BUDDYGO FBC12050 Fully Automatic Battery Charger, 5A 12V Car Battery Charger & Maintainer- UK Plug, Red

After a week laid up, I went to start up the car and the battery was completely flat. We tend to forget that today's cars are far more draining on batteries and leaving them parked with the alarm on for days can often result in a flat battery. What to do? I quick scan of Amazon led to the Buddygo charger on special offer for under £18, delivered next day for free on Prime.Upon receipt, I promptly connected the charger to my car battery and left it to charge. It worked no problem and I was able to start up after leaving battery on charge for 5 hours. I have now fully charged the battery, without needing to use the pulse repair setting (which can take up to a day).This charger is great value for money and does what it says it will do - charge your battery. No need to spend loads more on other far more expensive units to do the same job. My car is an E90 3 series BMW, so the Buddygo works on this no problem. Like many more recent cars, mine has two dedicated connectors to attach the positive and negative charger clips, although you can if needs be attach them directly to the battery depending on requirements. The unit is light, small and portable, so it can fit neatly into your boot or even the glove compartment on many cars, although the power lead is quite short and you will need an extension socket unless your garage sockets are very close to your car battery.I highly recommend the Buddygo, as flat batteries are likely to become a more common problem, especially in winter and with more people working flexibly. The problem can be avoided by charging up whenever you leave your car parked up for any significant length of time.

My bmw 320i was stating battery low needs charging so I read all the reviews and took a chance with this little charger , really easy to use as I watched videos on YouTube on charging bmw batteries (never knew the charging point is under the bonnet not in the boot where the battery is ) simply clipped red clamp to red positive black clamp to negative metal stud then plugged into extension lead and turned on power ,I was checking it every 30 minutes in case it overheated but it stayed cool to the touch and turned itself off after about 3 hours saying fully charged ,very pleased with this charger for the price .

I’ve had my old charger for 35 years and decided it was time to change. I didn’t exactly splash out; this was one of the cheapest chargers available. I have to say it’s does the job very well. I got a charge rate of nearly 6 Amps on my battery and it soon topped it up. It tells you the state of charge and charge rate, both very useful. It also tells you the outside temperature but you can figure that out for yourself if you have to wear a coat. The instructions are ok, not the Queens English but good enough. It’s reasonably well made although the leads are relatively short. I doubt it will last another 35 years but neither will I!

Excellent product

I left my lights on the car and my battery went flat. I used my frineds car charger but somehow it didn't work. I thought i need to invite a mechanic who would check the problem but my parnter decided to buy this car charger. It was cheap so i thought we can try. It is not the quickest charger but surprisingly it brought my batteries to life.I was so delighted with how small it was It also takes up very little space when not in use, I found it quite simple to operate. The instructions are brief but sufficient. The charging cable is directly attached to the unit but you may need an extender cable.

Good quality does the job

Lockdown 3 combined with the cold weather meant that my 3 year old mini didn’t start after about 10 days of being on the drive. We got the car started with jump leads but found that we weren’t able to drive it enough in daylight to charge the battery and the warning messages on the car suggested using a battery charger.I ordered this after reading the great reviews on Amazon and it arrived the next day. I also brought a 10m extension lead to plug it in from my hallway and through the letterbox to the drive.In total it took around 3 days and nights to fully charge the car. I used the trickle charge/repair setting which is better for the battery than the quicker normal charge. The voltage on the battery was 9v when I started to charge it so it was pretty dead. It was back up to 14v when fully charged.This is small and compact and really easy to use although I did look on YouTube for videos first.Totally recommend this along with a decent length extension lead as the cable to the plug is less than a metre.

I was a little apprehensive about buying this due to the low price compared to other chargers, but this had a much faster delivery time and I needed a charger as a matter of urgency. The instructions are clear enough - there aren't really that many, just connect your battery, plug the charger into the wall and wait while it does its thing. I used it to charge the battery from my X-Type 2L Diesel which was completely flat due to the car not being used much during the pandemic and it charged to full in about 3 hours. My only complaint would be that the plastic coverings on the clips that attach to the battery terminals were very loose (they actually came off briefly when I was attaching them) so I would have concerns over touching the bare metal of the clips when a battery may still hold a residual charge.