11-06-2010, 04:25 PM
I never got much out of any battery warranty anyway, unless it failed within the 100% replacement period. Prorate is a joke, as you can usually find another brand on sale for less when prorate is taken into account. Even then, you have to get transport to the chain or place you got it, if it not too far, have your receipt where you can find it for some, disassemble and install yourself or wait in long lines and return the old battery. So I like your idea of a second battery that lets you do the replacement at your convenience.
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[quote TubeDude]Again, that is an impressive battery. The price at just under 2 hundred is impressive, but that one year warranty isn't.
Just remember, your car battery is getting you there....
[cool][#0000ff]Getting harder to find a battery with a long unconditional warranty anymore. Even Walmart quit offering their 3 year replacement because so many people were beating the heck out of them for a couple of years and then turning them in for new ones.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I suspect that batteries are like most of the things we buy. If they have a defect or go bad it will usually be pretty soon after we buy them. And the manufacturers have no control over how they are used and abused so it is unwise to issue a long guarantee on something can can be abused by someone and then returned under warranty. Lots of unscrupulous folks out there (not us fishermen). [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I feel more comfortable with long warrantees too, but I would rather have good gear that won't fail. You also mentioned car batteries. When I lived in Arizona I bought car batteries with a 5 year warranty but had to replace them in less than 2 years...prorated for actual use...so I really didn't get free replacement. The worst part was that the heat in Arizona really kills batteries fast and whenever I had one suddenly die it was usually while I was in a remote area. I once had to hike several miles in 110 degree heat to get back to a main road and flag down someone who would take me back and give me a jump start.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, that is one of the unanticipated benefits of carrying my new powerful motor battery on my fishing trips. If my car battery dies I already got my jump start with me. (I always have jumper cables and a tow strap in my vehicle)[/#0000ff][/quote]
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Pon
[quote TubeDude]Again, that is an impressive battery. The price at just under 2 hundred is impressive, but that one year warranty isn't.
Just remember, your car battery is getting you there....
[cool][#0000ff]Getting harder to find a battery with a long unconditional warranty anymore. Even Walmart quit offering their 3 year replacement because so many people were beating the heck out of them for a couple of years and then turning them in for new ones.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I suspect that batteries are like most of the things we buy. If they have a defect or go bad it will usually be pretty soon after we buy them. And the manufacturers have no control over how they are used and abused so it is unwise to issue a long guarantee on something can can be abused by someone and then returned under warranty. Lots of unscrupulous folks out there (not us fishermen). [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I feel more comfortable with long warrantees too, but I would rather have good gear that won't fail. You also mentioned car batteries. When I lived in Arizona I bought car batteries with a 5 year warranty but had to replace them in less than 2 years...prorated for actual use...so I really didn't get free replacement. The worst part was that the heat in Arizona really kills batteries fast and whenever I had one suddenly die it was usually while I was in a remote area. I once had to hike several miles in 110 degree heat to get back to a main road and flag down someone who would take me back and give me a jump start.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, that is one of the unanticipated benefits of carrying my new powerful motor battery on my fishing trips. If my car battery dies I already got my jump start with me. (I always have jumper cables and a tow strap in my vehicle)[/#0000ff][/quote]
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