cool but I wouldn’t trust ’em to hold anything over even as little as 5 pounds.
Anything loose that is gonna hit you in a wreck is gonna hurt. Keep stuff contained and secured. Last I knew people don’t plan on and schedule getting in an accident so when it does happen asking if they could just wait a few minutes or so to let you reorganize the vehicle probably ain’t gonna be a thing.
Sent by throwing some gizmo as hard as I can.
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