Xantrex XPower PowerPack 400 Plus

Now that's what I call a serious name.

From joehead Tony Wood in Chicago comes this useful item in response to my post of October 29 relating the sad but true tale of my dead battery — and car — in my driveway.

I suggested that a device you could plug into the wall and connect to your car to jumpstart it would sell millions.

This device is basically a powerful battery that can do a whole lot of things, among them jumpstart your car.

The only thing that makes it less than ideal, from my perspective, is that because it's a rechargable battery it has to be first charged before it will work.

And it requires 30 hours to fully charge from your home's electricity.

That's a long time to wait.

I'd like a device that requires no charging but simply converts your home's electrical power into a car–battery–compatible format for an instant jump anywhere you can find a socket.

But this will do nicely in the meantime.

$124.95 here.

[via Tony Wood]