I’ve picked up the Viking 3400 12/24V model for work. Pretty impressed with it, powered up our 15K payload dump trailer with ease. Started our Ford diesel fine with enough oomph. The unit even warns you with an alarm when you’ve selected the wrong voltage for the application. Someone saw our fleet truck with two batteries and thought it was a 24V system. The alarm blared and started the diesel in .5 seconds. No damage fortunately to the jump pack or truck, but definitely something to keep in mind. I’ve also heard the batteries in these newer Viking units can be hit or miss. Easy fix by replacing the batteries with new ones. The back cover seems to remove easily without having to tear the entire unit apart. Haven’t had that issue yet, but happy to know it’s serviceable!
I have a Viking battery charger/maintainer (did a video on it). The first one didn't go into maintenance mode correctly. Took it back the next day and got a new one. No issues since. Had it over two years. It works well. I gave it 4 stars on the HF for a review due to the quality issue on the first one. Second was great though
I felt the second “Turn the air off”. I have to go to that tone constantly with my kid when ever she is helping. 🤣 it the I what to be patient but have to repeat myself a thousand times, always, tone.
Bought 3 of the "CEN-TECH Automatic Battery Float Charger" on sale a couple of years ago to put on 2 tractors and a zero turn mower. Put them on in the fall so I would be ready next Spring. Lights on the maintainer came on when I plugged them in, so I figured I was good to go. All 3 of them failed to maintain the charge in the batteries just lit the little green light all Winter. AND the 90 day warranty was over! 🥴👎
Just take a half hour once or twice a month to walk around and start everything and let it all run 15 min or so and circulate oil, fuel, and charge that battery!!!
I bought three of of there cheaper (less than $100) jump starters. First one lasted 3 years which was ok for a cheaper jump charger. Its replacement lasted 6 months. The next one lasted two months. I avoid them now.
We have the other version of this without the compressor at our auto repair shop. It jump starts cars and trucks every day in upstate ny cold weather. So far it’s done everything I ask of it. Even some diesel trucks!!
A friend got one for me. From NAPA. Carlyle 400. I have it in my truck and always plugged into cigarette lighter. I use it to run my phone. Have started my truck and a few other people's cars. Works great. The only fault I have with it if it low on change and you use generator or AC to charge. It's only a 2amp charger that comes with it. But it charges quick from cigarette lighter.
@The Den of Tools. Thanks Jeff for the quick review of that Viking 100 Jump Starter from Harbor Freight. The real key is how long that battery will last. I'm guessing it's a seal lead acid battery. I had a Sears Craftsman version that wasn't their cheapest and it stopped working just over a year after I bought it. I always kept it plugged in. Now I have a Clore JNC660 Jump-N-Carry like auto shops and tow operators carry. I've had it for over 8 years now and used it several times and use it even as a battery memory saver when swapping out car batteries. Keeping you, Red, Blue, and your families in my daily prayers. Shine on!
I too have several of the lead acid ones(kept one in each car). Would periodically bring in and recharge. All of them are dead now(even one that I replaced the battery in). Have the small lithium battery ones now and they’ve been working fine.
The light of death lol. There’s a light in the rear of my Subaru. It helps with unloading items but people forget to turn it off and BAM battery is dead! I never use the light of death it’s like that vanity light.
I just got one, air compressor filled up one tire shut off. I moved it to the next tire wouldn’t fill up. I let it sit for 45 minutes eventually turned back on went back out attempted to fill up other tires, and all it did was let air out.
Had the same infuriating problem on my old Suburban. ended up removing the bulb (well, crushed). I should have pulled the mounting screws, pulled the wiring and then disconnected it there.
Just buythe smaller ones but not from HF. I have one and if the battery is full it will jump start my completely dead truck. It will start even at 70% but not if it’s completely dead . It also charged my Ipad a lot faster than the wall outlets and helped me during power outage. I know have two
These are just batteries you will find in a ups battery backup unit etc. so I’m a few years the battery will be bad especially if you don’t keep it charged.
I also got this viking with tax $205 but because it has alot of good reviews hardly any negative reviews, even for durability even better than the overrated Noco brand. It's too heavy though but who cares as long as you have assurance knowing it'll work for most vehicles because it's larger wattage and psi.
