NOCO GB20 Jump Starter TESTED!

[@paulhorton5594]

I thought I would start my bike after a long winter, I should of known it wasn’t gonna start , after watching lots of KZbin videos yours made more sense and I understood exactly what was going on and I went out to Halfords Easter Monday and bought a NOCO BOOST . Cheers 🍻 glad I found you here

[@AndyManCam]

Nice! Very happy to hear it! I’ve used mine a few times this year as my car also developed a battery fault. Such a useful piece if kit to have in the Arsenal!

[@SirNarax]

That intro was pretty funny. Your posture expressed excitement and joy and then slouched in disappointment. I lost it when you pulled out the box. Not even a minute in and I had to pause it to take a break.

[@AndyManCam]

And that little gadget has saved my bacon many times over! It's now started the FZ1, the guy next to me's BMW Airhead and also my car!!

[@Chasing-Daydream]

Thank you for this walk through and discussion of safety features for the Norco being used specifically on a motorcycle. It wasn't easy finding a jumpstart video for a motorcycle that doesn't say to clamp the black to something metal and not the actual negative terminal. Which is contrary to the Norco's instructions and was causing me to question if the Norco's instructions should be disregarded for motorcycles and were only intended for cars. This just helped calm my fears of jumping my bike with the Norco boost plus. And how. Thank you so much.

[@AndyManCam]

My pleasure Lynette, very happy to have helped. 😊

[@Viper6-MotoVlogger]

It’s a great little product and quite popular in Canada, for the winter months, which is when you find out that your old cold battery is not cutting it anymore.

[@AndyManCam]

+vac0002 i can imagine. And i would think that if it really can start a 4 litre petrol as they claim, then should be able to crank any bike over regardless of temp!

[@ezio8591]

I"m from Tbay and that is no joke, going to get one for my quad for the coming winter :)

[@Essjaythegreat]

I almost freaked out when you put the red to black and black to red! 🤣

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! Sorry about that! All in the name of science! 😜

[@threepot5874]

I've just bought one to give my bikes battery a 'boost' during the winter start ups.

[@AndyManCam]

+threepot Happy boosting!

[@benscootin4329]

Best review I've seen in ages.

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers Ben! 👍🏻

[@russelllocke7180]

Mate, you crack me up. Love the AMC informative humour.

[@AndyManCam]

+Russell Locke Cheers Russell! Informative AND humorous!? And the the mrs always tells me I'm neither! 😂

[@syn8etikos]

Great review of the booster; thank you for your clear instructions!

[@markwilliams9793]

I think I may purchase one, thanks for that!

[@AndyManCam]

+Mark Williams My pleasure! Happy jump starting!

[@highlandriders9696]

Thats a really good product by the looks of it. Love the safety features and the versatility of the charging option. Did think u had slightly lost your mind to start with but soon realised what you were doing. Great work pal

[@AndyManCam]

+Minion Ninja16 They've done a good job of making it 99% idiot proof!

[@AndyManCam]

+Maximus Twowheelicus Heresay at best. Or is it heresy?...

[@jimbo21ist]

Just bought one ,coming tomorrow fingers crossed all good .🤞👍👍👍good video

[@RiderontheStorm1992]

Very cool gadget. Nice review Andy.

[@AndyManCam]

+RiderontheStorm1992 Thanks ROS. Very handy little box!

[@drewiliousmaximus2753]

you sound like the guy that does the amazon top 10 videos. cracks me up

[@AndyManCam]

I'll have to take your word for it, but if it gets a laugh!

[@69STARBREAKER]

Good evening, how long does the battery starter last without charging anything, and without charging it? Thanks.

[@AndyManCam]

I once left it on the shelf for a year, and still managed to start the bike when I needed to.

[@69STARBREAKER]

@@AndyManCam I just buy the Noco gb20 and the seller say i must charge it every month!!!

[@AndyManCam]

@69STARBREAKER I don’t know if something has changed, but I’ve only charged mine about 5 times since i made this video!! 🤣 And it started my Aprilia just yesterday in fact! Still showed 100% charge before I used it too.

[@69STARBREAKER]

@@AndyManCam Thank you, you were very helpful.

[@jimbojimbo01]

Thanks, I really love simple well made videos 👍

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks James. I'm nothing, if not simple!

[@Andmclnpl]

".. and most of Hamburg will disappear", haha man you killed me with that one. Cheers from Geneva and thanks for the great content! . Ps: I have an ANKER jump starter and it has saved me a few times already! :)

[@AndyManCam]

Thank you Andrea! I will try my very best to keep it up! I’ve only had to actually use my jump starter once, but i was VERY glad to have it handy!!

