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Wow! 11 year warranty and for $49 you can get a solar panel to recharge it? Very intriguing!
I have 4-12 volt 10 amp Dakota batteries, two are 3 years old, the other two are a couple of years older than that, I have never had a problem with them. The amped guy used to post on all the sites knocking Dakota (his competition), very unprofessional, even though he is now an advertiser on this site, I will never buy any of his products.
Vexilar, marcum, and energized outdoors would get my money before Dakota. All similar quality.
All three of those are just rebranded china batteries, same ones you can get on amazon under any brand for near half the price. All lithiums are just battery cells with a BMS attached, you can go expensive and try the warranty game if one fails or you can just buy cheap on amazon and try to take the best care. I bought a 7ah off amazon for $35 and if it lasts the year i will be pleased, two years and i will be happy as can be, and anything more than that I will be amazed. Its literally $9 more than a typical SLA i would buy... I have ice lures that cost more than that. IMO buy cheap off amazon and if it fails within the return period you can return it. Beyond that chaulk it up as yearly costs... Especially for just using on an old vexilar
You should watch the rest of his videos, he is tearing apart all kinds of different brands and giving (his) opinion on the build quality. If you watch the Dakota videos, the battery made in the USA was junk but now they are made in China and they are actually made better than the ones in the USA. I think it's a pretty good series of videos and actually gives you some knowledge of what some of these batteries are made of.
I think he said DL batteries are assembled in Minot, ND, but when he turned it over it had a made in China sticker on the bottom. Kind of confusing.
I have ten DL 10AHr batteries I bought 3 seasons ago when I decided to learn how to fish. They are parallel wired in three different configurations:5 x 10 AHr for my Minnkota 45# trolling motor for my big fishing kayak.2 x 10 AHr for my Garmin UHD 93SV and GT56 UHD for my small fishing kayak3 x 10 AHr for my Garmin 93SV+ and LVS32 Livescope. It’s installed in a Summit Shuttle, which allows me to switch from ice to open water on the fishing kayak. Not. A. Single. Issue with my Dakota Lithiums.
Except that each "brand" uses different BMS tech within the battery that is not compatible with just any 3amp lithium charger.
Which Li battery/batteries did you get off Amazon? And, is there a recommended charger for them?
Soo you spent $500 to make a 50ah battery that has a max discharge of 20A for your trolling motor? I have the chart for the 45# endura that says on half power it draws 20A and max power 40A (I assume all MK 45# motors are the same). What good is a 50AH battery rig that cost 30% more than a drop in replacement 50A, and that you can only use your motor at half throttle with? I bought Ionic 50AH lithium batteries for $350, with same pro rated 11yr warranty, bluetooth monitoring, low temp charging protection, and can discharge 50A continuous. I am seriously confused