CTEK MXS 5.0 Test and Charge, Intelligent Multi-Function Charger and Tester in One

I own the ctek 10amp and have used it a couple of times and it did what it said on the box, I bought this 5amp as its a lot kinder on these start stop battetys I still use the 10amp on ordinary batterys and five on stop.start battety to maintain them

Bought to keep my TVR battery in top condition. Simple to use & has built in safety function. So good I bought a second unit for my 54 oval Vw .

Ordered in the early hours of Sunday morning, arrived after lunch on Monday!The unit has a mains lead with a UK plug and another lead which ends in a small socket. There are two leads which can be attached to this socket, one with croc clips (as shown in the product photo) and the other with two eyelets, suitable for a permanent installation. There is also a manual and a very useful drawstring bag, which can hold the charger, the cables and the manual.The manual is straightforward, as is the operation of the charger. The charger does get quite warm in operation, so it would be sensible to follow the manual's advice not to place the charger on top of the battery being charged.I haven't tried the alternator test yet but the other functions seem to work as described. I can't yet tell if it has managed to resurrect an old 12v battery from my Prius - time will tell.

This is small but perfectly suitable for most car batteries especially if you have start/Stop technology and energy recuperation. I still have a 7A version of CETEK charger but decided to change to this model as it is a lower amperage and is perfect for my system. Stop/Start with energy recuperation is all well and good in summer and no or little night time driving. Due to the way the charging system works your battery will be charged o.k. in summer but cold and night time driving and the much smaller batteries fitted ( to save production costs only ) you will quite possibly have a battery too low to start on a cold day, Retired Motor Vehicle Technician.

Fantastic charger I use this charger between 3 cars money well spent. I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a quality charger.

Small and light and works a treat!

So far so good. Bought this after our small run around car wasnt starting, had a flat battery a couple of times and always had to resort to jump starting. So purchased this to give the battery a good charge, and make it a lot more reliable.I took the product out of the box, and unfortunatly the leads to connect to the battery were too short, so i had to remove the battery from the car, which wasnt too bad.. put the battery on charge in the garage on recon mode, and so far so good, its been a cold month, and the car has started every time since charing it.At the moment i have the lesuire battery out of my boat on a maintence charge. Seems to be working well.Since ordering this i found you can order extenstion leads for the charger, so i have purchased one so that next time i dont have to remove the battery from the car to charge it.Update: having had this for a while now I have charged and reconditioned a few batteries (for relatives and friends) I am really impressed with it - since this post I have purchased the extension lead for it which makes life easier - charging without removing the battery!

I got this for my Dad's Prius because of the low mileage that he does and he's very pleased with it.