A while ago I got a Noco battery jumper pack for my car. At the time it seemed like a good thing to have, but recently it really saved me a lot of hassle.

My battery in my car went from working well to a bad cell killing it in a few days. The first time my car didn’t start I had left the doors open to grab stuff while working on a project so I thought I just had left the lights on or something.

The next day I was in the mountains driving on a back road and had stopped. Car was totally dead after only being parked for 10 minutes. That’s when I realized there was a real problem.

The thing was where I was has basically no traffic going by and it was in a cell phone dead zone for miles of hilly terrain. I’d have to walk at least 4 miles up a very steep hill just to get cell signal.

It was also 95 out and about 80% humidity, even with two bottles of water, electrolyte tablets, and a water filter on hand, that heat could catch up to you very quickly and be dangerous.

But with this jump pack it was literally a 2 minute operation to get back on the road. I drove right to an auto parts store and got a new battery into my car.

That was the second prep that saved me, I put aside $100 a month for car maintenance, so no big deal to buy the battery which are getting expensive!

I don’t often hear these thing mentioned so thought I’d share, plus I could get on with my day without any fuss, had a great rest of my day. The alternative would been 2 hours of walking, 1-2 hours of waiting for a jump, and my whole day off would have been wasted.

If nothing else happens, life is better being prepared.