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Reviews rarely get better than this. Upvoted and subscribed. TU!

Thanks for the review man I appreciate it. Just got one lol excited to use it whenever I need

got it for Christmas and this helped a ton thanks dude! And Merry Christmas

thanks. This was the only thing I could find that disclosed the Ah.

I watched all 3 video, you're doing great Tim.. thank you.

Straight forward, concise and awesome review. Sold! I got 2 boxes for the price of 1. From surplus store. Still in a box. Good as Brand new

Thanks for all the technical info. I couldn’t even find the watt hours even listed on the device, maybe it was buried in the manual. Was also curious about the upgrades they made. They put it on sale at Costco so I grabbed 2. One for each car

@toolmantimworkshop thanks for the great review simple informative. Definitely going to buy one for my garage 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Thank you so much for this review. Im coming from Long Island, New York, and my first time here. I will definitely subscribe. And what's so funny is that costco just put this item for sale at the price of 99.99. And i did a simple Google search, and your video came out first. Great content, great information 👍 thank you. Also, i have a 2020 kia shortage, a small suv, so i think it will work great for me!

5:10 for anyone with a truck! Great video Tim… subscribed excellent attention to detail!

@Keko2461

3 ай бұрын

I saw it today and did read ppl say this on Amazon reviews, I have a Tacoma and I’m iffy about getting it since I have no idea if it’ll get it going or not 😕

I'm at Costco right now Watching your review about to purchase, thank you.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

@PeneDuro69

8 ай бұрын

Same

@binwin2582

5 ай бұрын

Me too 😂 sitting at the couches watching this video at Costco before buying

@285mendoza

3 ай бұрын

Me 3 😂

@gracivz8735

3 ай бұрын

Me 4

Man this is the best review, they should hire you 😂

Great Review Thanks !

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing this information.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

6 ай бұрын

Any time!

This looks great for the vehicle! We have a Bluetti EB3A 263Wh/600W - great for the house, but quite heavy/bulky to carry in the back of our Tucson.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

this one is a good one for a vehicle. It doesn't have a huge battery bank in it but its not bad for the weight. I have a new review comigo out this week on a 750 wh bluettie that is compact and weighs aroudn 20 lbs

Very good review. Thank you....

Thank you!!!🎉

Thank you 🎉

Thank you for the great review on the product. Would mind advising if I should keep the Michelin portable jumper or the cat 1750?

This was a great video, I just picked up this battery an hour ago, and u helped me figure out a lot of things. I'm a young female and just bought a new 2024 Jeep wrangler. I plan to convert and travel in. I will definitely subscribe for more videos! Thank you!

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear. I have two other videos on this product that might show you a little more about inflating tires and that sort of thing but if I can help you in anyway we’ve got quite a community here feel free to ask questions and we’ll do our best answer.

Saw it at Costco today but after the review I'm skipping it. Great video

My church gave away a lot of these and I just so happen to grab one . I was just trying to figure out how to keep it charged up for my daughter’s .

curious question... can i connect a brad/finisher nailer to the compressor on this thing?

Looking for a good one that will start a pickup and still be compact. I purchased this as the store bait crap on box was almost misleading. Without enough data on the outside of box thinking will return it or use it for baby car??. Dang also paid $129 ish also

Every thing work very well except the booster cable industry standard reverse polarity doesn’t work in temperature -15C- cooler

Did you try it on different types of vehicles? I’d like to see if it actually starts different sizes of vehicles

I just bought one of these but I don’t know if I’ll keep it because of the small battery, do you think it’s possible to swap your own battery into this?

wont start a pickup??? almost bought it, thanks.

Ok so stupid question here. If this is just powered by a standard pack of 18650 batteries, and if there is room in the case (which there seems to be), could I add another pack of 5x 18650 batteries inside the case, wire it in, and expand the total capacity of the case? I guess I mean wiring in parallel, not in series.

Could I add a battery into this thing in parallel? I have a cube and it's stupid how fast the battery dies.

So it doesn't work for the ram 1500?. I have 1500 too and wanted for it. What do you recommend.

Great jpb, i like the flow of your video. Hopefully mine is going to be as entertaining.

Good USB-C cables!😮

Can you charge it with solar panels?

Is it possible I busted the AC output while testing a 2000W toaster? :)

I would like to see some sort of tests on the ac plug capabilities, im not expecting much but im curious.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions this video it’s been so widely popular that I’m gonna do a follow up here before too long look for it probably in early January

@davidforsyth4338

8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to it. I'm glad you took the cover off in your video to show the inside. I might pick one of these up and see how many 18650's I could fit in there. That and the bare wall that used to have the wireless charger on it looks like a great spot to cut out a hold for a solar panel controller 🙂

If you over power the AC outlet it'll blow a fuse inside. The AC function will show a caution symbol. It's an easy fix tho. You just need to take it apart and replace the 25 amp fuse. It entails a little bit of soldering. . .

