Bargain Bike/car Charger

[gordybrock]

Aldi this Thursday £12.99...

https://www.aldi.co.uk/autoxs-car-battery-charger/p/097088252113900

[AvgBear]

Whilst that ^ is no doubt a fine modern (smart) charger and at a good price -- it is, however, a car charger.
It's charging out-put is 3.8 A -- could be too much?
Triumph specs a 1.4 A (max) charging rate.
A similar smart charger for motorcycles (not Aldi) has a 1.1 A charging rate.

[Paulhere]

 

https://www.productreview.com.au/p/aldi-auto-xs-car-battery-charger.html

[markv8]

For those of you looking for a bargain charger , I have just purchased a oxford optimiser 900 and its brilliant , fly lead on the battery to a plug which has a waterproof cover , ride up plug in and either charge , top up or maintains the battery all for 27.quid delivered of the bay rgds Mark

[Earl]

Originally Posted by AvgBear

Whilst that ^ is no doubt a fine modern (smart) charger and at a good price -- it is, however, a car charger.
It's charging out-put is 3.8 A -- could be too much?
Triumph specs a 1.4 A (max) charging rate.
A similar smart charger for motorcycles (not Aldi) has a 1.1 A charging rate.

Actually that’s not true it’s digital and you can set it for either car or bike also I have used one of these for many years and it’s very good piece of kit

Basically it looks like a rebadged ctek unit

[Londonglide]

I bought one of these before Christmas.
Its a great charger, that unlike the others I've had from Aldi/Lidl, will start charging automatically.
It will charge my 6v Flathead battery and  Tiger battery  with ease, and is also good for car battery's
Very good value imho..

[AvgBear]

Originally Posted by Earl

Actually that’s not true it’s digital and you can set it for either car or bike

I stand corrected -- thank you.
There is a motorcycle mode with charging at 0.8 A (which would be satisfactory).
Car mode is 3.8 A.

[gordybrock]

Originally Posted by Earl

Actually that’s not true it’s digital and you can set it for either car or bike also I have used one of these for many years and it’s very good piece of kit

Basically it looks like a rebadged ctek unit

  Had my Aldi charger for 4 years...it has a motorcycle mode and it's a cracking little charger, came with a 3 year warranty, but for 13 quid I'm at Aldi tomorrow to buy the new model.

[gordybrock]

Originally Posted by Londonglide

I bought one of these before Christmas.
Its a great charger, that unlike the others I've had from Aldi/Lidl, will start charging automatically.
It will charge my 6v Flathead battery and  Tiger battery  with ease, and is also good for car battery's
Very good value imho..

  Don't let the low price put you off...it's an excellent bike or car charger. 

[gordybrock]

Originally Posted by Paulhere

https://www.productreview.com.au/p/aldi-auto-xs-car-battery-charger.html

Looks like some of the the bad reviewers were a bit deluded... expecting it to revive a dead defunct battery? For the money it IS a bargain.