Looking to buy a Battery Charger .....

[BDBLK2K3]

I'm buying a new battery charger , I have 4 vehicals that it would be used for , all 96 - 03 .
3 of them have the optima gel batterys.

I'm looking at this Schumacher at Northern Tools, What do you guy's think ?

Looks like a good deal for $125

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200332525_200332525

Thanks
Bob

 

[svtrichie]

Why not just get a few battery tenders and leave them hooked up when not in use?

 

[BDBLK2K3]

Went and bought this today , got the Store to price match the website .
Only 1 left on shelf , so I pulled the Trigger.

Bob

 

[HOTFR8]

Why not just get a few battery tenders and leave them hooked up when not in use?

I would have to agree

 

[strnjss]

Like others have said, get a charger that's a maintainer. That way there's no risk of overcharging, or boiling away electrolyte. The maintainer will charge your battery up, realize when it's fully charged, and switch to maintenance mode where it will just keep monitoring the battery, and only charge it more when/if it needs it.

The brand I use I like very much:

Schumacher Speed Charge maintainer

http://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-SEM-1562A-Speed-Charge-Maintainer/dp/B0009IBJAS

 

[jay50]

I got the Sears version of that maintainer about 1 year ago. No problems.
Was on sale for about $20