I'm going to order a new tender today. Any recommendations?

I saw the Battery Tender Plus for around $50.00. I was probably going to grab that, anything else before I throw down the cash?

Thanks!;)

consider an accumate. look at west battery site or search.
great write-ups in england under optima (sp?) brand.
local bike dealer raves for new battery types.
no personal experience.

I've got 2 from Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42292) get'em on sale for only about $4.00 US. Regularly around $8.

I've had mine for about 3 years with no problems. Other's have had issues. Hit and miss maybe? I was willing to take the $4 gamble.

Wal Mart is selling them now for around $18.00 with float charge ability.

Wal Mart is selling them now for around $18.00 with float charge ability.

Really? Do you know what brand? Thx.

Really? Do you know what brand? Thx.

Not sure what the name is on the charger (seem's someone said Champion?) but head for the automotive section and check them out. I saw them here in our tiny town at Wal Mart so am pretty sure you'd find them where you live. They actually have a couple of different ones but the one I would have bought if I didn't already have one is the 1.2amp charger with float charge capability.

I picked up the BAttery Tender Jr for $19 last year online. No problems all winter, and bike started right up this past weekend. :)

I orginally had the one from Walmart, but took it back b/c I learned that the trickel charge was better on the Battery Tender Jr (its a slower trickel charge).

Dominic

I too used the Battery Tender JR over the winter. Started up last weekend with no problem.

I have a Yuasa battery tender and it works great. What I like about it is that it only uses 900mV. The less amperage the better,
Brian

I picked up this Black & Decker "Smart" Battery Charger from Wal-mart for around $25.00 this past weekend.

http://www.directdepot.net/images/images_big/vec080bd.JPG

2-stage high-efficiency charging technology provides a faster, safer charge tan older type conventional chargers. Charges with high efficiency pure DC current.
Keeps stand-by batteries fully charged
Automatically swithces from full-top charge to float mode monitoring. Charges automatically.
Quick Disconnect Harness - Fast connects for hardwire ring terminals, battery clips or cigarette-type plug
Charging Indicators Red LED - Bad connection, battery not able to accept charge, reverse polarity hook up. Yellow LED - Hooked up correctly and charging. Green LED - Fully charged.
All solid state circuitry
UL listed
5 Year Limited Warrenty
Includes Multi-use 3 connector set - Battery clips, Accessory plug, and Battery Ring Terminal

That looks like a good score on the B&D charger! Thanks for posting that!

Bought the Walmart Battery Tender for $18 and it works great and
looks like quality gear.

Went down to Harbor Freight Tools and found a 12 volt, Automatic
Battery Float Charger for a regular price of 8.97 Unit #42292

The instructions say it provides a continuous 13.5 volts output, but
I would think since it is a FLOAT charger that it would turn off when
the battery is fully charged because there is a red light on the unit
(haven't used it yet)
Will keep the board posed as to how well it works.

I recently picked up the Battery Tender Plus for $40.00
I choose to go with it over other units mostly because
it came with a 10 year warrantee compared to most others I looked
at that only came with a 3 year.

what store sells the B&D charger??

what store sells the B&D charger??

DMAG got his at Wal~Mart, but they're also available at AMAZON.COM (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EJTI7I/104-0202391-1237558?v=glance&n=228013) for about the same price w/ free shipping.

Hey, just have to post in this thread... bought my second Battery Tender Jr. ( did not fry one, more than one bike ) went to thier web site to get accesories. If you have one of thier chagers... try thier customer service! You have to try them to see what I mean!

Just an update. My Wal-Mart Tender is working GREAT. :)