AA AA4956 Car Battery Charger Maintainer UK Plug Fully Automatic with Crocodile Clamps Eyelet Connectors As Used By AA Patrols,Black/Yellow,1.5 Amp 6 V/12 V, Packaging May Vary

I bought this product to use on a classic car that only gets used occasionally and in good weather. I needed a trickle charger that I could trust and was safe to leave on in a garage for long periods in winter when the car was rarely used. This does the job really well and maintains the 12v battery at a healthy level so that I can start the car first time and no longer need to keep recharging a flat battery. It’s competitively priced vs others on the market and a well known brand. It is easy to use and the instructions are clear, just make sure you follow them. Cable lengths are good approx 1.5m cable from the unit to the mains plug and 1.5m cable to the sturdy clips that connect to the battery. I have had this product and used it for 2 months now with no issues. I would recommend this product if you want a trickle charger. Important to note that it is not a product that charges a flat battery, but one that maintains a health battery at the right level if the vehicle is only used occasionally. You can spend more money on competitor products, but for what it is I think it’s good value and fit for purpose.

Charges battery, shows when it is full, so small and easy to use, good length of leads, all in all, really pleased. Recommended.

Purchased this for my brother when is car is of the road. Very comprehensive instructions, unit is well made and works as expected. The leads and fittings are not very good quality and I wonder how they will cope with a lot of use. I own a c tek charger and the leads and fittings are far superior, I suppose you get what you pay for.

This is a very good charger and good value. Only 1 amp or so but brought a very flat bike battery and a half charged car battery back to full charge quickly (1 overnight each).Note that my bike battery is only 4Ah capacity and can only take 0.4 amp charge max. Therefore the charger thinks it's full after a few minutes when it isn't, and goes into ready / maintain mode (output drops to 13.5v). This isn't a problem, I just leave it connected overnight and it's fully charged by next morning. This battery hadn't been charged in 4 years and the charger seems to have revived it. The ring connector cable is permanently attached to the bike battery and hangs out of the seat for quick connection, I plug it in overnight once a month to keep it topped up.The croc clips supplied are a good size and well insulated to avoid shorting, can fully close car bonnet with these connected to battery.I use a Kancun 25' (8m) SAE extension cable with this charger to reach top of drive and it works perfectly without any voltage drop (much safer than using a 240v extension outside). I also have an SAE to OBD adapter for charging wife's Smart, as battery is hard to get at in the passenger footwell.When buying accessories check polarity of SAE plugs before use, SAE gender adapters are cheap on eBay if needed.

Works perfectly ,cheaper than a new battery

So I ended up needing to get one of these because I'm off work and stuck at home having broken my ankle in 2 places quite badly meaning I can't drive. Recovery time is about 3 months so I needed to make sure my BMW 5 Series stayed in a workable condition.I've never had a battery charger or any trickle charger/maintainer before but someone mentioned I should get one so I went looking into it.I checked a lot of different products including BMW own brand (and almost bought that for piece of mind) but then stumbled across this at almost 20% cheaper than most products of a similar nature, and it had decent reviews too, so I bought it.On arrival, unpacking showed I have 2 connection options - croc clips for easy-to-remove connection to the +/- terminal points in the bonnet or actual clamps that screw on for a more "permanent" option. I went for the crocodile clips. The unit itself is tiny and IP65 rated to be used outside in fully waterproof and dustproof casing.The lead was about 2m which was JUST enough to reach from my driveway into my kitchen window but I need to use an extension lead up to the window to get it to a power socket - the cable could have been a lot longer.Connected up and following instructions - which were very easy to follow - I switched it on - it has a very simple panel - a circle button to switch power modes (it automatically selects 12V and my car needs 12V so did not touch this button at all), and a start play button.If at this point you've not connected the Battery Maintainer up correctly it apparently will beep loudly to let you know and one of the lights on the unit lights up RED.It spends the first few hours after hitting play button it assesses the condition of the battery before moving to a trickle charge mode. It took almost 2 days but it slowly charged my battery back to 100% and in the morning on the second day I heard a beep outside - that was the unit telling me it's charged.At this point the unit changes itself to a FLOAT mode. This keeps the battery at 100% condition very carefully using minimal power to do so - I've left the unit for a week now on this setting. This will help desuplhur the battery too as when left to run low, sulphur can build up and damage the efficiency of the battery.This is a great piece of kit all round. It is keeping my battery maintained in perfect condition while I'm unable to drive it for 3mths giving me piece of mind and a worthy investment as it's something I should have bought years ago!The only negative is the lead being only around 2m (1m each side of the unit) - it should be at least twice that length in my opinion, though if you have a garage with a plug point inside it wouldn't be an issue.

Excellent charger.Small and easy to store. efficient , fully charged in 24hours .

On the plus side it's small, easy to use, and gives good visual feedback on what it is doing. On the down side that feedback is generally a fault light, and an annoying alarm tone, when you try to charge a flat battery. Which is sort of its job, you'd think. A completely flat, but otherwise undamaged battery on my van would not charge using this charger. I used jump leads to my car and left its engine running for half an hour (sorry ozone layer) and then this charger took over from there. It's useful to leave connected if your vehicle isn't being driven for a while, just don't expect it to bring a battery back from the dead.