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Respected magazine Auto Express gave out its annual awards recently, featuring products ranging from screenwash to tyres, top-boxes and GPS navigation systems. CTEK’s Multi XS3600 model won the best battery charger category but, things got even better for CTEK; the range as a whole was selected to be “Product of the Year” award. This is what the magazine said:

“Innovation has always been at the heart of the premier prize in our Product Awards, and the CTEK range of smart battery chargers are groundbreakers.  When the units arrived from Sweden, they spelt the beginning of the end for the big, boxy units we had relied on for decades.  By comparison they were tiny, barely bigger than your hand, and many found them hard to take seriously.  How could something that small be better than the traditional large box of tricks?  Plug one in you soon discover it can – and that these little marvels can revive flattened batteries considered beyond hope.

CTEK was the first specialist to bring smart chargers to motorists in big numbers, offering a compact device that could not only rescue batteries from low levels conventional rivals could not touch, but also condition and maintain them once revived.  Don’t look for big charging numbers on the packs, as the key to this new generation is how the current is delivered – precisely matching the power to what the battery can take to avoid gassing and long-term damage. This same precision also pays off when maintiaining power packs on little-used cars such as classics, constantly varying the current to keep the battery healthy and ready for use.

While CTEK chargers have been around for a few years, new pricing makes them a realistic prospect for even more drivers.  The latest XS4003 moves the technology on even further: it can rescue long-dead power packs through an innovative eight-stage process monitored via a series of lights.  Also incorporating the long-running, test-winning XS 3600, the range easily merits our Product of the Year Award.”

Our new range of SDMO generators is generating a lot interest! They’re a great compromise between expensive models and really cheap ones which are noisy, unreliable and come with little or no parts back-up or technical support.

(C9805) 900 watt SDMO generator

SDMO is a French company with a long history of designing and producing generators and we are confident that we can supply any technical support that our customers might need. There are three models: 900 watt, 1,850 watt and 2,600 watt and all are designed specifically with boaters, caravanners and motorhomers in mind.

The 900 watt and 1,850 watt models are in stock at RoadPro now (we expect the 2,600 watt model shortly)  and, if you visit us at Daventry, you can see them working for yourself. If you prefer, ask your local dealer about them and tell them that you saw them here first!

Our first delivery of Camos’s “Portable Auto Positioning Satellite Antenna” arrived yesterday and I couldn’t wait to see one in action. Taking advantage of our indoor satellite testing area, it took just 10 minutes to unpack the box, check the contents, connect the dish to the controller, the controller to the receiver and the receiver to a TV. Then: switch on, choose Astra 28.2, select the appropriate elevation angle (25 degrees) and watch the dish rise up, scan the sky just twice and lock on for a perfect picture.

This is the most sophisticated of three PAPSA models, with access to lots of different satellites and, as a result, thousands of channels. It comes with a carrying bag and looks really good too!

I think that this satellite TV system will appeal to all kinds of people who want a completely reliable method of accessing TV just about anywhere in Europe – on tests in Spain, the PAPSA picked up BBC and ITV as far south as Barcelona. Boaters, motorhomers, caravanners and truckers can all have a fully automatic satellite system for less than half the price of most fixed automatic models.

This particular version costs £899.99 but the basic model – which is designed to work with the Astra 2 satellite only – comes in at a touch under £700.00.

The first 3 people to order any of the PAPSA models and mention that they’ve seen this blog will receive a 12V receiver complete with USB recording function and selling on our website for £89.99. It’s our product D2348 and you can see it if you click here.

Camos 40cm sat-dome

It seems as though every portable satellite TV system manufacturer is bringing out new satellite domes. After five years of distributing the Camos range of sat-domes this is very gratifying to me personally. When we first started selling sat-domes we had to put up with accusations which ranged from the “fact” that they wouldn’t work at all to suggestions that, although they might work in Great Britain, they were certainly no good for use in Spain for example.

Now, five years later, Camos sat-domes are one of the best-selling types of portable satellite system in the U.K. and most owners wouldn’t even think of changing back to a conventional folding model.

During those five years, Camos have improved and refined both the hardware and software of their domes, making them more efficient and more reliable than ever. The result is that, when compared side by side with the latest crop of competitors’ domes, the Camos models are still superior in almost every respect.

Here are some checks to make when comparing sat-domes:

• Weight: Camos sat-domes are lighter by several kilos when measured against competitor’s models.
• Height: Camos sat-domes are available in versions which are 40cms and 30cms high
• Efficiency: Camos sat-domes locate and lock on to the desired satellite usually in less than 30 seconds