2oldman wrote:
LaneW wrote:
.. positive stuff about Battle Born…… agreed or not?
I always buy the best I can afford, and if you plan on RVing for many more years, I would buy the BBs.
It's not that cheaper products won't work, it's for how *long* they will work. My life experience is 'you get what you pay for.'.. every time.
battleborn is way over priced for what it is. the componants are being used by other as 1/2 the price and with a different formfactor (ie prismatic instead of round battery cells, even less while the technology and quality remains the same. I would argue there is more potential for something to go wring in a battle born with over 100 cells soldered in as aposed to a prismatic type with only 8 battery conections, but it will be easier to detect on the prismatic. when battle born came out they were almost the only player so they could set there pricing where they wanted.. now they have failed to drop there pricing to reflect current componant pricing so other have filled that space with quality products. what did battle born do, they launched dragonfly there OEM division for rv shops and such so they can charge 3800 cdn plus taxes for a 270AH battery. no thanks concidering I built my first 280AH battery for under 700 bucks. saving 3000 is worth learning how to do it to me haha
here is a good video from will about the 3 cheepest good quality batteries and he even mentions ones not to buy.
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