Need a new battery...brand?

[tplife]

I posted about Optima's a few posts above yours.  I agree with you 100% Optima batteries are the best if you can afford them.  
 
Then you posted "Rauch, I'd never buy anything from "Coach" again, since he seems to not have any experience about using Optima batteries."
 
Rauch0812 bought nothing from Coach.  No need to bash him for "not having any experience about using Optima batteries".  Coach merely suggested looking for a "blemished" battery to save some money.  The gentleman working in the store Rauch0812 went to didn't feel the optima was worth the extra money and sold them an Interstate.
 
The advice in your last post was spot-on, and 100% accurate.
 
I am not trying to start a fight here, just try reading more clearly what others have posted and maybe try to word stuff a little less abrasively.  This is the 21st century after all...

My grandmother said, "If you can't stand the heat, stay OUT of the kitchen!".  (She was a century ahead of her time!)

"The gentleman working in the store didn't feel the optima was worth the extra money for just a pop up w/ the few battery draining devices we have and said he advised just going with the group 29 battery. "

The advice "Coach" gave shows he has no experience with the AGM-type batteries. He said the Optima was not cost-effective, or not a better value for a low-draw application.  That's clearly bogus considering the proven performance of AGM batteries for a variety of reasons, low draw or high.  And that was before I had one and discovered from experience that all the claims were true.  Even if you can't afford them, you're paying more in the long run for a lead-acid application, outside of dual golf-cart batteries.  That's not from me but from the RV users.  Nobody is here to fight, but we'are all here to share information based on experience and good advice.

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[oreo57]

My grandmother said, "If you can't stand the heat, stay OUT of the kitchen!". (She was a century ahead of her time!)
 
"The gentleman working in the store didn't feel the optima was worth the extra money for just a pop up w/ the few battery draining devices we have and said he advised just going with the group 29 battery. "
 
The advice "Coach" gave shows he has no experience with the AGM-type batteries. He said the Optima was not cost-effective, or not a better value for a low-draw application. That's clearly bogus considering the proven performance of AGM batteries for a variety of reasons, low draw or high. And that was before I had one and discovered from experience that all the claims were true. Even if you can't afford them, you're paying more in the long run for a lead-acid application, outside of dual golf-cart batteries. That's not from me but from the RV users. Nobody is here to fight, but we'are all here to share information based on experience and good advice.
 
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The only advice he gave was looking into a blemmished battery and location...not type ,a specific size or anything else.
 
Give him a break. :%

[coach]

My grandmother said, "If you can't stand the heat, stay OUT of the kitchen!".  (She was a century ahead of her time!)

Did she teach ya anything about the truth?

I think this was my advise

'It's been my experience that battery care is far more important than battery brand.'

I regret you decided to be misinformed and miss quite.

I still think the OP got a deal @ $38. I wish optimas where so reasonable priced.

[Rauch0812]

Yikes... just for the record I did ask for a blemish optima while I was at the INTERSTATE BATTERY STORE and he had already sold the last one.  So then it came down to $250 or so for the Optima or $38 for the blemish group 29 marine battery... I took the $38 since the man AT THE STORE thought it worked out to be the better deal.  

As for battery care I purchased one of the battery minders a few years ago that run about $160 to try to take good care of my batteries.  So care was a big part in my decision... we have two other boat batteries that need to be placed on the charger along with the camper battery (hubby will somehow run the together - that's above my head) but you can not mix battery types on the same charger.  So, my hope is that we take good care of our $38 battery and it works out well for us and we still don't have to purchase another battery charger.  

I think I got a great deal (of course only time will tell - but worth a shot either way) and I was VERY appreciative of Coach's advice.

Desera

[tplife]

Yikes... just for the record I did ask for a blemish optima while I was at the INTERSTATE BATTERY STORE and he had already sold the last one.  So then it came down to $250 or so for the Optima or $38 for the blemish group 29 marine battery... I took the $38 since the man AT THE STORE thought it worked out to be the better deal.  

As for battery care I purchased one of the battery minders a few years ago that run about $160 to try to take good care of my batteries.  So care was a big part in my decision... we have two other boat batteries that need to be placed on the charger along with the camper battery (hubby will somehow run the together - that's above my head) but you can not mix battery types on the same charger.  So, my hope is that we take good care of our $38 battery and it works out well for us and we still don't have to purchase another battery charger.  

I think I got a great deal (of course only time will tell - but worth a shot either way) and I was VERY appreciative of Coach's advice.

Desera

Once again you prove my point.  OPTIMA AGM bateries have no "care" required other than don't discharge below the minimum voltage.   I have 4 2Amp "battery tenders" float-chargind my Hog, my House Battery, my wife's BMW, and a "spare" for the other cars, they are less than $15.00 at WalMart.  And I bought my Optima new for $120.00. $160.00 for a float charger and $250 for an Optima batter?  "Coach" must be putting his kids through college at the prices he charges and the advice he give folks...

[copcarguy]

"Coach" must be putting his kids through college at the prices he charges and the advice he give folks...

WOW still not getting it...  :eyecrazy:  Scary.
 
 
 
Coach, I'll take 3 Optima Blue-Tops and 2 Interstate Group 27's from your "store".  LOL

[tplife]

WOW still not getting it...  :eyecrazy:  Scary.
 
 
 
Coach, I'll take 3 Optima Blue-Tops and 2 Interstate Group 27's from your "store".  LOL

Sir, would you like a $160.00 Battery-minder for each one of those batteries?  Looks like my youngest is going to need braces... :theking:

[coach]

WOW still not getting it...  :eyecrazy:  Scary.
 
 Coach, I'll take 3 Optima Blue-Tops and 2 Interstate Group 27's from your "store".  LOL

Hey, tp get a life.
I don't sell batteries and I wish you'd stop associating the comments made by some sales person with me.
It makes the rest of your info drivel when you misquote and slander.

[wavery]

Hey, tp get a life.
I don't sell batteries and I wish you'd stop associating the comments made by some sales person with me.
It makes the rest of your info drivel when you misquote and slander.

coach.................coach..........:banghead:

Get a grip.....no one was paying any attention to him............the operative word being......"WAS".....:rolleyes:

[griffsdad]

Hey, tp get a life.
I don't sell batteries and I wish you'd stop associating the comments made by some sales person with me.
It makes the rest of your info drivel when you misquote and slander.

 
Written word = libel
 
speaking = slander
 
Just for clarity  Carry on

[tplife]

Sorry, I thought the discussion topic was about batteries.  Saving money on them can be distracting, but I'll focus here alone with on the picayune.
:sombraro:

Coach:  Sr. RV Club Battery Adviser
Store clerk: Pimple-faced kid who uses lots of batteries in his Nintendo DS
Tplife:  Camping fanatic who researches too late into the night
Wavery: Pirate Snorkeler
Rauch: Camping World stalker and Deep Pocket Gotta-have-it dude
CopCarGuy, Oreo & GrifsDad: Seriously Into the details

And a supporting cast of characters...

:swear:  :J  :Y  :rolleyes: