afinepoint wrote:
I've done the research and know the pros and cons of each. Just curious regarding real life experiences.
Whose real life? :) What people here were trying to tell is that you need to know what YOU are looking for. On boating forums you will find real life accounts of long-lived flooded and short-lived AGM, including renowned Lifetime. Or vice versa. It depends on how yo use and maintain them. AGM are not completely care-free, no battery is. They don't need watering but still need proper charging, "might" need equalizing, and their life depends on the cycle parameters.
Somebody mentioned Optima - yes, expensive, yes, good feedback overall, but do they even exist in 100 AH size? When deciding on the brand, I checked this and couldn't Optima find bigger than 75 AH.
