Schumacher Electric Manual Battery Charger & Engine Starter – 6V/12V 200A Heavy-Duty Auto Battery Charger with 40A Boost Mode, Color-Coded Clamps, 6-Foot Output Cables & Rugged Design SC1446

Easy to use. Works great and charges fast. The turn knob is a great feature. Would buy again. Great for the price.

The Schumacher SC1445 is a lifesaver! This 2-in-1 charger/jump starter’s 250 cranking amps revive dead batteries instantly. Manual timer ensures safe charging, while wheels make hauling effortless. Works flawlessly on 6V/12V cars, SUVs, trucks, and marine batteries—durable, reliable, and a must-have for emergencies. No more roadside stress! 🛠️🔋 #GameChanger

Works great. Lighter than my old one so easier to move around.

This manual charger is a great choice for people who have basic battery knowledge. It will put a charge current on batteries which automatic chargers will reject. Two caveats, the wheels are plastic and low quality. Fine for shop floor. Not good for rough surfaces. The 200 amp output ramps up as it charges. Do not expect 200 amps immediately. Timer feature is great. Very happy over all. Comes assembled.

My husband loves this battery charger. Works as it should. Easy to roll around his garage! He gives it a 5 out 5.

This battery charger is a game-changer - intuitive for beginners yet powerful enough to revive dead batteries effortlessly. My friend now raves about its magic, claiming they don't craft them like this anymore (even though they clearly do). It's a perfect gift for those who enjoy traditional fixing with a modern twist!

Bought this is January 24. Went to use it this January, rolled it to the vehicle and plugged it in. Needed to move it a little closer to connect cables, and sparks shot out the vents as a short took place. This case is very hard to remove, to get access to the inside. What I saw was a hot wire terminal had fallen off the connection point and fallen against the case, which created the grounding. I was able to reconnect the wire- but the unit is dead, so the short damaged something in the circuitry.That means the repair may be more expensive than replacing the unit. It's just days out of warranty, past return limits.This was a replacement for a previous Schumaker charger that had worked for over 30 years, that had a timer switch quit working. I gave that to a friend who replaced the timer- and it still works.Companies often decide to cuts costs to keep prices low and profits coming. The terminals involved here were surprisingly poor, not typical at all- and I think the unit failure is due to nothing more than going cheap to save pennies, at the cost of quality and reliability .... And, of reputation. A good brand is worth a lot, provided it represents quality products. In my view, it no longer does.NEW INFO- and sadly worse, which is why my original 3-star rating is now a 1-star.Given I had no warranty, I looked into the costs of service- which are about the same as the cost of the machine. So, I decided to open it up and see if I could do my own repair. As I have been in the manufacturing business for many years, designed and built dozens of products, I'm not an average DIY guy.So...First step, open the case- and that immediately made matters worse. Not only is it difficult; there are parts that are held in place by friction alone; no fasteners. The ammeter and lens is one of them, they just push into a hole. The cord to the ammeter is not connected except by passing through a loop, which is fine except the cord isn't supported either, so the meter and lens immediately fell out, but access to replace them is poor.Overall, I found the inner construction to be as cheap as possible. Every corner cut. While it may work fine out of the box, the idea that it will last for years is no longer realistic. The quality it takes to ensure that durability is just not there.I hate to see a brand name that has meant quality for decades prostituted for profit, by gutting the quality out of the product and riding the brand loyalty- and I think that is what has happened here. Schumacher dominates the market for these things, but now, they are actually China-made. What's more, they now make chargers for other brand names, simply by making minor changes in the cosmetics of the case, so that if you buy a similar competing product- most likely you are still buying theirs, and getting the same compromised designs, materials and workmanship. The saddest part is that with a few exceptions, the cost of building in durability is not that much, they sold their good name very cheap.

I got this electric/manual battery charger for my mechanic grandpa, and he’s been grinning like he just found a classic car under a tarp. It’s simple enough for him to use without needing a YouTube tutorial, but powerful and reliable enough to bring dead batteries back to life like some kind of garage wizard. Now he swears by it and says, “They don’t make ’em like this anymore”—even though they literally just did. Great gift for anyone who loves fixing things the old-fashioned way with a touch of modern help!