[@charles-dm3hr]

i have one for my 99 honda shadow i keep in my saddlebag always and in winter i keep my bike on a trickeil charger my bikes always kept in the garage

[@AndyManCam]

Now that i have a KTM, i keep mine at hand all the time too!! 😂😂

[@racingwithbrad]

You should install a Noco Eyelet set of cables so you just need to plug the jump connector straight into a pre-wired battery.

[@AndyManCam]

Yeah I had the eyelets in the kit, but so far I've only had to use the thing once, so not really worth the faff! But of course you don't know that beforehand!

[@TotalVikingPower]

This is a great review, go fun as well !

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks very much! This booster has saved my bacon several times already! On the car too!

[@onewheelahead3648]

Thank you for that great review! 👍 For me, the GB20 is still to big and i hope they will bring something smaller on the market, specifically for motorcycles.

[@AndyManCam]

My pleasure, cheers for the watch. Agreed that it’s still not small enough to stick under the seat, but I’ve had it in the panniers before.

[@bearwolffish]

lol even just connected the wrong way around and shorting them for demonstration had me going slightly.

[@AndyManCam]

I’ve got to test these things properly!! 😅

[@nemerkha]

how did your Noco stand the test of time given that this was 5 years ago? looking into getting one myself

[@AndyManCam]

Still kicking, still getting used and still doing it’s job! 👍🏻

[@kazfleszar5899]

great .explained so simply even i could understand ,thanks you get a thumbs up for that.

[@W3TFART]

That would be good to have

[@AndyManCam]

+W3TFART It's certainly comforting to know it's available. Especially as there's no power in my garage for optimiizers and the like.

[@fijianwarrior81]

good shit bruh. u did a very good run down on noco

[@AndyManCam]

Thanks mate! Seemed to do it's job pretty solidly!

[@reymagat4406]

how many times would you use before you charge it again..in case a full charge power bank .how many days without using before it drains itself

[@AndyManCam]

I started my car twice and the bike once before it needed charging. I've also left it on the shelf for over a year and started the bike with no trouble.

[@deadmeat6563]

Just what you need another bloody battery, you'll need a top box soon!!!!

[@AndyManCam]

+syncmaster2015 haha! You're not wrong! Sadly I've got a box already from before the panniers. Can't bear to sell it but can't bear to refit it either!

[@davidcarr4991]

I know it was done for effect and the making of this video, but trying to start a bike when the battery is low on charge can kill the starter sprag clutch. So, if you think this situation might apply (your bike hasn't been used for a few days or even weeks without connecting a battery charger), please use a booster pack straight away.

[@AndyManCam]

+David Carr Good to know. Cheers.

[@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff]

Yes, especially 90's era Triumph's

[@davidcarr4991]

@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff Just like mine (1994 Trophy 1200). Thankfully (and keeping EVERYTHING crossed :) ) my bike has not had this issue - which is not bad for a 26 year old bike with 63k+ miles. I don't use a battery tender, I put a charger on it every couple of weeks or a day or two before taking it out. I also use a booster pack every first start of the day especially in the colder months. Oh, and I stopped using conventional 'wet' batteries some years ago - I got an AGM battery which is now on its 4th or possibly 5th year. To be fair on the sprag clutch issue, if you search YT for 'sprag clutch' without putting a make, you'll find quite a few different brands, including Honda and BMW :)...

[@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff]

@@davidcarr4991 - I’m on 32,000 on a 1995 Daytona 1200 and luckily so far I have escaped the sprag clutch issue too. It doesn’t like cold starts though and will probably buy one of these.

[@antoniovalneibenta1108]

hello, would there be any issues to jump start a Bmw gs 1200 because i feel afraid of damaging the module

[@AndyManCam]

I’m afraid I couldn’t honestly say. Maybe have a search through the GS forums for what the deal is with jump starting.

[@MrMrhughesy]

off topic, but is that a Merlin leather jacket? If it is, how good is it? Thinking of maybe getting one for next summer

[@AndyManCam]

No it's a Belstaff. But I've had it about 12 years so it's original Belstaff from before they went under.

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

Sold

[@AndyManCam]

I’ve used it so many times, on cars and bikes, that it has become an essential piece of my equipment!

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

@@AndyManCam I already bought it(gb40) and used it on my motorcycle since I wrote that. I even used it to charge my phone camping already. Very flexible and useful item

[@AndyManCam]

Very true. Mine is always ready to go!

[@Blackbearsrule]

Should keep a battery tender on your moter cycle

[@AndyManCam]

Never had one in almost 20 years of biking and I’ve not once had a flat battery.

