12Ft Die Hard Gold 175A 8 Gauge Car Booster Cable $9.99 + Free Store Pickup

Just some thing to consider:

- The cables are only 12 feet - if a newer car is completely dead in the garage you usually can't even put it into Neutral to roll the car back (since the electronic lockout won't let you shift gears - I'm not a car guy so I don't know a way around this except for maybe using a booster battery), so forget trying to jump it if you can't get another car in front or next to the dead car with these cables
- The cables are aluminum instead of copper, if you are trying starts in colder weather or have a more demanding engine you may not be able to pull enough current
- The cables are only 8 gauge. This is sufficient for a start, but the cables will get warm with just one attempt. If you try to crank 5 or 6 times you better wear gloves as they may be very hot.

If you're going to throw these in your trunk it will add weight to your car (yes a very small amount), but with gas at $810/gallon here in SoCal give or take no need to haul useless crap. If you can't see yourself being able to start your car with these no point in getting them.

I have 2 pairs of cheap jumpers like these in other family members cars and they do work most of the time but they are a pain and not nearly as safe. I have a nice pair of 4 guage copper 25 foot ones and using those is a breeze and a lot safer.

Buying a good pair of cables $40-$60 may very well save your life (keeping you from getting shocked, not tripping on cables that are taught while on the side of a road, etc. Then again if you're stupid no cable is going to keep you from killing yourself.

OK, but their store pick up is the best. Scan the print out and they bring out the item in less than 5 minutes or you get a coupon. My local Sears never goes over 2.5 minutes when I pick something up. That's a better pick up system than anywhere else I do store pick up.


Just waiting on the refuting of the running the engine thing and I will be all set.

i only picked up at sears auto center once and never again.
they looked at me like a devil.

Ordered and just got the OOS cancellation. Saved me the trouble of cancelling myself after the comments that I read here.

As many have mentioned. Just find someone with a sams club membership and buy as many of the peak all copper wire ones you can carry. Price costs less than the copper and will last YEARS. Cheap cables usually work if you leave it on the car long enough, but why wait. Get a big pile of copper, have a great battery yourself and skip waiting for tow truck to show up. (I have a 5 speed so never jumped my car, just roll it, but nice to help others)

Under $20, 4 gauge 100% copper conductors, 20 feet long, and a pretty case.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/peak...tion=#desc

Gauge does have an effect, but it does not limit the current. You can put 1000 amps into a single strand of wire if you wanted to. Be sure to keep it cool. Ever heard of superconductors at 0K? Aluminum is not the greatest but you can wire two of these in parallel and it will be just as good or better than copper. Is it cost effective? Not so sure about that.