Battery Question

[bigdog70810]

Hey guys, which do you think is the best battery for 36 V trolling motors, OPTIMA, ODYSSEY, or any aother brand?

[barchief]

[Gun Runner]

[oiltech09]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by bigdog70810 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Hey guys, which do you think is the best battery for 36 V trolling motors, OPTIMA, ODYSSEY, or any aother brand?</td></tr></table>

Optima, have 2 of them and I have really neglected them (not charging after use) leaving them in direct sunlight etc and they both take a full charge to 0 on the battery charger. I never had any other troll motor battery do this well.

[toledo freak]

delco voyagers

[JOHN202]

I've only used Trojans, but may give the Optimas a try one day, here alot of good things about them.

[rocketmanjp]

All of the above mentioned are the ones I'd recommend. The Optima's will save some weight as well. Also, the sears diehard marine platinums are made by odyssey. Same battery, $100 cheaper with 1 year less warranty than the odyssey, but still 3 years free replacement. FWIW, I have a Odyssey cranker and 2 Optima D31M trollers (24 volt troller).

[JOHN202]

The weight of the Optimas would be the reason i would want them.

[fishin couillon]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by toledo freak &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">delco voyagers </td></tr></table>Just bought me two of them today. Shall see how they fair out.

[Gun Runner]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by JOHN202 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">The weight of the Optimas would be the reason i would want them.</td></tr></table>They are lighter , but not light enough to make a difference I would think !!!!! I think its only about 10 pnds difference between the Optimas and a normal battery the same amps ( Im not sure , I did look that up about a year ago though ) !!!!!!

[JOHN202]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Gun Runner &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">They are lighter , but not light enough to make a difference I would think !!!!! I think its only about 10 pnds difference between the Optimas and a normal battery the same amps ( Im not sure , I did look that up about a year ago though ) !!!!!! </td></tr></table>

The big Trojans i have weigh a ton, 2 Optimas equal one on my Trojans..

[rocketmanjp]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Gun Runner &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">They are lighter , but not light enough to make a difference I would think !!!!! I think its only about 10 pnds difference between the Optimas and a normal battery the same amps ( Im not sure , I did look that up about a year ago though ) !!!!!! </td></tr></table>

The Optima D31M is 60# and most other size 31 batteries are 70-75#. The one asking was asking for a 36V system, so that would be 30-45# savings with 3 batts. If speed aint a concern, then who cares, but if you run a performance hull and every MPH counts, 30-45# is worth a few MPH.

[bigdog70810]

Thanks guys.

[Ranger 521]

One thing no one mentioned was reserve capacity if you running 2 or 3 gps's and your livewells plus all other electrical on one battery then the sears platinum 31's are the way to go. Not saying the optimas wont work just the reserve and cca are not even close to the platinums. Also something to look at is sears has a 3 year free replacement. I have over the years run all types of batteries including the optimas and the trojan batteries were the best till i put 4 31m' SEARS PLATINUMS in and it looks like you can't kill them. Batteries used to not bother me much but several tournaments in the past have left my boat stranded on tournament day and believe me its no fun after a long day and go to crank the big motor and all you get is TIC TIC TIC TIC.

[hookem175]

How good are them odyssey batteries?

[Ranger 521]

THE SEARS PLATIUM ARE MADE BY ODYSSEY. Yes they are pricey and are heavy but very well worth the money. I used them all season and didn't have a problem. Cranking battery ran 2 10" hds screens livewells and all other acc. with no trouble