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Review on ๐Ÿ”‹ Extreme Operation Autowit SuperCap Battery-less Solution by Alejandro Raney

Revainrating 2 out of 5

very easy to use, but there is a serious reliability issue.

This is for Supercap2. The product looks good, feels solid and is relatively small (see photo taken with my 15" Macbook Pro in the background). The user interface is minimalist - instead of using LED indicators to indicate status, everything is now displayed on the LCD at the top. edge of the device. The display is tiny but offers very useful and clear information. I tested charging with my laptop, cigarette lighter and car battery. They all worked well and the LCD shows progress along the way. 5V USB charging is slow. I think he can go from 70% to 100% in about 20 minutes. It takes about 1.5 hours to charge a fully discharged device. While charging, it shows the input voltage (e.g. my MacBook outputs about 5V) and the percentage of charge. After charging is complete, the status will change to "Startingโ€ mode. The available starting voltage and the capacity percentage are displayed there. You press a button to start discharging, which starts a 10-second countdown to get you back in the car and turn on the ignition. It is so easy. I had to exchange through Revain as the first unit that was shipped to me was DOA. I'm glad Amazon made the approval process so easy. I also contacted Autowit support to find out what the problem was with my first device. The support is also very responsive and helpful. Update August 2021: I've had it for about a year now and never had a chance to really use it outside of initial testing. It has sat on my bookshelf at home most of the time. Today I had to go and save a friend. To my dismay, this device did not work. It charged up to about 75% and switched to fast boot mode automatically. Unfortunately, 75% is not enough to start the car. No matter how I tried to charge it (USB/light port/car battery), it got stuck in fast boot mode and refused to charge. Now I'm trying to contact support. Will be updated once this support ticket is considered. In the meantime, I am lowering the rating to two stars due to poor reliability.

Pros
  • Supersafety
Cons
  • I don't remember but there was something