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Is this a Good/Best Battery Deal?

srsupertrap

srsupertrap

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I have to replace my GS1000 battery and I was searching previous Threads on batteries and I ran across this link that GSJohn inserted a couple weeks ago in the Thread "Simple Battery Questions"

Here's another place that has AGM
http://www.gruberpower.com/gruberpow...-YTX14l-BS.asp

This looks like a great deal but I am always surprised because someone always seems to come up with a better deal. Any comments.

Thanks in advance.
 
$20 cheaper than at Batteries Plus (less any shipping)
 
Because of the charger that is a great deal. In fact unless somebody finds something better I'll probably order one from there.
 
Sold out, at least the model in the link.
 
I just bought a "Powersonic" brand AGM battery from http://www.septechnologies.biz/

for $54.00 with free shipping

Not as good a deal as yours but pretty decent.

However, I just checked and they raised the price to $66.85 so maybe they figured I got too good a deal!
 
Bike Bandit sells the Yuasa AGM battery for $59.30 - in stock with reasonable shipping. Just ordered one.:)
 
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Steve said:
...and a free charger to boot.

I would not call that a good deal. :shock:

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I would call that a GREAT deal. \\:D/

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I dunno ...

I thought that the battery was a great price with or without the charger.

But I thought the charger itself was suspect.

As far as I can tell, it's an unregulated trickle charger.

They can in some circumstances (IMHO very limited) be useful, but they can also easily damage batteries.

I'll also add here (VERY SPECULATIVE, and fairly limited info to back it up):
that if a trickle charger manages to raise the voltage high enough, it can destroy a rectifier/regulator, just like jumping from a running car can.

So buy the battery, but be careful about the charger.
 
I also saw they were sold out, so I called them to be sure. Jeff, the guy I talked to said they had 7 on the shelf. I ordered 3 of them, then found s/h for the 3 was $45. I figured $42 + $15 per battery = $57. I really didn't need the charger anyway. I figure I'll just get one from Wal-Mart $5 more, but at least I can take it back if I need to.
 
The Yuasa YTX14AHL-BS is $55 at BiikeBandit, and if you're an AMA member, you get a 10% discount. It's their best battery. I just ordered one, and it arrived in about 2 days, $60 delivered.
 
Now that's a good deal. I've never seen a genuine Yuasa that cheap.


jknappsax said:
The Yuasa YTX14AHL-BS is $55 at BiikeBandit, and if you're an AMA member, you get a 10% discount. It's their best battery. I just ordered one, and it arrived in about 2 days, $60 delivered.
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rphillips said:
I also saw they were sold out, so I called them to be sure. Jeff, the guy I talked to said they had 7 on the shelf. I ordered 3 of them, then found s/h for the 3 was $45. I figured $42 + $15 per battery = $57. I really didn't need the charger anyway. I figure I'll just get one from Wal-Mart $5 more, but at least I can take it back if I need to.
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Yeah, I called Gruber and spoke with Jeff @ Ext 311. I purchased one and Gruber charged me $12 for shipping from AZ to CO. I don't really need the charger either but $55 is still reasonable even with the inflated s&h charge.
 
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