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SEHunter · 03-31-2021, 08:04 PM

Duracell used to be mfg by East Penn/Deka. I formerly worked at a Deka industrial (forklift) battery dealer. On occasion I’d go to the automotive battery warehouse where all the smaller batteries were sold. They had rolls of decals of many rebranded names. One was Bass Pro Shops, and Duracell, others i cant remember, some I’ve never heard of. This changes from time to time for the sub-brand names because the contract for the mfg is renegotiated every so many years. Truth is if you correctly charge and correctly water your batteries, you’ll notice negligible differences, if any between the top names. I have 5 yr Trojans now, running well. Before these i had Deka and they lasted close to 6 years. My cart came with US Battery but they were already bad and I don’t know how old they were. You can kill a US battery in a year or make it last 5+, all depends on usage and how they’re taken care of.

03-31-2021, 08:04 PM	#4
SEHunter Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 258	Re: Rate Golf Batteries by Manufacturer Duracell used to be mfg by East Penn/Deka. I formerly worked at a Deka industrial (forklift) battery dealer. On occasion I’d go to the automotive battery warehouse where all the smaller batteries were sold. They had rolls of decals of many rebranded names. One was Bass Pro Shops, and Duracell, others i cant remember, some I’ve never heard of. This changes from time to time for the sub-brand names because the contract for the mfg is renegotiated every so many years. Truth is if you correctly charge and correctly water your batteries, you’ll notice negligible differences, if any between the top names. I have 5 yr Trojans now, running well. Before these i had Deka and they lasted close to 6 years. My cart came with US Battery but they were already bad and I don’t know how old they were. You can kill a US battery in a year or make it last 5+, all depends on usage and how they’re taken care of.