Trojan T-105 batteries rock
I've always lamented that RV net locks old threads, or I'd post back here . I actually purchased my T-105 batteries in 2007. They've been in use since then. We use the camper a lot. We do sum...
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:monkey44 wrote: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.SoCalDesertRider wrote: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
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.
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.
And from my experiences, they weren't very good back then either.
I was able to warranty and get a free replacement 3x in a row on Red tops in my boat. Never made it more than 2 years. Didn't matter hot/cold, maintained off season or not.
The 4th battery somehow was golden. Swapped it from the boat to an old Jeep at about 2 years old. Jeep gets started a half dozen times a year at that and maybe 50 mi of driving. Maintained once in a while when I would remember to. That battery just gave up the ghost this year close to 10 years.
Had 2 blue tops that pulled the 2 years and die routine as well and those sat on smart charger/ maintainers in the off season.
By comparison, I've had a better experience with Odyssey/Die hard Platinum batteries thus far. Have a set of mismatched Odysseys 1 approaching 10 years old, the other is maybe 6? Again swapped out of boat to truck and they've kept the truck going strong.
This truck sometimes gets used daily, sometimes sits for a month.
