Re: Batteries - Again - Ad Naseum

Bob La Londe wrote:
> I had the starting battery come up dead on me yesterday when I went
> out on the river.  I will replace it of course, but I figured I
> wanted to replace my trolling motor batteries at the same time.
>
> My partner for ABA (Hammer) uses a battery in his boat that is
> lighter than a regular battery for its size.  I think it is made by
> Interstate.  Does anybody know what battery that is?
>
> Now, the hard question.  Does anybody know of a better battery that is
> lighter for the capacity?
>
> I do not like Interstate.  I used to use their gell cells for my alarm
> company, and they were the worst batteries with the highest failure
> rate of any battery I have used.  I have also had a pretty high
> failure rate / short service life with their batteries in my service
> trucks.

What about these Bob?

http://www.1st-optima-batteries.com/index.html