Walmart Is Selling a $130 Portable Car Jump Starter for Only $40, and Shoppers Say It's a 'Life Saver'

19.11.2024 13:00

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While many holiday sales are centered around fun-to-have items, Walmart’s early Black Friday deals are largely aimed at supremely useful products—storage shelves, gym equipment, portable inverters, and more. But one in-case-of-emergency-type product that anybody would be glad to receive (even if gifted to themselves) is this car battery jump starter that’s on sale at nearly a 70% discount.

The Gooloo Portable Car Jump Starter is currently for sale for just $40—$90 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 over 425 five-star ratings with customers calling it a “life saver” that has “worked perfectly" and is very "compact.”

Gooloo Portable Car Jump Starter, $40 (was $130) at Walmart

Courtesy of Walmart

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.