Trojan T-105 batteries rock

monkey44 wrote:

SoCalDesertRider wrote:
You can barely buy a tiny riding lawn mower battery for $46 these days. The small battery in my Ranger was $120. And they're all made in Mexico or China.

My good old American made pair of Optima red tops in my '92 F350 are still going strong, at least 10 years old for the newest one and over 10 years for the oldest one.

SO how are Optima batteries for the camper? Is this only a starting battery? I see it talks about Boat and RV too, but that might just mean you CAN, not that its a good battery for RV and drain/charge variations. Any advice here ... thanks B

I can only fit one battery in the boot, so need the best/longest discharge time, no maintenance battery I can get - My Interstate 27 just quit on us after about five years.

Optima red tops are starting batteries, but have a good reserve minute capacity. The yellow and blue tops are deep cycle rv/marine batteries, with better reserve minute capacity. However, I doubt I would spend the rediculous amount of money they want for Optimas now days and they're not as good quality as they once were.