Battery Tender

[HawkTX]

My pontoon will be staying at the slip on a lift year round and I need to get a battery tender. Anyone using this one? Good or bad? What brand do you use?

http://www.batterytender.com/Marine/Water-Resistant-Power-Tender-Plus-12V-5A.html

 

[cwag911]

I use the small one and it works just fine.   http://www.ebay.com/itm/BATTERY-TENDER-12-Volt-Trickle-Charger-CAR-BOAT-ATV-12V-Junior-Jr-Motorcycle-/221951483431?hash=item33ad56de27:g:he4AAOSwVFlT9jHL&item=221951483431&vxp=mtr

 

[Havasu]

I use those type for my jet skis and dirt bikes.  I think they work fine for short term battery storage.  I put a ProMariner Pro Elite on my Benny.  I've used them on my wakeboard and SW boats as well.  The benefit of a better charger is if left on for a long period it goes through a battery conditioning program once a month and desulfates the battery.

 

[Indian_Lake_Bum]

We pull our battery and store it here at the house instead of leaving it in the boat......less chance of it walking away if you know what I mean.   About once a month I plug in the battery tender and put a full charge on the battery then unplug it.  I had a bad experience using one of these constantly on a motorcycle battery over the winter (5 months long).  It basically cooked the sealed battery to the point it would no longer take a charge no matter what I did to it. 

The charger I have:

http://www.batterytender.com/Chargers/Battery-TenderR-Plus.html

 

[JoeR]

Hawk, Great choice, think Amazon instead of Deltran directly.

 

[HawkTX]

Hawk, Great choice, think Amazon instead of Deltran directly.

 Exactly!  Amazon was $40 cheaper for the same model number.

 

[cwag911]

Ebay is even better.

 

[kaydano]

I have the Tender Jr. and find it to be plenty adequate for keeping batteries conditioned over the winter.