Surplus Computers has the Emergency Cigarette Lighter Car Battery Charger for $15 with free shipping. Utilizes the cars' 12V accessory outlets to charge; no jumper cables required.
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From description:
"If your engine is just turning slowly, then all you need is a quick 3-5 minutes charging time, but if everything is completely dead then it will require about 25-30 minutes of charging"
When you leave your lights on, your battery is completely dead, period. Good luck asking your friend to leave his car running for 25-30 minutes.
Another case of Ben hawking crap product.... spend the $15 on decent jumper cables.
this is total crap but might work good as geek doughnut plugs.
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Or you could advance your problem solving skills by learning how to use jumper cables and be done in 1 minute.
To recap
STEP 1: Connect one end of the Positive(+) cable to the Positive(+) post of the dead battery.
STEP 2: Connect the other end of the Positive(+) cable to the Positive(+) post of the good battery.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the Negative(-) cable to the Negative(-) post of the good battery.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the Negative(-) cable to a good solid SHINY, NON PAINTED metal part of the engine on the dead car. Usually a giant shiny nut on the engine block will do. A painted, dirty, or oily nut will not work. You usually want to avoid placing the Negative(-) cable directly on the dead battery to minimize the chance for explosions. You should only use the ground post on the dead battery as a last resort. On this step you'll get a normal spark as you connect the ground and complete the circuit.
^ If you flick your bic a few times around the battery you can usually burn off the explosive gasses so you don't have to worry about explosions.
One thing that will REALLY help is spraying starting spray on the air intake. Of course, starting fluid with a dead battery is useless but the slightest spark with a weak battery will turn the car over.
True story bro, I once started a Kenworth from my Toyota Tundra with one of these.