I just purchased this as a woman, and I feel I shouldn't have this after reading some of the manuals. I don't know anything about frozen batteries. I'm scared I might hurt myself
You need to Immediately charge it upon unboxing. Then use and recharge a few times before forgetting about it... this establishes the plate chemistry and sets float voltage for a full, not partially discharged battery. AFTER THAT, you can keep it charged multiple ways: 1 house plug, you can leave it always plugged in (at least the largest one like mine can, VERY important feature). 2. You can get a small, cheap invertor and leave it plugged in in your car (just like in your house). Whenever you run your car it will be topped off. And 3. You can just run a cigarette lighter jumper from a lighter socket in your car to the socket on the front of the unit. This is the easiest method, and it will let your car's own float system keep it charged, But only if you use a 12plug in your car that Does Not stay energetized with the car off. If you use a 12v outlet that Does stay energetized w/car off, then if you leave the headlights on, etc, the car will drain your jumpack right along with the car battery. I have the Largest version HF sells, and the cheapest ($50). Both work absolutely fine. Even the cheap one works great, IF you do charge it Immediately and recharge it every month or so, or leave it plugged into the car. The only difference is the cheap one cannot stay plugged in on house current indefinitely (and it does take a While to charge, indoors... like a day). Also, besides the important initial charge, the cheap one especially needs to be left on the dead battery, connected for a few minutes, Before attempting to jump start. It won't work well just hooking up and immediately cranking like all the rest. Do what I have said, above, and even that cheap, $40-50 jump pack will work Just fine in your car. Get one for your gf or wife, charge it up, then get a cable with 12v plug @ both ends and put it in her car plugged into the car's socket that Doesn't stay on, and then just totally forget about it. A year, 2yrs, 3yrs later it will be all ready to jump her car if she leaves the lights on, or her car's battery begins to die.
I use mine 9 or 10 times before recharging and have no problems with it it doesnt need charged every single time whoever told you that is not too bright its ment to be used multiple times before charging my carlyle 550 2500 peak amp will jump 20 times before needing charged again
"I own a Cummins truck" "so I can deff appreciate a good gas job truck" ??? Lmao what does that even hav3 to do with a diesel truck? Lmao. That makes absolutely no sense at all lol.
@@ncrdisabled Might be something simple, as 2-strokes are fairly straightforward engines. Check for spark, if that’s good it’s probably the carb. Those little carbs go bad like it’s their job, but luckily you can get a new one off the internet for around 20 bucks. Might save you the cost of a new generator. 👍
You wanna be Sherlock Holmes types crack me up. Anybody who follows this channel knows that I almost always wear short sleeve shirts regardless of the weather. Secondly the tree was parked under a giant oak when this was shot and yes, even in January there can be leaves on the ground.
@@denoftools Have you had a chance to test out the limitations of this unit yet? I am considering the bigger 3400 Viking without the air compressor because of the good reviews for thr larger V8's of today's market.
I have (had) a noco gb70 that I attempted to jumpstart my 5.7 Cheyenne pickup. It couldn’t even turn it over once (as in literally couldn’t turn the engine over at all) with 70% charge and it never accepted a full charge after that… piece of crap
I’ve had some success with connecting the jump pack and waiting a bit for it to transfer some charge to your low battery before trying to start the vehicle. 🤷🏻♂️. Good luck!
I have this. I've owned it for about 6 months now. So far, so good. It started a 1972 cutlass rocket 350 that was completely dead. Good video.
I’ve picked up the Viking 3400 12/24V model for work. Pretty impressed with it, powered up our 15K payload dump trailer with ease. Started our Ford diesel fine with enough oomph. The unit even warns you with an alarm when you’ve selected the wrong voltage for the application. Someone saw our fleet truck with two batteries and thought it was a 24V system. The alarm blared and started the diesel in .5 seconds. No damage fortunately to the jump pack or truck, but definitely something to keep in mind.
I’ve also heard the batteries in these newer Viking units can be hit or miss. Easy fix by replacing the batteries with new ones. The back cover seems to remove easily without having to tear the entire unit apart. Haven’t had that issue yet, but happy to know it’s serviceable!
I have a Viking battery charger/maintainer (did a video on it). The first one didn't go into maintenance mode correctly. Took it back the next day and got a new one. No issues since. Had it over two years. It works well. I gave it 4 stars on the HF for a review due to the quality issue on the first one. Second was great though
I'd definitely buy another Viking product
THEY HAVE CAME UP IN THE GAME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. I FIND MYSELF SHOPPING THERE MORE. THE 50FT RETRACTABLE HOSE REEL IS AWESOME!
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I felt the second “Turn the air off”. I have to go to that tone constantly with my kid when ever she is helping. 🤣 it the I what to be patient but have to repeat myself a thousand times, always, tone.
