trolling motor battery

[Rick Reisewitz]

Any suggestions on a decent priced deep cycle? I've been running a small vexlar battery to run my graphs and it isn't holding charge any more. I plan on running the nav lights,bilige,and graphs off my deep cycle i have now and useing the new one for the tm.

[Cherokee Ref]

Delco Voyager. My 1996 boat came with three of them and I just replaced the last one in 2009. A little over $100, but worth every penny!

[Northlander]

Interstates have been great to me.

[Larson15]

Northern batteries have been good!

[pulleye16]

Cabelas AGM for me

[BobT]

Didn't someone once state in other threads that most marine batteries are manufactured by one or two companies? If this is true, I suspect that brand will not be the best criteria to use for making the decision. Each brand however may offer different levels of quality and this will likely be reflected in the warranty they offer along with the battery.

[pulleye16]

Not an expert but I'm guessing way, way more then one or two companies manufacture batteries. True, cabela, gander, fleet farm and other Store name batteries are probably just stamped logos but there tons of manufactures out there....world wide.

[Esox_Magnum]

I have used them all and Interstates are all I use anymore, would use Delcos if they were easier to get around me. I almost didn't buy my current rig due to it having Everstarts in it, 1 has been replaced already and betting the other 2 will be by this time next year and they were new last season.

[Surface Tension]

I'll have to check the dates but I have a Stowaway from Wallmart and a Interstate gell.

Both batteries are older then my son who is 14 years old.

You said cheap right?

[harvey lee]

I love my Optima batteries but they do not come cheap.

For less, I would go with the Interstate.

[picksbigwagon]

BobT, I have a friend who works for a battery manufacturer in Iowa. He stated the same thing this summer. There are only 2 or 3 manufacturers in the US. They have a room at the plant that has all the different names their batteries are labeled as........he uses interstate as well......

[gregg52]

interstate here to of late all though use to use stowaway

there is only 3 makers of batteries i've been told on several occasions