RAC Jump Start System

If the SIP Rescue Pac focuses on helping you in a breakdown, this compact RAC-branded power pack aims to provide power away from the car, with two 12V sockets.

By:Auto Express team

26 Apr 2013

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Introduction
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1st Halfords Portable Powerpack 200
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2nd Ring Powerpack RPP225
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3rd Sealey Roadstart RS132
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4th Clarke Jump Start 1010
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5th Draper 12v Power Pack with Air Compressor 40134
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6th Draper Power Pack 24341
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7th SIP Rescue Pac 1600
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RAC Jump Start System rating

2.0

If the SIP Rescue Pac focuses on helping you in a breakdown, this compact RAC-branded power pack aims to provide power away from the car, with two 12V sockets.

But you can see where money has been saved.

The leads are just 40cm long and the clamp jaws could be bigger.

Plus, with just a 10Ah, 400-amp battery, the device struggled to turn over our test engine.

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In This Review

Introduction
A portable power pack will revive cars with flat batteries, plus charge in-car kit. We test eight
1st Halfords Portable Powerpack 200
Halfords has won this test many times, and retains its crown with this revised Powerpack 200.
2nd Ring Powerpack RPP225
As you’d expect, it excelled in the engine test, made easy by its long leads – stored separately, as on our winner.
3rd Sealey Roadstart RS132
This is one of the cheapest units on test, but it doesn’t compromise on features, with a battery isolator and wrong connection warnings
4th Clarke Jump Start 1010
Big, bulky and heavy – that sums up this power pack from Clarke.
5th Draper 12v Power Pack with Air Compressor 40134
6th Draper Power Pack 24341
7th SIP Rescue Pac 1600
There are no frills with this Swiss-made SIP booster pack – not even a work light.
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If the SIP Rescue Pac focuses on helping you in a breakdown, this compact RAC-branded power pack aims to provide power away from the car, with two 12V sockets.

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RAC Jump Start System

If the SIP Rescue Pac focuses on helping you in a breakdown, this compact RAC-branded power pack aims to provide power away from the car, with two 12V sockets.

In This Review

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