Battery Tender Junior 12V, 750mA Charger and Maintainer: Automatic 12V Powersports for Motorcycle, ATVs, and More - Smarter Than a Trickle Charger - 021-0123

I have had this tender for over 2 years now and of course it works great. The brand is great, it keeps my motorcycle battery alive during the cold season. Easy to use and great value.

Have used several of their “tenders” over the years. Always work great and last forever. I use this one to keep our backup generators charged. Also use them on truck batteries for a truck that get’s drove about once a month.

works perfect and saved me last night when car would not start.

I'm a greenhorn at car-care, but this product was pretty much foolproof! I'm using it to keep the battery topped off for my family member's car, as she has just had surgery and won't be driving for 2 months. I do not need it for months and months of storage and maintenance, so the 2018-era reviews complaining about "now it only lasts for one year" after the manufacturer's move to China, really don't matter to me! I really appreciate the built-in safety feature of no sparking if you touch the clips together. Current won't flow through this product, even when connected to the outlet, until it senses 3 volts. This could make it hard to charge a TOTALLY dead battery with this product, but it worked perfectly for us. To put this thing together, you'll have to pick either small-ring connectors - which are for the non-car uses that will sit for over 6 months, like an ATV or motorcycle or boat - or the alligator clips, which are for cars and bigger engines that will be connected for just a few months. You'll also have to have color vision to discern between red and black, since the alligator clips confusingly have a (+) symbol on one side of their jaws. On the second jaw, they differ (+) and (-), so if you can't tell them apart at first glance The most difficult part for me was step 6e/f in the instruction manual - determine if your car engine has negative-ground or positive-ground status. Like I said, I'm a greenhorn here. Sure, the manual says "most cars" are negative-grounded, but I didn't want to mess it up, cuz car batteries are big hefty things you don't play around with. After real careful inspection, I found that the battery of our car had a wire going directly onto and behind the hefty metal of the vehicle body or "chassis" I learned it is called, which came from the (-) side of the battery. The (+) side had a complicated plastic cover over it, which made connecting the alligator clip a bit difficult, and that side's wire led to other engine parts. That's what made me 90% sure that the negative side was the "grounded" side. So I connected the (-) black clip to the (-) side of the battery, and the red clip to a nut-and-bolt part of the engine. I was able to close the hood on the car most of the way by turning the clips sideways and flat as I could. It's not latched at the moment, but sitting in our garage, it should be plenty protected from spiderwebs and dust and whatnot. No option in our case to thread the cable thru the front grille since it's pretty jam-packed with engine parts right behind it. My one complaint about this product is that the cable ending in the two alligator clips splits pretty close to the jaws end, and it would help to have it split further up, to help users reach a part of their engine block or chassis more easily. Also, I highly recommend addition of diagrams. There are words saying "connect wire to engine block or vehicle chassis, not sheet metal or fluid lines" but some of us need an illustration of what is a sheet-metal body part vs the vehicle chassis! Once connected to the engine, I turned my back on it just in case, to plug in the "wall wart" (credit to Mythbuster Adam Savage for that term) and the light turned steady red! This was encouraging, since when I had tested it earlier by plugging it into the wall with no connections made, it blinked red. So I was confident I did not have a defective wall wart box. 6 hours later, the light had turned blinking green, and 6 hours after that, it had turned steady green, which the manual says is the perfect state to leave it in for 'drip feed' of electricity to keep the battery operable while not in use. So I am perfectly satisfied! Our car's battery was diagnosed by a mechanic as "being on its last legs" anyway, so this comparatively cheap product, for 2 months of use only, is perfect for our needs. I'd recommend anyone with a really expensive car or battery that needs storage for 6 months or more do a bit more research and spend a bit more on it.

We have several of these battery tenders. They work great. Our only complaint is that the cord on the newer models is much shorter than the older models.

I've been using this battery tender on motorcycles for years. Still working for more than 15 years. Saves on cost of battery replacement. Got another for a new zero turn mower. Works like a charm.

I’ve had motorcycle tender chargers in the past, but this one is outstanding! This is fully automatic and charges the battery as it is needed. No worries just a fully charged battery when the time comes and you need it. I would buy again in a heartbeat.

Works as expected and easy to use. Price point could be better.

Very nice product and works amazing.

Perfeito

Excelente producto, yo le puse un conector rápido a la batería para solamente abrir el asiento y conectarl, sin necesidad del adaptador, carga perfecto la batería y de lo más rápido posible.

This item is really for the U.S. market and was of no use to me as can not be safety used with uk power system.

Comprei esse modelo para manter a bateria da minha moto. Esse modelo é 110v(não percebi essa informação no anúncio) e eu precisei comprar um transformador(mais fácil que devolver o equipamento) de 220v para 110v. Mas tirando esse detalhe deu tudo certo.