Best bang for the buck Golf Cart battery

allen8106 wrote:
Go with Crown batteries. Best in the U.S. and U.S. made.

:R

How about some real "evidence" that Crown is "best"?

Does it last 20 yrs?

Does it last 10 yrs?

And what conditions?

The only thing I see with Crown is they USED to have longer warranty that might be a plus, however, Crown is no longer proud of their warranty and has pulled that info from their website.. Opting for forcing one to give them an email address for marketing purposes so you can get spammed to death by them..

Crown also has a protected dealer network which keeps their prices high..

All the while they cost considerably MORE.

So, in reality you are paying for that warranty and that warranty may not be what it used to be.

Pretty much ANY battery will last a long time provided you care for it, I have no issues with getting 10yrs out of Sam's club batteries with a 3 yr warranty, capacity is only 5Ahr less than Crown but yet the price is easily HALF of the Crown.. Upside of Sams and Costco, no protected dealer network means a much more fair price and pretty easy to locate a Sams or Costco..

Batteries are a "consumable" item, that means as you make use of it, it slowly destroys it's self, they don't last forever.. Never pay any more for a consumable item than you have to. Sometimes big brand names don't deliver as much value as one would think.

You are going to have to really work hard to convince me that paying twice the price for 5Ahr more capacity is a bargain.. And yes, I HAVE priced Crowns yrs ago at a local golf cart shop.. For the price that shop offered I could buy 4 Sam's club GC2s and had enough money leftover to treat the DW to a good steak dinner.