@coppulor6500

8 күн бұрын

so not an easy fix for the average joe. easy for someone handy. too bad they didnt make it easier to access or a breaker instead.

Hey Tim, can you make a video of this CAT 1750A Lithium for dummy like me? Explain and demonstrate all the functions of this model? Show step by step and don't go too fast for dummy please. I bought one yesterday to see if I will keep it or return to Costco.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

Try these two videos they show a lot more on the nearly identical older model CAT POWER CUBE REVIEW CAT 1200 - Costco PPSCT2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWF1qtahoNeuaKQ.html ALL-IN-ONE AUTOMOTIVE EMERGENCY TOOL CAT BRAND - Unboxing First Thoughts kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZeBpNCzntXFgso.html

Great video, dumb question though. Do you keep this in your car and if so what about in the freezing winter? Thanks anyone that responds.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

3 ай бұрын

I kept it in my vehicle two winters ago in Alberta and didn’t seem to see any real degradation in the church for what it’s worth. My experience was positive in the cold.

You look just like hodor from GOT its crazy!

@Toolman Tim, do you know if this item can be used as a Trickle charger or maintainer to charge my Firman generator battery? If so, dobyou have the procedure? Couldn't find anything on this on the web. Thanks.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

7 ай бұрын

There’s not really an easy way to use this as a trickle charger for the firm in tri fuel but I do have a video on the trickle charger I use for the Furman and it’s less than 30 bucks from Amazon kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXlnxNyAcZnaYps.htmlsi=_TzGUsYQzqV9DziH

No idea what I’m doing wrong…I’ve got it connected to an anker 100w power brick using the anker usb c to usb c I got with the brick and I cannot get this thing to even light up. I only used it to start my car one time and it lost all its battery over the span of like 10 days of sitting in my back seat. I’ve tried every usb c cable I own, every power brick in my house …no idea what could have happened but I think I must have a dud. Any tips to maybe get it to charge? Thanks

Does it need an outlet

Tim, I connected on a previous post about this product. My question is, how long does the charge last? I used this a few times, and I feel like the change didn't last long. I charged just my android phone, and the battery power went down very fast. This was after I fully charged the device to where the numbers said 11.8. Is this right? Or should I exchange it?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

I would exchange that that has around the 20,000 mA hour battery pack in there that should be enough to charge your phone at least three times

Not going to lie I came across this video sense I just got one. I just dont know how to jump start the car XD could you make another sort video on how you would use this to jump start a car?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWF1qtahoNeuaKQ.htmlsi=ZiINi2BemxYsg_3q kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZeBpNCzntXFgso.htmlsi=IzJAlDmBCmoQbB4a Hopefully these two videos help you I can’t member which one but one of the two I show a fairly up close look at how to boost vehicle with it

I watched this in Costco before buying. I had a dead battery. I fully charged, but when I went to jump my car, I couldn’t get a light of any color (red or green) on the indicator. Customer service wasn’t in on Sunday so I waited until today today and can’t get through. I’m about to lose my mind over this because it seems like the perfect solution and I must be doing something wrong. 😂 but I think since now I’m finding out there is no customer support, I should just take it back while I’m just stranded in my own garage and find a better solution for next time when it’s worse.

@usamaamjad1614

8 ай бұрын

It sounds promising and CAT probably selling on it’s name. The whole box is flop. I gotta admit it does look sexy af lmao and that’s about it

@guayacachula

7 ай бұрын

Did you ever figure it out? I can't get the light on either

@chrisowens9612

7 ай бұрын

The manual states. To boost a battery it has to have at least 2v. So if your battery is totally dead it will not boost it.

That unit uses lithium polymer cells, which have a nominal voltage of 3.7 volts. It says the pack is rated for 11.1 volts, so it is using a 3S arrangement of some type, with 3750mah cells. (11.1v *3.75ah=41.7wh) With such limited storage capacity, and a (likely MSW) 200w inverter, this thing sucks as a portable power station. As a tire inflater, it was truly uninspiring, taking more than 10 minutes to inflate a single tire. As a jump-starter, it won't start a Ram 1500 V8 engine? All of this and it still costs $140? I'd get a VTOMAN or NOCO, instead.

