Schumacher Electric Farm & Ranch 1200A Car Battery Jump Starter and Portable Power Station, 5-in-1 Solution for 12V Batteries, 100-PSI Air Compressor, 200 Continuous/400 Peak Watt Inverter, FR01337

Does what it's supposed to do

The product was here on time and works perfectly. I absolutely love it.

I purchased this jump starter to use around the house. The jump start feature seems to work well, I have used it to jump my car a couple of times and my neighbor has borrowed it a couple of times to jump start his vehicle. My major complaint about it is focused on the air pump. I have used it to inflate a couple of tires. It seemed to do ok, but it didn't take long for it to over heat, causing it to stop pumping, it started back operating when it cooled down. I keep this unit stored in my garage. I used it two days ago to inflate a trailer tire. The pump worked for a few minutes and then it stopped working before my tire was inflated. The pump started making an abnormal noise, it quit pumping air and continued making the strange noise, sounded like it was straining to run. I removed the back panel to look inside. I discovered the internal battery negative terminal was completely corroded. I cleaned the corrosion from the terminal, the battery voltage was good, but the pump will not work. I have purchased Schumacher chargers in the past and was satisfied with the operation of the chargers. I paid over $200 for this charger, and I feel like I wasted my money. My main reason for buying this charger was to use it to inflate tires when low on air pressure. I still need to purchase a portable air pump to use around the house, but my next purchase will not be a Schumacher.

Great tool! Air pump a little on the slow side, but as expected from a portable pump. Light is good with flash as well. Good all around tool! Only gripe I have is you have to use an extension cord to charge it. They could have made that much smarter.

This unit provides a lot of functionality. I used the air compressor today for the first time and it's great that it shuts off automatically when the desired pressure is reached. I didn't have my pressure gauge handy so I couldn't double check the accuracy of it = all 4 of my tires were significantly low which I found hard to believe, but it IS possible. Certainly no problem jump starting a vehicle. The only odd thing I found is that the battery is meant to be replaceable but there is a sticker on the box that says opening it voids the warranty. Although I would think there would be no need to replace the battery during the warranty period anyway. This replaced an old Black and Decker jump box/compressor I had that I was in love with and that one lasted me ten years. I hope this one lasts close to that!

Why buy a Noco for a hefty price in the hundreds. This is big, yeah, but saved me a ton of money and also puts out 120 volts house current with the built-in inverter. I love the USB charger/power outlets also. The battery inside IS replaceable also!

Great backup power and Jumper Box.

I figured the heavier duty specs of the Farm & Ranch model would give me years of service for my light-duty needs. After 3 months of topping off 6 or 8 light truck and trailer tires the compressor stopped working correctly. It would only raise tire pressure 1-2 psi in 3-4 minutes then shut down due to the overheat protect. (In a 50 deg. F garage). Once it cooled down it would put 1 more psi in the tire and shut down again. It would take 4-5 cycles like this to put 4-5 psi in a tire. I contacted Schumacher support and they were not very helpful, IMO. The first agent, after talking to a supervisor, suggested I should jack up my light truck to raise each tire I wanted to air up off the ground to reduce weight/pressure on the tire! I couldn't believe he was serious. We finally reasoned that the compressor/hose had probably developed a leak so it couldn't deliver enough pressure to fill up a tire before overheating. They agreed to do a replacement. It took 2 more calls to finally get instructions on how to do a return, then 2 emails to figure out how to submit the required photos on the 365.returnsportal.net website. By the way, I left 3 voicemails with Schumacher support and never got a call back. Wait times to talk to someone were 10-20 minutes. For a warranty return, I had to ship the unit back by UPS at my cost for $50.31. 18 days after my return unit arrived at their depot in Brownsville, TX, I finally got the replacement unit. There is no tracking info offered unless you call to ask for a status. It is not available on the 365.returnsportal.net website. I have to give credit to Kishma who helped me with the RMA information. I wish I had been lucky enough to talk to her first. I'm giving this detail in hopes it is helpful for Schumacher in improving their customer service. Bottom line: The support/returns system at Schumacher is painfully inefficient and frustrating. It did finally deliver in the end, but it required way too much of my time & money. If I had not been persistent, I would never have received the replacement. My trust in Schumacher reliability and support is very low at this point. UPDATE: I tried the replacement Farm & Ranch Portable Power FR01337 once. I needed to raise the pressure in my tire 6 psi. The compressor overheated, shut down and produced smoke after adding 3 psi which took about 6 minutes in 30 deg. F weather. Compressor is COMPLETELY USELESS. I won't bother with a return because it's not worth my time dealing with them.