Though there are times we think we’ve have figured out life, and have things follow a certain plan, life shows us unpredictability by throwing in some surprise at us, not always a pleasant one, mind you.

Let me put it in other words, you think you can make it to work and avoid getting late, at least for a day, and then your car fails you. As it turns out, it’s its battery, and as misfortune would have it, you end up damaging the helping vehicle of another person. Things could be worse if you happen to be on an off-road adventure, with no one in sight to help you.

Situations like this scare me, as they do with every car owner I presume, which is why I’m getting to one point: it’s an advantage to own at portable battery charger, and not only, but a necessity as well. Suppose your battery is faulty, and you have no idea until that one day it just gives up on you, or let’s take the cold days of winter, for example, and their freezing effect, causing the battery to die; these instances would make you glad you equipped yourself with this specific power tool.

Now then, the reason I’ve suggested a portable battery charger over any other is a no-brainer: it’s lightweight, can be easily stored, and carried. Besides, many up-to-date models are also designed to feature a jump start, which can particularly come in handy when you find your battery all emptied out, and simply have to make it home, or to work, as fast as you can. When purchasing, you might want to consider the charging time, averaging from 2 to 10 hours with most chargers; logically the faster the charge, the more expensive the charger.

The same goes for the jump starter amperage, and the higher the more of use it would be throughout the cold days of winter, and in the case of wanting to charge a variety of vehicles. If you want to make the most of the purchase, there are those battery chargers that can indicate the percentage of battery charge – something that’s useful in the case of letting you know it might be another car problem and not the battery. If your worry is not connecting the cables correctly, there are chargers with the reverse polarity warning feature to indicate that sort of a mistake.

Now that technology is constantly upgrading, it’s safe to say battery chargers are continuously evolving as well, and the manually operated ones are quickly getting out of trend with the automatic gaining in popularity – you no longer have to worry whether you’ve forgotten to stop the charging on time once its complete. So, as you can see, there’s the charger for everyone’s preferences, and you no longer have the excuse on not knowing how to handle one properly, as they come with detailed manuals and are easy to use.