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Old 03-09-2016 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by f_inscreenname
I did this last years with a couple boats. Upgraded the race boat bat's and then the old ones go in the next boat and so on and so on. The oldest battery (6 years) out of 8 swapped around that was still 100% was a Kirkland brand from Costco.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 12:45 PM
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Sam's club has Duracell branded marine batteries at the best prices I could find last year. Even had really good prices on the AGM batteries. There are only 2-3 real battery manufacturers out there and most brands just are different stickers. If I recall correctly Duracell brand is made by Deka, who also makes NAPA batteries.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 01:21 PM
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All my battery issues vanished years ago when I switched to deep cycle batteries for starting.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 01:24 PM
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Most exide batteries I have seen leak acid around the terminals I wont buy them anymore.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 04:35 PM
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Interstate batteries have always worked great for me. Never had one fail that wasn't at least 5 years old.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 05:21 PM
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The key is how they are cared for IMO.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 05:29 PM
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Had an odessey (sp.) deep cycle that lasted 11 seasons.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 05:58 PM
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i have the marine battery,s from autozone.about 110 bucks each,so far so good.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 05:59 PM
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I heard Costco was now selling Interstate marine batteries, but I can't confirm that. That's where I'll be looking first when the time comes.
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Old 03-09-2016 | 06:13 PM
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Just switched to Odyssey, no more flooded batteries for me!
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