Advice sought: Delco Voyager Marine Battery

[Anthony Ayiomamitis]

Folks,

A flyer in one of Chicago's papers today include specials from
K-Mart. They have a Delco Voyager Marine Battery for sale for $29.99
(normally $49.99). The specs read as follows:

Voyager Marine C24MF Battery. 620 MCAs. Maintenance Free. Marine/RV.
Continuous Use. Deep Cycle Battery.

Comments and thoughts would be much appreciated. I have a pretty good
portable battery purchased at Target (with variable 3, 6 and 9 volt
output) for $30 but would not mind picking up a second battery as backup
if this battery is worth it. The battery purchased from Target has not
been used thanks to the cloudy skies in Chicago and I may return it if
this battery is better.

[Herm Perez]

Read the date code on the battery and don't buy it if its older than 1
month...those Wallmart people do not keep the batteries on float
charge. I have seen batteries dead as a doornail at Wallmart, and sure
enough they were over one year old. Lead acid batteries will die if
not kept charged.

The Delco Voyager marine batteries are very good..the sale looks good
if the batteries are fresh.

Herm

[Anthony Ayiomamitis]

Herm Perez wrote:

> Read the date code on the battery and don't buy it if its older than 1
> month...those Wallmart people do not keep the batteries on float
> charge. I have seen batteries dead as a doornail at Wallmart, and sure
> enough they were over one year old. Lead acid batteries will die if
> not kept charged.
>
> The Delco Voyager marine batteries are very good..the sale looks good
> if the batteries are fresh.

Hi Herm,

I will check to see the date on the battery. By the way, it is at K-Mart
and not Wal-Mart (if that makes a difference?).

Nevertheless, thanks for confirming that these are good batteries.

Anthony.