Are there folks out there who have decided they do not like AGM batteries and believe their AGM battery purchase was a mistake, and should have purchased standard flooded lead acid batteries instead?There is a whopper of a price difference amp hour versus amp hour and I am curious to note if anyone at all believes their selection was a mistake. Hopefully positive testimonials will not avalanche the responses, nor will hypothetical dislikes cloud the query...VALUE is the issue here. Plain and simple...

If you are considering AGMs again, here's some more to consider. I am lazy and forgetful. I have the best intentions to perform all maintenance regularly on my motor home and we all know that the road to hell in paved with good intentions.Most batteries require regular maintenance to keep them at full potential and to last as long as they "should". I found that most of the time, when I got around to taking a peek inside my batteries, you could already see the top of the plates. They always seemed to die an untimely death. Now, I have LifeLine maintenance free batteries (AGM). They haven't even been looked at in 8 years and are still going strong.Maintenance free batteries are WAY more expensive than regular acid flooded batteries but, for those who are somewhat forgetful like I am, they are WAY CHEAPER than buying acid flooded batteries every 2 years because you didn't maintain them. Only you know which category you fit into.

I recently bought four 125 AH AGMs that were marked 2nds for $70 each. After sitting over the winter they are still at`12.6V and I'm putting them in the rear closet to power the home refer I'm putting in. I already have 800 AH of AGMs that are 5+ years old and I cannot tell any decrease in their capacity. Not having to fight corrosion and being able to put them inside is the biggest plus for me.

I have had the same two 120ah AGM batteries in my 5ver since 2006 when I bought them. Leave them in and disconnected over the winter and charge in the spring. No issues and they still are going strong..

MexiMy surplus AGMs will soon be a four yrs install..come JulyYou know the results of my load testing I did last yr after three years of daily use, over 1000 charge cyclesThey now have almost another year on themI'm very happy with them

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thgoodman
Explorer
Apr 24, 2015
If you are considering AGMs again, here's some more to consider. I am lazy and forgetful. I have the best intentions to perform all maintenance regularly on my motor home and we all know that the road to hell in paved with good intentions.

Most batteries require regular maintenance to keep them at full potential and to last as long as they "should". I found that most of the time, when I got around to taking a peek inside my batteries, you could already see the top of the plates. They always seemed to die an untimely death. Now, I have LifeLine maintenance free batteries (AGM). They haven't even been looked at in 8 years and are still going strong.

Maintenance free batteries are WAY more expensive than regular acid flooded batteries but, for those who are somewhat forgetful like I am, they are WAY CHEAPER than buying acid flooded batteries every 2 years because you didn't maintain them. Only you know which category you fit into.
2oldman
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2015
I'm happy with mine.

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