Trojan vs US Battery

[TahoeDawgZ71]

Originally Posted by reeseman44

I asked you to clarify your two contrasting posts because I've seen your very knowledgeable and wanted your opinion. I'm about to put batteries in my 2010 precedent, and a local dealer has the 170ah US 8v batteries for $600 out the door , I thought that was a great deal. I sincerely mean it when i say i appreciate that explanation. I didn't mean it as fussing, im just kinda straight up sometimes and dont sugar coat sh*t. Lol. :)

If you're gonna do that, you need to get rid of the OBC and get a DPI charger. Otherwise you're going to ruin the floor in your garage.

[reeseman44]

Luckily I rent a townhouse with a garage lol. How are the batteries in general tho, as far as range and life time? $600 seems like a sweet deal

[Golf cart guy]

US batteries here in Florida in my area, do not work well.

[TahoeDawgZ71]

Originally Posted by reeseman44

Luckily I rent a townhouse with a garage lol. How are the batteries in general tho, as far as range and life time? $600 seems like a sweet deal

They're a good quality battery if you take good care of them. But if they're not charging correctly and you boil the acid out of them they're not going to last long. You can't go wrong with Trojan.

[reeseman44]

Thank you

[smokey tennis shoe]

For the past 2 years, we have been having so many problems with trojan 12 volt batteries, we try not to use them anymore.

i heard trojan was bought out 2 years ago, by a group of young investers and the cut the lead content in the 12 volt batteries.

I have had 16 customers in the last 2 years that we have had 12 volt trojan issues. The customers were rxvs, yamahas, and precedents. All over the board. At least 1 battery has failed, usually around the 21 -24 monthmark, right after the warranty. So we have been pushing USBatteries out here.