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Cold weather means paying a little extra attention to your vehicle to get the most out of it. That means never leaving home without a handy snow brush, ensuring your portable tire inflator is ready to go, and that you're packing a spare, just in case. Cold weather is also notorious for draining batteries. Thankfully, portable car jump starters have come a long way technologically to make quick work of dead batteries, and right now, you can get one of Walmart's best for nearly $100 off its list price.
The Gooloo Portable Car Jump Starter is currently for sale for just $38—$92 less than its typical $130 price tag. It’s an essential item for everyone’s trunk, up there with a spare tire and jack, because it allows you to jumpstart a dead battery even if there isn’t another car (and good samaritan) in the vicinity. It's earned nearly 900 five-star ratings with customers calling it a “lifesaver” that has “worked perfectly" and is very "compact.”
What is essentially a big battery also comes with a smart jumper cable, USB-C cable (for recharging), and a bag to keep everything neat in the back of the car between uses. It can jumpstart a wide range of vehicles, from motorcycles to cars to RVs, and can even charge phones via a pair of USB ports—another capability that can come in handy in an emergency. It’s also safe to use thanks to the onboard smart chips and a suite of safety features. It weighs less than two pounds and has onboard lighting that makes finding the battery and correctly connecting the jump starter a breeze.
“My car battery was completely dead—I had tried a trickle charge but that didn't work,” began one grateful reviewer. “One touch of this and my car, which had been sitting for a year and a half, started right up!” They continued by saying it’s “worth every penny…I will be keeping this in my car for sure!”
Another reviewer bought this jump starter on a whim and tossed it in their trunk because their “alternator started to go out weeks later and was no longer charging my battery. I couldn't start my car in a shopping center parking lot.” Instead of having to ask a stranger for help, they simply used their jump starter and got their car to start, a moment they describe as feeling “so relieved.”
It’s hard to put a price on a sense of relief like that, but Walmart has chosen one for the Gooloo Portable Car Jump Starter that’s exceedingly low for a limited time. Also limited will be the number of units they have in stock, so we’d recommend picking one up ASAP, keeping it in your trunk, and being very thankful in the future if and when you need to jump your car.
