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[simonburn]

Hamilton classic for conditioning battery chargers. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

[Bargi]

Solar power one that connects via obd2 port has done me for years. Even charges under street lights

[Hoggs]

I use CTEK ones and always had good results. Even form the battery being well and truly flat they seem to bring them back to life.

[D-DAWG83]

Another vote for the Lidl one, great bit of kit, worthy impulse buy, but not sure on availability now.As an added bonus, when i replaced my battery terminals last year, as they were jumping off, i can now hook up the charger without having to worry about taking the washer bottle off. Small win i know, but il take that.

[dw1]

Hamilton classic for conditioning battery chargers. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

I really like what Hamilton Classic is all about and the interesting range of products, their customer service is very good and they are a small personal business. But, holy cow their website is from the 1990s a child could do a better job with it, there is so much good free web building software out there to set up a basic website that would be a million times better. Their site has gone backwards compared to a couple of years ago. I hope for the success of their business their site improves.

[EdT]

Is the Aldi / Lidl Ctek branded Ultimate speed? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[p4cks]

Is the Aldi / Lidl Ctek branded Ultimate speed? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

Aye

[p4cks]

Lidl might have sold out but they come back around maybe twice a year.

 

If you can't wait for them to come back out this is what you need

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...ukAAOSwB-1YnaWa

[ghand]

serious question...   ..why dont people just run it up to when the temp gauge kicks in..or take it for a spin once a week..   done this since mid Novemebr and have no problems in starting.   ..oh and alarm is off...who wants to pinch one of these in winter must be mad ...

Serious answer 😂 That may keep it charged up H but if it's not being used regular the conditioner is better. Pulsed anti sulphate mode for example. The clue is in the name conditioner, it's not just a trickle charger. If you want your battery to last then why not stick one on and don't waste your time and petrol running it up once a week. Most guys can't take it for a spin which is the best for everything as they SORN.

[EdT]

Lidl might have sold out but they come back around maybe twice a year.   If you can't wait for them to come back out this is what you need   http://www.ebay.co.u...ukAAOSwB-1YnaWa

Yep, that's what I'd spotted, just wanted to check it was the ctek in drag! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[EdT]

Ordered a Ctek 0.8 from eBay ! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[AstonVauxhall]

We use Ctek 0.8's in the showroom, always fine. Not much cop of the battery is flat but do just fine on new/very new batteries we have.

[Wolfstone]

I've got the ctek 5.0 but stupidly forgot to connect it this last cold spell. Predictably when I went to start the car after a month the battery (a 7 year old Bosch S4) was dead as a dead thing. Connected the Ctek and its back to full health.