Was looking for a decent charger for my car battery and came across this deal. This charger is excellent and works with most car batteries including AGM.
CTEK MXS 5.0 12V 5A Car Battery Charger $112 @ Repco (Auto Club Membership Required)
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strid on 20/10/2018 - 15:09 repco.com.au (388 clicks)
Last edited 20/10/2018 - 17:43 by 2 other users
Last edited 20/10/2018 - 17:43 by 2 other users
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Not the same product
How so? They're both the CTEK MXS 5.0?
-edit- oh wait, when you click through the product changes. What the hell.
Haha, dodgy ebay seller.
CTEK MXS 5.0 BATTERY CHARGER 12 VOLT 12V 5A 5 AMP REPLACES XS4003 DEEP CYCLE AGM ( item: 300824532033 transaction: 864075810020 )
Paid on 05-Sep-13 AU $67.00 Free 1 AU $67.00Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel + Signature
Estimated delivery: Fri. 13 Sep. - Mon. 16 Sep.bought mine over 5 years ago now… still going strong… recovered dead flat batteries, cars still going on it… love mine.
You got it cheap 5 years ago. I bought one last year $87, and another this year $95. But like you said it has already revived 2 of my car betteries well worth the money.
Completely different. The CTEK MXS5.0 is a battery maintenance tool designed to increase the overall life of a battery . You've linked a jump starter.
I have owned this charger for 5 years - its pretty good.
But 2 years ago I bought Noco Genius G7200 - rated higher at 7.2amp. Similar price to above.
I would recommend this handsdown over the CTEK. It has better recharge and recondition programs, and it does AGM and Lithium batteries as well (12/24V). Note - I have no affiliation with any company in this industryNoco Genius G7200 looks interesting. How much did you get it for?
Happy with my Noco Genius 7200 delivered from autoelec.com.au for $116.00
Amazon reviews not favourable for the "Noco Genius G7200"..
1 mentioned it caught fire whilst another opened his up to find very poor soldering & apparently their warranty process sux balls (maybe just an Amazon thing though?)
Here's link for a read
How is this different to Aldi's current $30 12v/6v Auto XS smart car charger?
e.g. this one (though I believe they've changed the design a few times)
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/746592/Aldi-Auto-Xs-Cpl-20…I've got the Auto XS units and they are very good. (I know rare to find electronics at Aldi worth buying but this was the exception)
CTEK claim an 8 stage process, 5 year warranty (over Auto XS's 1 year) and ability to start the car whilst charging. That all sounds nice, but why fork out $112 over $30 on the Auto XS?
Main negative I have with the AutoXS is because its a smart charger, it won't charge a battery that's gone too flat [a rare occurrence]. However if you use a cheap dumb charger to kick it back up to minimum it will take over.I don't think the CTEK will do better???
Ctek won't charge battery too flat too
Have both the ctek and the xs from 2years ago. For my deepcycle, the xs said it was fully charged, yet the ctek gave it another 6hrs, so I trust the ctek a bit more. Xs is fine though as a first or non critical charger though, and fantastic value for money
If I show them the RACV card then I get 30% off just this weekend?
Yes, storewide.
I tried this one: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/battery-charger---12v/74824…
I think it cooked my battery, it was almost full in the evening and by morning it was dead :{
next time i wouldn't go as low as 25$
$102 with postage on eBay