what POWERSTATION/Jump Starter/air compressor thing should I buy/ ever on sale?

[allshoppedout]

Been looking at these POWER STATION/emergency type/jump starter items online/on tv for awhile now... do any of you OWN one, need to use it? Not many of them get good reviews

 

I have a child with autism, when the lights go out it is misery for us. REAL candles are a no no, we have flameless but no fun reading by those. I want something to be able to plug a lamp into and maybe a small tv, even be able to charge the ipod touch back up because depending how long the power is out, the charge can go down very fast playing games on it.

Also I like the feature of being able to jumpstart my car if needed--easily, not asking for help...

 

I don't even know the "life" of one of these systems? Thought maybe the gottadeal guys would know if they are all really considered junk, or worth it.

thanks

[allshoppedout]

anyone have any opinions on this?

[peppysfireball]

Depends on how good of quality you want. I have a Schumaker, SPELLED WRONG> charger system. THings like that you need enough power for it to really work. For an air compressor I have a big cambpell hausefield. It was about 250. I wouldn't spend less than 60 on the charger. The all in one things are crap according to my husband who works on anything. He insists on the good stuff. Buy from Sears or a farm supply or an auto parts like O Reilly's or , not a walmart or store like that. For what your talking , I don't know. We have a huge generator for power outages. My brother bought my parents the emergency jump , radio thing and it is not very good, won't last long.

[allshoppedout]

Depends on how good of quality you want. I have a Schumaker, SPELLED WRONG> charger system. THings like that you need enough power for it to really work. For an air compressor I have a big cambpell hausefield. It was about 250. I wouldn't spend less than 60 on the charger. The all in one things are crap according to my husband who works on anything. He insists on the good stuff. Buy from Sears or a farm supply or an auto parts like O Reilly's or , not a walmart or store like that. For what your talking , I don't know. We have a huge generator for power outages. My brother bought my parents the emergency jump , radio thing and it is not very good, won't last long.

Thank you for your input, I had a feeling it'd be too good to be true. Husband won't buy a big generator, but if I had something small, just for like tv and such, like I said, if the power goes out at 5 p.m. in our area, SON doesn't go to sleep until 930, that is a looong time for him to do nothing...not like I could take him to a store (if I'd even need anything)... just wanted a simple solution, but I guess it isn't

[peppysfireball]

My parents bought a small 300.00 generator for when we go to trail rides. The only thing that uses electricity in their horse trailer is the lights, microwave and air. The only thing the generator will run is the microwave. If you plug in anything else , it blows