OT but could be of interest "Powermonkey"

[Pikey Dave]

I've just picked 2 of these up. Ordered on Sunday, arrived Tuesday. You seem to get a lot for your 8 quid. The cheapest I could find elsewhere was about £17+ p&p. You can use the included charger & tips to charge just about anything that uses USB charging, iphone, psp etc.
I'm not connected in anyway, just thought I'd share.

[Channel Ribs]

There is a whole range of sized that get big enough to charge cameras and even laptops.

[SPR]

I bought one of these as starter for car and boat, I found it didnt if battery was flat...but if your engine turned a bit it worked. £150 - bit disappointed...

Was told the 200 might be better,

The 100 did not start 50 HP Yamaha FS, audi a3 quattro 1.8 T petrol and a Kangoo Van.

regards

Scott

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by SPR

I bought one of these as starter for car and boat, I found it didnt if battery was flat...but if your engine turned a bit it worked. £150 - bit disappointed...

Was told the 200 might be better,

The 100 did not start 50 HP Yamaha FS, audi a3 quattro 1.8 T petrol and a Kangoo Van.

regards

Scott

Aye, it's only supposed to charge an MP3 player or phone, I can see why you'd be disapointed if it didn't start your car/boat. Maybe your expectations were a tad high

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Aye, it's only supposed to charge an MP3 player or phone.

I think the Startmonkey 100 has been discontinued, but the 200 version is designed to jump start engines "restarts a standard 12v battery between 15 and 20 times".

[SPR]

the starter monkey 100 was marketed the same ! and you could watch videos of it jumping a big outboard on YouTube...a startermonkey 200 might work but lots of money to spend if it does not!

S.

[gotchiguy]

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[SPR]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

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this is why I bought it, but if your engine does not turn over it will not start it....I tried to start my yamaha after bildge pump flatten battery...not luck...

s.

[Pikey Dave]

It's not the same FFS

[SPR]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

It's not the same FFS

I know, but from same company! I sure that your device charges phone etc, malthouse recarniation said you get other devices... and I just stated I tried one STARTmonkey and it did not work as I expected...

regards

S.

[ollie.moore]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick message to introduce myself, i am Ollie, i am the technical and design support manager at Powertraveller. I thought i would register on this forum to answer some of your queries about our products that you may have....

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions either using this email (direct) ollie@powertraveller.com or support@powertraveller.com

Thank you for purchasing our products

Regards
Ollie

[ollie.moore]

Originally Posted by SPR

I bought one of these as starter for car and boat, I found it didnt if battery was flat...but if your engine turned a bit it worked. £150 - bit disappointed...

Was told the 200 might be better,

The 100 did not start 50 HP Yamaha FS, audi a3 quattro 1.8 T petrol and a Kangoo Van.

regards

Scott

Hi Scott,

Im sorry your Startmonkey was unable to start your engine, we never released a Startmonkey100, the lowest spec unit we do is a Startmonkey200 (200amp) - we now have a Startmonkey400 (400amp) - this will do larger diesel engines. The issue you had with your unit is that your battery would have been less than 6v when flat and therefore the startmonkey would not have recognized it - we now have a manual over ride feature on all new units. This will allow the user to manually activate the startmonkey200 or 400 when the battery is completely flat.

If you think this will benefit you please contact me and we can discuss swapping out your unit. I am confident that the startmonkey200 will do what you expect as it did start your engine when the battery had a small amount of power remaining.

I hope this helps, Regards, Ollie

[ollie.moore]

Originally Posted by SPR

the starter monkey 100 was marketed the same ! and you could watch videos of it jumping a big outboard on YouTube...a startermonkey 200 might work but lots of money to spend if it does not!

S.

Hi, as far as im aware no Startmonkey100 units ever made a public appearance, in fact im not so sure we ever called a unit a startmonkey100. The STM200 (startmonkey200) is the entry level product, the smallest we do, the size up is the startmonkey400. I'd recommend going for a startmonkey200 with the manual over ride feature if your battery is often completely drained, these RRP for £150.00. If you want the STM400 you would need to budget around £200.

Regards
Ollie

[SPR]

Originally Posted by ollie.moore

Hi Guys,

Just a quick message to introduce myself, i am Ollie, i am the technical and design support manager at Powertraveller. I thought i would register on this forum to answer some of your queries about our products that you may have....

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions either using this email (direct) ollie@powertraveller.com or support@powertraveller.com

Thank you for purchasing our products

Regards
Ollie

Email sent...

[SPR]

Originally Posted by ollie.moore

Hi, as far as im aware no Startmonkey100 units ever made a public appearance, in fact im not so sure we ever called a unit a startmonkey100. The STM200 (startmonkey200) is the entry level product, the smallest we do, the size up is the startmonkey400. I'd recommend going for a startmonkey200 with the manual over ride feature if your battery is often completely drained, these RRP for £150.00. If you want the STM400 you would need to budget around £200.

Regards
Ollie

My confusion it may well be a 200 model, but was purchase in october 2010, just before the Sailing Clubs crane out. It was bought as demonstration Unit, and i had to use it and failed.

People laughed at me, because they told me before i attempted to start the boat nothing that small or light would work - they were correct...and i was telling how it was military battery technology etc, your marketing.

Sorry for model number confusion, the unit now sits in a draw in the house.

I would be happy to upgrade to the override switch model, if not the version i have ...or pay difference for 400 if that would work!
When did you add the manual over ride button?

regards

Scott

[SPR]

Thanks to Ollie, he has arrange for a swap my Startmonkey200 out the Unit for a more suitable product might take few week till new stock arrives...but i am happy

I will post when i receive that and had chance to test it.

Great Support from Power Traveller - new product so I suppose I expect few techie issues.

Regards

S.

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by SPR

Thanks to Ollie, he has arrange for a swap my Startmonkey200 out the Unit for a more suitable product might take few week till new stock arrives...but i am happy

That is good news, on the strength of that level of customer service I think we will add them to our new online shop.

[John Kennett]

Looks like a great bit of kit. SPR, let us know how you get on!

[Hugh Jardon]

it did have two batteries so that situation should not occur but a very impressive vid on the flat battery.

did SPR ever get a replacement and is it good?

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

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[SPR]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

it did have two batteries so that situation should not occur but a very impressive vid on the flat battery.

did SPR ever get a replacement and is it good?

The new product has not been released will email powertraveller and ask for update...and post back.

Regards

S.