Bought 3 of the "CEN-TECH Automatic Battery Float Charger" on sale a couple of years ago to put on 2 tractors and a zero turn mower. Put them on in the fall so I would be ready next Spring. Lights on the maintainer came on when I plugged them in, so I figured I was good to go. All 3 of them failed to maintain the charge in the batteries just lit the little green light all Winter. AND the 90 day warranty was over! 🥴👎
Just take a half hour once or twice a month to walk around and start everything and let it all run 15 min or so and circulate oil, fuel, and charge that battery!!!
I bought three of of there cheaper (less than $100) jump starters. First one lasted 3 years which was ok for a cheaper jump charger. Its replacement lasted 6 months. The next one lasted two months. I avoid them now.
Maybe I got what I paid for and the Viking is way better quality
We have the other version of this without the compressor at our auto repair shop. It jump starts cars and trucks every day in upstate ny cold weather. So far it’s done everything I ask of it. Even some diesel trucks!!
A friend got one for me. From NAPA. Carlyle 400.
I have it in my truck and always plugged into cigarette lighter. I use it to run my phone. Have started my truck and a few other people's cars. Works great. The only fault I have with it if it low on change and you use generator or AC to charge. It's only a 2amp charger that comes with it. But it charges quick from cigarette lighter.
@The Den of Tools. Thanks Jeff for the quick review of that Viking 100 Jump Starter from Harbor Freight.
The real key is how long that battery will last. I'm guessing it's a seal lead acid battery. I had a Sears Craftsman version that wasn't their cheapest and it stopped working just over a year after I bought it. I always kept it plugged in. Now I have a Clore JNC660 Jump-N-Carry like auto shops and tow operators carry. I've had it for over 8 years now and used it several times and use it even as a battery memory saver when swapping out car batteries.
Keeping you, Red, Blue, and your families in my daily prayers.
Shine on!
I too have several of the lead acid ones(kept one in each car). Would periodically bring in and recharge. All of them are dead now(even one that I replaced the battery in). Have the small lithium battery ones now and they’ve been working fine.
HF has a similar 1700 peak amp model without the air compressor, and it is labeled as AGM.
Did yours work out of the box? Mine doesn’t work and when I plug it in to charge it says “full”
Please help
I appreciate your you tube channel. It's a big help and I appreciate what you are doing. Thanks.
Would like to see what portable one you would use and leave in your truck.
This jumpstarts my Pegasus GT perfectly. Everytime. Man I need to drive that more often so it stops dying lol.
I've done extensive research and the Audew brand pack is one of the best buys for jump packs
The light of death lol. There’s a light in the rear of my Subaru. It helps with unloading items but people forget to turn it off and BAM battery is dead! I never use the light of death it’s like that vanity light.
You just gave me an idea where the parasitic draw might be in my Ram - thanks! 😁 I may need one of these until then.
Have a cen-tech and not good. Got the biggest viking unit and thats been awesome
I just got one, air compressor filled up one tire shut off. I moved it to the next tire wouldn’t fill up. I let it sit for 45 minutes eventually turned back on went back out attempted to fill up other tires, and all it did was let air out.
Had the same infuriating problem on my old Suburban. ended up removing the bulb (well, crushed). I should have pulled the mounting screws, pulled the wiring and then disconnected it there.
Great that HF sends you products! I bet you have created a lot business for them over the years. Tell them you need a check lol.
Only viking product I have are the 20 foot 410amp jumper cables and they started a f-350 7.3 powerstroke that sat for 8 months
been looking to buy a jump starter to have for emergency and still haven decided yet. Is this worth the money and have you had any problems with it?
I have an old Cen-tech jump starter.. Never had an issue with it.
Just buythe smaller ones but not from HF. I have one and if the battery is full it will jump start my completely dead truck. It will start even at 70% but not if it’s completely dead . It also charged my Ipad a lot faster than the wall outlets and helped me during power outage. I know have two
These are just batteries you will find in a ups battery backup unit etc. so I’m a few years the battery will be bad especially if you don’t keep it charged.
Can he run a 90Ah battery?
Got the same jumper , works great every time has worked on my f150 in Michigan even last week when it hit -13. Best Buy for the money
I also got this viking with tax $205 but because it has alot of good reviews hardly any negative reviews, even for durability even better than the overrated Noco brand. It's too heavy though but who cares as long as you have assurance knowing it'll work for most vehicles because it's larger wattage and psi.
I have a centech 750 and it jump started my 4.0 pick a couple of times.
It would have been nice to have included a air compressor test. Otherwise nice review.Thanks
My fiancé does that all the time I always tell her turn off blower when your starting vehicle it pulling a lot of power
I have the Viking 4amp charger very good. Shine,on.
