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Travelswithbarley

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Posted: 08/31/10 07:47pm

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7 years and counting on my Lifeline AGM (fulltiming).

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Posted: 08/31/10 08:39pm

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7 years and counting on my Lifeline AGM (fulltiming)

FWIW, I have a 90 amp hour Optima Yellow Top made by the Gylling Group of Scandinavia before Johnson Controls bought Optima. This 90 AH deep cycle Optima has not been available to the public for quite some time and I mine is at least 10 years old. I use it as a trolling battery and occasionally as a backup battery to our two Interstate AGM's in the motorhome. This Optima is still going strong and takes/holds a charge just fine. I recently started using a hand truck to move it around though - as it's about a 70 lb. Group 31 battery.

It seems to me that Optima batteries of today may not be what they were before JC bought the company - as is the case with so many products that were once world class.

Phil, 2005 E450 Itasca 324V Spirit

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