Age of "NEW" Batteries

Double O · 11-03-2009, 03:13 PM

I went to Sam's yesterday to price batteries for my cart and I noticed that all of their batteries were old. Some were marked as far back as 2/09. Is that normal? Or does the Sam's by me not sell enough of them to need restocking?

I guess my main question is, when buying "NEW" batteries, does it matter how old they are since they have never been used?

krazycolors · 11-03-2009, 03:42 PM

I wouldn't buy golf cart batteries from Sam's... not even if they said 5/11.. A good battery I wouldn't be worried... A sam's battery..its now 11/9 I'd say the life of those are about 1/3 done.

dougmcp · 11-04-2009, 12:20 PM

IMO I would try to stick with batteries that have 3 months or less on the date code.
The Sam's brand of batteries (Energizers) are a pretty good battery and priced about 40% less than Trojans. Will they last as long? A lot depends on battery maintenance, poorly maintained Trojans won't last long either.
I have 04 Trojans in my cart and 02 Energizers in my boat and both are holding up nicely.
Trojan does have the reputation of the best battery and is promoted on this forum as THE BEST. Many members here are running Energizers with good results and when it comes time to change mine, I will probably go the Sam's Club route as well.
The difference between $420 and $650 is just too much for me.

11-03-2009, 03:13 PM	#1
Double O Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Covington, LA Posts: 12	Age of "NEW" Batteries I went to Sam's yesterday to price batteries for my cart and I noticed that all of their batteries were old. Some were marked as far back as 2/09. Is that normal? Or does the Sam's by me not sell enough of them to need restocking? I guess my main question is, when buying "NEW" batteries, does it matter how old they are since they have never been used?

11-03-2009, 03:42 PM	#2
krazycolors Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18	Re: Age of "NEW" Batteries I wouldn't buy golf cart batteries from Sam's... not even if they said 5/11.. A good battery I wouldn't be worried... A sam's battery..its now 11/9 I'd say the life of those are about 1/3 done.
krazycolors Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18

11-04-2009, 12:20 PM	#3
dougmcp Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 2,757	Re: Age of "NEW" Batteries IMO I would try to stick with batteries that have 3 months or less on the date code. The Sam's brand of batteries (Energizers) are a pretty good battery and priced about 40% less than Trojans. Will they last as long? A lot depends on battery maintenance, poorly maintained Trojans won't last long either. I have 04 Trojans in my cart and 02 Energizers in my boat and both are holding up nicely. Trojan does have the reputation of the best battery and is promoted on this forum as THE BEST. Many members here are running Energizers with good results and when it comes time to change mine, I will probably go the Sam's Club route as well. The difference between $420 and $650 is just too much for me.

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