That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

The max output seems low on paper but in practice it charges a battery
fully as fast as many of over twice the nominal output.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

The max output seems low on paper but in practice it charges a battery
fully as fast as many of over twice the nominal output.


Dave Plowman


I missed those the last time. Thanks for heads up.

"BigWallop" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try
and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

The max output seems low on paper but in practice it charges a battery
fully as fast as many of over twice the nominal output.


Dave Plowman


I missed those the last time. Thanks for heads up.


Found it
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...y_Charger.ar11
Thanks again.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this
Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try
and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

The max output seems low on paper but in practice it charges a battery
fully as fast as many of over twice the nominal output.


Dave Plowman


I missed those the last time. Thanks for heads up.


Found it

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...y_Charger.ar11
Thanks again.

And I think I know what else I'm getting for Christmas
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Car_Radio.ar11
Although I don't know who is going to be buying it for me yet. :-)

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BigWallop wrote:
And I think I know what else I'm getting for Christmas
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Car_Radio.ar11
Although I don't know who is going to be buying it for me yet. :-)

You might have to get there early for one of those. This sort of thing
sometimes has limited supplies.

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On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:07:15 +0000, BigWallop wrote:

And I think I know what else I'm getting for Christmas
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Car_Radio.ar11
Although I don't know who is going to be buying it for me yet. :-)

Heh. If I hadn't just bought 2 of similar spec from Argos for £25 each
I'd be up for one too! (Only downside of the Aggros one is that the SD
card slot is conveniently placed behind the fold-down fascia ... right
behind the hinge-line, so you have to _remove_ the fascia to change the
card!

Oh and the Argos one doesn't have a remote ... which is a plus IMO :-)


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On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:20:58 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:07:15 +0000, BigWallop wrote:

And I think I know what else I'm getting for Christmas
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Car_Radio.ar11
Although I don't know who is going to be buying it for me yet. :-)

Heh. If I hadn't just bought 2 of similar spec from Argos for £25 each
I'd be up for one too! (Only downside of the Aggros one is that the SD
card slot is conveniently placed behind the fold-down fascia ... right
behind the hinge-line, so you have to _remove_ the fascia to change the
card!

Oh and the Argos one doesn't have a remote ... which is a plus IMO :-)

This might be an alternative - don't know if it's any good though
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/26986...-staples-with/

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)"
saying something like:

That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99.

Ooh, ta for that.

In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

Popped into the Luton Lidl on the way past Luton this morning.
Only had two left with packaging and instructions separated.
Good news is they were reduced to £5.99, so I bought them.
(I don't think the reduction was related to the opened boxes.)

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In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this
Thursday for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket
but punches well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse
charging to try and recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to
maintenance mode after charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

Popped into the Luton Lidl on the way past Luton this morning.
Only had two left with packaging and instructions separated.
Good news is they were reduced to £5.99, so I bought them.
(I don't think the reduction was related to the opened boxes.)

Real bargain then - hope you bought them both. ;-) The instructions are
available online.

Without the instructions the only thing that might confuse is the motor
bike emblem refers to the lower charge rate rather than 6 volts.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes
In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

Popped into the Luton Lidl on the way past Luton this morning.
Only had two left with packaging and instructions separated.
Good news is they were reduced to £5.99, so I bought them.
(I don't think the reduction was related to the opened boxes.)

Send me one, I'll send you a tenner ...

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geoff

In article ,
geoff writes:
In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes
In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
That awfully clever car battery charger is on offer again this Thursday
for 12.99. It's just about small enough to fit in a pocket but punches
well above its weight. About 4 amps output. Does pulse charging to try and
recover a badly discharged battery. Goes to maintenance mode after
charging. Similar costs over 40 quid elsewhere.

Popped into the Luton Lidl on the way past Luton this morning.
Only had two left with packaging and instructions separated.
Good news is they were reduced to £5.99, so I bought them.
(I don't think the reduction was related to the opened boxes.)

Send me one, I'll send you a tenner ...

Looks like there are about 3 Lidl's quite close to Watford.

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Looks like there are about 3 Lidl's quite close to Watford.

Still a couple of dozen chargers left in one of the Leicester ones.

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Andy Burns writes:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Looks like there are about 3 Lidl's quite close to Watford.

Still a couple of dozen chargers left in one of the Leicester ones.

Probably about a dozen in the Camberley store today.
Still at 12.99.

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