[@Blackbearsrule]

@@AndyManCam could be cause my atv has a clock and electronics so after a couple weeks I have to charge battery so I hooked up a plug to battery and keep a battery maintenance device hooked up

[@AndyManCam]

@sonjabelanger5396 Sure, that makes sense. I try to minimize the devices that take power in ‚standby‘. I guess regular use also helps!

[@gunn00r]

Very interesting product! By the way, do you wear motorcycle jeans?

[@AndyManCam]

+Gunnar G Handy gadget! Yeah, they're Vanucci Passatiempo Kevlar jeans from Louis. 100% aramid in the knees and arse but the kicker for me was the 30% aramid in the entire jean fabric. Safe is safe!

[@HDMensur]

got my like for the humor :)

[@AndyManCam]

Cheers matey! 👍🏻

[@MrGoblinass]

Why unlisted mate?

[@oklahomahank2378]

Shouldn't you connect to the bike battery first and then attach to the jump start battery?

[@AndyManCam]

+Oklahoma Hank that's the beauty of it. It doesn't matter. No charge runs until the unit is happy.

[@bikersoncall]

Does yours click continually even when the battery is fully charged?

[@AndyManCam]

Yes, I think so. Unless you mean when NOT connected to the bike? In that case, no. It's silent.

[@bikersoncall]

@@AndyManCam I don't mean 'not connected' , thanks. That's a relay constantly clicking, I don't like that , it doesn't seem right, but if that's part of the design I guess I'm ok with it. :) I bought the hardwire ext cable , its great but a major fail issue is that the dust cap is a joke, it will not stay on , even first time I put it back on, horrible that they let that design flaw pass. I used this this weekend to start up a v6 for someone, it started it up as if their battery was new, worked great.

[@nokia5779]

Do u need to replace the motocycle battery afterwards?

[@AndyManCam]

+Hasan Ismail Depends how badly/deeply discharged it was and how many times it's happened. Mine seems to be fine!

[@godgunzndrumz]

Great Review, just bought one. I hope NOCO is paying you.. LOL

[@AndyManCam]

Haha! Sadly not! I’ve still got my booster though and it’s going strong so that’ll have to do!

[@threepot5874]

I bought one to 'boost/assist' the cranking g to my starter. But these won't work if the battery has 11v or above.

[@AndyManCam]

+threepot I never really thought about using it as a booster when the battery is still full. The override function should probably take care of that though. As i understand it, it makes the terminals live regardless of charge in the battery OR even polarity! 😮

[@Northernlanes]

Does it still work a few years later?

[@AndyManCam]

Absolutely. I even had to start the car lately.

[@Northernlanes]

thanks, was just reading a few Amazon reviews and some people were having issues of them not charging up above 25% so wasn't sure whether it was a reliable product

[@AndyManCam]

Yeah I’ve had no trouble. It sat for about 9 months on the shelf and still had 75% charge. 👍🏻

[@jgar8563]

Great vid. Made me laugh. Personal massage device

[@bikersoncall]

They make one that hard wires to the battery so you just plug it in when you need it, I'm not able to find it now......grrr....I thought I had ordered it, and now I can't even find it. I don't need 2000 amps or anything near that, just a little boost for cold mornings, maybe 2 or 3 hundred amps...

[@AndyManCam]

This one has that too. I even talked about it in the video! 😂

[@bikersoncall]

​@@AndyManCam I'll bet.

[@bikersoncall]

I don't think so, my GB40 just got here , there was no ring terminal cable included, luckily I bought the accessory cable. maybe you get it included in the UK or wherever you are.

[@harryraynack275]

My Bike will not start when kick stand is down?

[@AndyManCam]

That's the way it's supposed to be! As long as it starts when the stand is up, that would be a real problem! My bike will start when the stand is down, but it's in neutral or when the clutch is pulled in.

[@BelfastBodger]

Just had to return mine after reading it isn't compatible with lithium motorcyle batteries. Does anyone know of a brand that is lithium compatible and still compact in size?

[@AndyManCam]

I don’t knew if any boosters are compatible with Lithium batteries. They have to have a whole different charging system to keep them healthy.

[@Pure-Crystal-Fire]

Expecting one of these to start my car , if there Is no donor vehicle around and the lights have mistakenly been left on ! It looks a good thing, but hey tip for tip and thanks for yours The Gospel ( Good News in Greek ) Message in just four lines 1 Corinthians Chapter 15 is a an Eternal Life saver ( if you believe it in your head and heart and In Jesus precious sinless blood which was shed to cover our myriad sins) 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye ARE SAVED, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, UNLESS ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: ~~~ Emphasis CAPS are mine God bless you I think your review will help many