battery tenders/ Battery Minder

[eyemaster]

Has anyone used battery tenders? What are your thoughts on them? What about Brands? is the Battery Minder brand better than any of the others? It talks about Desulphating a battery? Do all of the Battery tenders do this?

[Tom7227]

I got a battery desulphanator from Northern last year. I left it on an older battery the entire winter. I expected the battery to be toast but it made it through the summer - that is until the late season canoe trip out on a small lake. I have googled deep cycle battery and come up with some really good articles that helped me learn a lot.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

I have two of the Battery Minders from Northern. Leave them on all the time. They have worked good for me.

I used to ruin a battery every couple years by not taking care of charging it during the off season. No more worries now.

Not sure about other brands. Do some online research I guess.

[Crusty old Swede]

I have the 1.5 amp schumacher charger / maintainer works for maintaining larger batteries and is excellent for charging the smaller "vex" type sealed batteries.

[MNHuntress]

I have a Yuasa Smartshot battery tender, and I swear by it. Yuasa also makes batteries for motorcycles, wheelers, etc. I had a Polaris snowmobile that drew too many amps and wore down batteries. So at a 100 a pop or so for a battery I finally went to the battery tender and that snowmobile started every time after that. Yuasa has also very good customer service. We had a lighting strike, and my warranty had expired several months before and they replaced it no questions asked.

Batteries Plus, carries the Battery Tender brand and my buddy has one of those he likes.

[crothmeier]

I used one i got with my Polaris ATV and liked it. In the winter i plowed alot with it and running the winch non-stop would draw the battery down, i'd plug it in and whammy. Solid start every time