CTEK CT5 Time to Go - Fully Automatic Battery Charger with Countdown Display (Charges, Maintains and Reconditions Car and Motorcycle Batteries) 12 V, 5 Amp

Great unit use it for Motorcycle battery

Good quality item, does exactly as promised

Have used it to charged multiple cars now including two start/stop engines. Have used all 3 mode (normal/agm/recondition) as I've used it to recondition an older car battery now and everything appears to be working as it should. A required tool especially if you are in lockdown for several months and may not drive your car very often since you might be working from home.CTEK have videos on their website to show you how to use it, but there isn't much to it as it's mainly plug and play and knowing which mode to use which is self explanatory. Hardest part would be knowing where your battery is in your car, or the battery charging connection points are (some BMW for instance you don't connect to the battery directly). Very simple to use.Can be used to 'jump start' your car if you need it relatively soonish but it depends on how much battery you had left, otherwise you would still need to leave in on charge for up to 30 minutes before driving to jump start it.It estimates how long you have left to charge on your car but it's not very accurate. It is safe to keep your car battery connected 24-7 so it really isn't an issue most of the time. You'd probably have to leave it connected for a day to allow it to fully charge anyhow.Knocking it down a star for being very expensive. Prices fluctuates quite a bit from £70 to almost £100. Probably still worth it if you have multiple or more expensive cars sitting the garage.

Does exactly what it says great bit of kit

The charger is very easy to set up and to use for traditional or stop start car batteries. I’ve used it to charge a battery from 80% to 100% and then keep it on trickle charge. Very happy with it.

I was advised that the ctek battery charger was by far the best, so I took the plunge and bought one. Wow a charger that can be easily plugged into the 12v port on the car to charge or maintain the battery, what a game changer. It even tells you how long it will take to charge and when you could attempt a start.

Really useful. You can switch the modes to suit different batteries. So I charge my VW Transporter t6 using the 12 v socket adapter (an extra to buy) plugged into the dashboard for the vans EFB start stop battery using AGM mode and use it on another car with a traditional battery using the traditional mode using croc clips. All good and simple.

So I have tried this on both recon and normal modes for my battery. At first it appears to be working as the lights are on for try and then it goes from 8 hours to 1 hour and then to care. When I look again after about an hour the only light that is on is the power light.I cant say i`m happy with the purchase as I have no idea if its working. I have looked on the CTEK site and youtube etc and there is no info about why the lights are going off. I will give it another try today then its going to be returned.