Battery Tenders-Anyone use them?

[swathdiver]

Ha! That was me!

Ive got the battery minder 1510 for my Tahoe. Can get them on sale often from northern tool. Recently got a noco genius 5 and a couple of noco to sae adapters to be able to use the 25’ extension cables I have for my battery minders, battery tenders and optimate chargers for all my motorized machines.

As an addict, we do stupid stuff on social media, so I may have posted a pic of all my drugs……

I mean battery support products. Lol

I knew you'd show up sooner or later! LOL

 

[iamdub]

I have an Optima Digital Battery tender on my Trans Am. This tender is good for standard and AGM batteries I bought the battery for the TA in July 05, an Optima Yellow top. Yes the battery in the TA is 16 year old and it starts every time, even after not running the car for months on end.

Spend the money on a good tender.

You probably got one of the last GOOD batteries from Optima.

 

[Rocket Man]

You probably got one of the last GOOD batteries from Optima.

Nah, that ones 16 years old. Optimal only started getting lousy a few years ago. Something changed. Did they get bought out?

 

[iamdub]

Nah, that ones 16 years old. Optimal only started getting lousy a few years ago. Something changed. Did they get bought out?

I thought their decline started well over a decade ago. As far as what actually happened- I have no idea. Probably the typical outsourcing to increase profit margin.

 

[muncie21]

I heard the same rumors about the decline in Optima battery quality. What I heard is the manufacturing (or a potion of it) was transferred to Mexico and after this the customer complaints rose significantly.

 

[fozzi58]

First I am hearing of their quality dropping. I put a red top in my Suburban a few years back when the AC Delco battery was seemingly giving me an issue. No issues since.

 

[ATX 14]

I use a battery tender for my 2008 JKU Jeep Wrangler, 2017 4Runner TRD Premium and my 2016 PPV Tahoe. I have a work vehicle that I drive the vast majority of the time and all of my vehicles sit for a weeks at a time. I do start them and drive them when I can but my Jeep and 4Runner have AGM batteries so they need a tender. The alternator does not fully charge an AGM battery. My PPV 2016 Tahoe only has 24,500'ish miles on it. I have been very happy with the Schumacher SC1339 battery tender.

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[EddieC]

I use Battery Tenders on 3 bikes and a car, all of which sleep through 6 months. All of the batteries are reliable and older than I can remember. The bikes have a mix of conventional and AGM batteries and the car is conventional. The car's Walmart battery is going for the record in that car.

 

[jwth]

retired now and the yukon sits for long times. lost the 2 year old battery in the very cold winter, once was enough.
been using a battery tender since and am glad it is there.

 

[WillCO]

I use one on my 911 in the winter. Might go a couple weeks between drives if it's snowy or sloppy.