It’s a beast and works great
Was 12.4 battery voltage or the jump pack voltage when it was connected.
Standard voltage but low amps happens all the time
I remember seeing the bear cardboard cutouts all over Harbor freight a couple years ago. What happened with that?
If you've ever had to move a gas generator without a wheel kit. One hit to the shin is all it takes for you to appreciate electric generators.
I just purchased this as a woman, and I feel I shouldn't have this after reading some of the manuals. I don't know anything about frozen batteries. I'm scared I might hurt myself
i had the viking battery charger and the first time i used it the dam thing blew up after an half hour of charging .
Make sure you charge it after each use or jump pack will never hold a charge
You need to Immediately charge it upon unboxing. Then use and recharge a few times before forgetting about it... this establishes the plate chemistry and sets float voltage for a full, not partially discharged battery. AFTER THAT, you can keep it charged multiple ways: 1 house plug, you can leave it always plugged in (at least the largest one like mine can, VERY important feature). 2. You can get a small, cheap invertor and leave it plugged in in your car (just like in your house). Whenever you run your car it will be topped off. And 3. You can just run a cigarette lighter jumper from a lighter socket in your car to the socket on the front of the unit. This is the easiest method, and it will let your car's own float system keep it charged, But only if you use a 12plug in your car that Does Not stay energetized with the car off. If you use a 12v outlet that Does stay energetized w/car off, then if you leave the headlights on, etc, the car will drain your jumpack right along with the car battery. I have the Largest version HF sells, and the cheapest ($50). Both work absolutely fine. Even the cheap one works great, IF you do charge it Immediately and recharge it every month or so, or leave it plugged into the car. The only difference is the cheap one cannot stay plugged in on house current indefinitely (and it does take a While to charge, indoors... like a day). Also, besides the important initial charge, the cheap one especially needs to be left on the dead battery, connected for a few minutes, Before attempting to jump start. It won't work well just hooking up and immediately cranking like all the rest. Do what I have said, above, and even that cheap, $40-50 jump pack will work Just fine in your car. Get one for your gf or wife, charge it up, then get a cable with 12v plug @ both ends and put it in her car plugged into the car's socket that Doesn't stay on, and then just totally forget about it. A year, 2yrs, 3yrs later it will be all ready to jump her car if she leaves the lights on, or her car's battery begins to die.
I use mine 9 or 10 times before recharging and have no problems with it it doesnt need charged every single time whoever told you that is not too bright its ment to be used multiple times before charging my carlyle 550 2500 peak amp will jump 20 times before needing charged again
A $190.00 for a H.F. Jumper box are you sure it’s not a Snap On geeese.
So the lights were on and nobody home? lol
"I own a Cummins truck" "so I can deff appreciate a good gas job truck" ??? Lmao what does that even hav3 to do with a diesel truck? Lmao. That makes absolutely no sense at all lol.
I was pointing out that I can appreciate both an ICE engine and EV's.
i would love to see the small harbor freight generator .
The little two stroke?
@@iggy151 yes one of the older ones cant get it started.
@@ncrdisabled Might be something simple, as 2-strokes are fairly straightforward engines. Check for spark, if that’s good it’s probably the carb. Those little carbs go bad like it’s their job, but luckily you can get a new one off the internet for around 20 bucks. Might save you the cost of a new generator. 👍
Looking for a battery 🔋 charger 🔌 ! Let me know 🐻 Bear!
Watch the TH-cam channel Project Farm he has a couple of videos on jump packs including a viking
That Suburban was jumped during warm weather in short sleeves and leaves in the trees not subzero and snow on the ground as alluded to in the intro..
It’s Montana in January in morning. What is your definition of cold? I’m from the south and that’s a f**k no for me cold.
You wanna be Sherlock Holmes types crack me up. Anybody who follows this channel knows that I almost always wear short sleeve shirts regardless of the weather. Secondly the tree was parked under a giant oak when this was shot and yes, even in January there can be leaves on the ground.
@@denoftools
Have you had a chance to test out the limitations of this unit yet? I am considering the bigger 3400 Viking without the air compressor because of the good reviews for thr larger V8's of today's market.
@@nsh040909 the suburbans the biggest engine I've tested on yet
I have (had) a noco gb70 that I attempted to jumpstart my 5.7 Cheyenne pickup. It couldn’t even turn it over once (as in literally couldn’t turn the engine over at all) with 70% charge and it never accepted a full charge after that… piece of crap
I’ve had some success with connecting the jump pack and waiting a bit for it to transfer some charge to your low battery before trying to start the vehicle. 🤷🏻♂️. Good luck!
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