@rolandm9750

6 ай бұрын

Yeah he made the mistake of thinking there were cylindrical cells in there when it didn't look anything like a pack of cylindrical cells. Indeed it's just three Li-Poly cells in there which they rate on the "3.7V" number instead of 3.6V to give a spec of 11.1V. So it's really a 10.8/11.1V nominal pack, with peak/OC voltage of 12V. It's one cell shy of where it should be (like most other booster packs on the market) which would be 14.4/14.8 nominal and 16V OC/peak. Really a shame they cheaped out on the battery so badly here. They could have just put *one more* cell in there and designed the charging, etc. to be for a 4S battery pack, and it would have been much better. It wouldn't have gained any more capacity but would be over 50Wh of energy and would also be able to boost vehicles much better from the increased voltage. They definitely packed in a lot of features to the price point, definitely made improvements on the old (SLA) version; but they really missed the mark on the battery. They should have made it like $10-20 more and used a 4S pack.

@run2fire

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your review. I saw it at Costco and considered buying one. But after your comments, I will pass.

@TheSkystrider

4 ай бұрын

I already own this unit and I love it except for the low capacity battery and that it might not boost a truck (boosted an SUV instantly when booster cables weren't working for some reason). So I wanted to ask if anyone can recommend a similar but better all in one unit with the for-mentioned 4S battery pack? I want to recommend something for my Dad and others to buy but this CAT one is the best one I'm familiar with. Doesn't have to have huge capacity, no one I know is gonna spend $300++ so makes more sense to own a fairly affordable all in one unit and a specialized battery bank for charging devices (the AC backup power is nice but most ppl only need that in a pinch - most ppl just need to charge phone/laptop) - so a cheap USB battery bank is better for multi-day charging than such an all in one unit.

@jasonbroom7147

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSkystrider - Noco makes an excellent product. Project Farm KZread channel did an amazing review on rechargeable jumper packs. Definitely watch that.

@mrnoedahl

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice. I will be returning mine thanks to you. Good job.

Seria bueno que tuviera subtitulos a español 🎉

how do you charge this

How many times can it charge an iPhone 14?

So it won't boost your RAM 1500 at all?/? Well damn. That's dissapointing. I just bought one of these for my 2021 F150 Ecoboost 3.5 because I recently had a dead battery situation and I go camping a lot in the mountains and thought this would be great to have for the truck. Might have to return this then :(. Do you recommend another type of jump pack for a 1500 truck?

@ItsStuder

7 ай бұрын

I have had no issues with my NOCO GBX55 that I bought on Black Friday 2022. I have boosted multiple 5.4 Triton Fords, a 6.7 Cummins, a 6.0 Powerstroke, my shitbox ATV multiple times, my 4.4 Olds Cutlass, etc.

Thanks for the review. I bought one on sale at COSTCO to boost my 1998 Ford Triton F-150 pickup. 'Seems it wouldn't start my truck if the battery was dead. So I'm returning it back to COSTCO, box unopened. Any other thoughts? Thanks!

@rickpoole9528

5 күн бұрын

I just started a Ford E350 with a completely dead battery. no issues and plenty of charge left

Does it have a reset feature because the AC 200w Input isn't functioning

@19derrick77

7 ай бұрын

It’s not an input, it’s an output.

Hi Tim, didnt see anything about the 200w AC outlet and its possible run time. any thoughts?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

Күн бұрын

To be honest this upgraded version was a bit of a disapointment, the run time wassn't very good at all so it wasn't worth including in the vid

I bought this thing to power up my '94 Cheyenne and it didn't work, I also wanted it to use it with my 150watt led light and it powered the light up but only lasted 8 minutes, which is sad since I wanted to use this light outside to film stuff. Do you think if I add more batteries inside the device make it like 200wah? Is this even possible?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

6 ай бұрын

Hey man, no it wouldn’t be this new version the more I’ve used it the more I’m starting to realize it’s basically just a glorified power back inside is just a few rechargeable cells and I don’t think you could actually add any more to it. I would honestly pick up something like like the 250 W power, smart powerstation or if you got a little money to invest in one of the Bluetti ones would be great to.

From what I have discovered, a lot of devices don't like Anker products. My daughter has one of their USB-C cords and you have to literally have it flipped over one way for it to charge and play music. If you unplug it from either my Samsung Note 20 Ultra, or her tablet and flip the plug over, it will only slow charge, and many times it won't even do that. So, it appears that the pins are set up a specific manner. No, I do not know the model number of the cord, I just know it is junk,... or rather finicky. I have also seen a lot of other not so good reviews on Anker products.

Hi Tim, I tried plugging in my Intex Quick-Fill AC Electric 120 V Air Pump and it just gave me a yield triangle. The old 3 in 1 cat didn't have this problem, and I'm not really sure why it didn't work.

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

16 күн бұрын

The lithium battery pack inside is quite under powered to be honest

They should make it more compact since it’s really bulky and hollow inside

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

i agree completely. I am making an educated guess that they had lots of the old cases around and or didn't want to be bother designing a new one

I believe the are comparing the weight to the previous CAT model they had at costco which was not square.

can you keep it in a car ?

