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dpam
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Nov 11, 2014

Require RV Battery Recommendations

Currently have 2-6V batteries in our Montana. The batteries are going to be 5 yrs old, so I assume they will require replacement soon. Any recommendations on deep cycle rv battery brands?
  • I went with Sam's Club Duracell 6V GC2 batteries last spring. Ran me $80 each but they gave me $15 core refund on the two 12V batteries I was replacing.
  • I used the interstate brand. Great life and have a bit higher AH capacity than the ones at Costco.
  • I've been told that the Kirkland brand batteries (Costco house brand) are made by Interstate.
  • Got my current 4 year old Interstate GC2 6 volt batteries from Samsclub although brand varies. Costco also sells golfcart batteries, last time I checked at Samsclub prices were in the $80s range.

    Sure you could spend a lot more money on batteries but most are made by the same couple of companies anyway, it's more about how they are charged and maintained when it comes to overall service life. Our Iota along with solar keeps our golfcart batteries happy.
  • I used Trojan 105's in first two coaches, they were OEM. On second coach they began to show signs of failure at 7 years. We used the coach a lot, traveling from 3 to 9 months at a time and dry camping as well. We had plenty of solar power too so the batteries were well maintained.

    Replaced them with Trojan 105's. Can't remember what is in the current coach - not Trojans - will post it later today when it comes out of the paint shop.
  • dpam wrote:
    Currently have 2-6V batteries in our Montana. The batteries are going to be 5 yrs old, so I assume they will require replacement soon. Any recommendations on deep cycle rv battery brands?


    Interstate are good, trojon are top line but Costco are the cheapest by far