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| Hey guys I have a question.
I bought 2 batterys a few years ago and noticed one of the batterys will not hold a charge. I bought 2 from gander mountain. What would be the best (not that expensive) battery to get?
I remember I bought these and they were like$550 for 2 want to pay way less.
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Interstates have always treated me well, keep them on a good onboard charger and recharge after every trip. I use my boat alot and is always plugged in when not on the water....Get the biggest series you can fit in your storage area,should run around $125 a battery....
Edited by shaley 9/27/2011 9:15 PM
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I have had good luck with Walmart batteries and like most store brands they come from a major manufacturer. ( I believe United Technoligies.) |
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Location: North Central, Indiana | x2, have always had good luck with walmarts deep cycle batteries. the big yellow one. not sure what series it is |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Evermaxx. Usually get 3-4 years on mine. |
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Location: nappanee IN | just got one in september from Walmart, the biggest they had. i believe it's a 29 series, right around 81 with a core charge. the guy on www.bassboatcentral.com told me they are good batteries. it was under the trolling motor forum.. hope this helps..p.s.s the reason i only got 1 is because my maxxum is a 55lb and the biggest 12 volt you can get. |
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| Walmart maxx batteries are what I run. I am currently running 2 on a 24 volt setup. Here in the next week or two I am going to step it up to 4 batteries running in 24 volt. That way I have plenty of trolling juice for this fall. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | i prefer no maintenance agm type batteries....Farm and Fleet has AGM batteries at a decent price...the specs are better than optimas and cost less..
reserve capacity on durations: 200
Optimas: 155
.I bought them for our cabin boat on sale and I think a 31 series size was 180 or so...check them out
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/661624-agm_blue_marine_battery...
Edited by BNelson 10/9/2011 10:00 AM
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Genesis Enersys XE 60 |
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| I have interstates and walmart batteries. I can't see any difference as long as i charge them after usage. Both are fine batteries. I believe walmart is made by Johnson Controls thou.. but nothing bad to say about walmart batteries. they do a fine job for the price. |
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Location: where the fish are... | Walmart batteries are awesome, always work and have never had one quit on me. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | ive had walmart batteries last almost 5 seasons and i love that you can add distilled water to them, man that makes them last...bill |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I got to test the duration AGM's I recommended above pretty good this weekend in my cabin boat...I only have the 27 size...24 volt 65 lb autopilot...I was VERY impressed..we fished in some MAJOR wind and after 9 or so hours on the water they were still registering 75%....money well spent ....good batteries are worth every penny imo. |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | I agree went through 5 in 6 months, finaly went to Interstaes and sold them with the boat 3 years later... |
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Location: Contrarian Island | used the above mentioned durations for 16 hours ..granted it was lighter winds but at the end of 1.5 days still registered 75%.... |
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