How long to charge the cat cube box?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

You know I haven’t tested that on this new version yet. I’ll def do that for the follow up video

What is the mAh capacity? Can't find it anywhere 😕 Thanks

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

So the totally capacity is 41wh and if they are 18650 cells at 3.6 volt it puts the mah around 11000 which would be about right for the size of the pack I found inside

My car does not start, I tried starting it approximately five times with this device it end up losing half of its power already, two bars out of four.

I have the yellow bulky one, and I cannot for the life of me turn it off unless the power drains out. Does anyone know how to turn the damn thing off or is it faulty?

Just don't try to inflate more than one tire from 52 to 70psi without giving it a 15 minute break or it will fart smoke and break. 😅

Hi I have questions How to recharge this ? Can make video video

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

With this one, all the returns with is the USB-C port plug in the USB see cable to the port on the box and then plug it into a USB-C port, or an AC adapter for a wall

@KD-mj2ms

5 ай бұрын

​@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP will solar panels charge it like a Jackery?

Is there room to add more cells?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

2 ай бұрын

There is some room just beyond my ability at the moment

Found the Wizard 😂 So they want to put X in the square to cover nursery pegs and that hospitals where bombed without a roof and they want to squeeze it in as it don't fit and to cover the salt ritual 😂

I have I have an older CAT model # CJ1000DXT that I also purchased from Costco. It’s a big/heavy duty looking thing😂 Is this much better?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

This is it’s much lighter uses a better battery and all around just a better product that old beefy one if it’s the yellowish one that’s more of a standup one. Yeah, this is a much better product.

Just tried to charge mine, and neither the USB's will work to charge the unit, or go the other way to charge anything else. The AC works. The air works. The light works. It won't charge. What am I doing wrong?

Scored one at Costco ($130) but will return it. Despite Tim's positive review, the CAT Cube get's mediocre reviews from multiple other site... about 3/5 stars.

How to charge the battery

@rickpoole9528

5 күн бұрын

plug into the USB C or A

What’s the purpose of AC output because it doesn’t work on mine

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

8 ай бұрын

It should allow you to plug any item in that’s two prong and his below 200 W if it doesn’t work, take it back to Costco and get an exchange for sure

@ktbabs9141

8 ай бұрын

Same problem. Got it to plug in an occasional power tool - AC outlet seems a total Flop. Just wondering how many times to go to Costco to exchange the bloody thing since you have to charge it first to test it

@usamaamjad1614

8 ай бұрын

It didn’t even charge my phone let alone fan

@19derrick77

7 ай бұрын

@@ktbabs9141 well, it only supplies 200W maximum, this is less than 2A at 120V. Many power tools take more power than this.

@cemdag9637

7 ай бұрын

Same problem

World vision has them here where I am from for $50

Where is the port to charge this :v

How do I charge this ?

@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP

6 ай бұрын

Use the usb c port

Warning, it doesn’t charge back up to 12.8 V after you use it for the first time only charges to 12.2

@gazitec

6 ай бұрын

Same problem here

happened to look at it yesterday at costco. no reference to cranking amps so I skipped it. if it had good power, they'd be bragging about it. looked all over the package to see if/where it was listed. crap

I just purchased one at my local costo for 99.00$ plus tax. Can’t wait to get home and try all the functions out. Hope I’m not disappointed. Seemed great based of this review. It’s extremely light.

got 2 of these and both don’t work, i’ve called so many times to talk to anyone who can help and they won’t even get back to me. 10/10 don’t recommend these so far.

Thing won't even run a coffee pot

It can barely charge two iPhones.

I got one because it said CAT on it big mistake this thing is WEAK on each thing its supposed to do I wouldn't recommend one.

Just reading the canadian Costco reviews and most of them are bad. Poor quality. Cat just sells the name, they don't engineer or make them.

@joshkimmerle8108

7 ай бұрын

So CAT just licensed there name on a product they had nothing to do with? I find that hard to believe. I’m sure they had a say in what and how this product was designed. No way a 100 billion dollar company would have no say in a product they sell at one of the biggest stores in the world.

@42sraf

6 ай бұрын

Necro posting but agree, had an Cat phone, was looking cool and everyone loved it but it was garbage. This product is same, atleast Canadian one. Capability feels like a powerbank for a phone. Poor quality and feels cheaply built.

I have one and I think it is shit. I think it is utter crap that could have been fabulous but is not. 41.7wh is utter stupidity.

The usable capacity is 30Wh

Why does my 1750 w ppscl3 does not want to rub my fan on the 200 w plug,,,🤔 please Let me know