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Bought a battery tender this weekend, but didn't buy the "Battery Tender" brand, it is a Schumacher.
Anyone had any good or bad experiences with these? It's a multipe mode maintaniner with a "float" mode just like the Battery Tender brand is, not just a trickle charger.
It was $27 and I bought it at my local Rural King.
 
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It's almost identical to the "Battery Tender" brand. No worries. Bought the same one from Wallyworld for about $25 a couple years ago......But threw it on my daughter's four-wheeler, as my harley stays in the rec room of the house.
 
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They make excellent chargers
 
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I have one and it was great for the last few years-now my step dad is using it.
 
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It's almost identical to the "Battery Tender" brand. No worries. Bought the same one from Wallyworld for about $25 a couple years ago......But threw it on my daughter's four-wheeler, as my harley stays in the rec room of the house.
The rec room. I love it.
 
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They have been around for years and make good products!
 
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How do they compare to the "Harley brand" ? I got my Harley one for 35 bucks total
 
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http://www.batteryminders.com/batter...o-p-16134.html

I got it for $40 after a little Google.
 
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Originally Posted by Sharkman73
Bought a battery tender this weekend, but didn't buy the "Battery Tender" brand, it is a Schumacher.
Anyone had any good or bad experiences with these? It's a multipe mode maintaniner with a "float" mode just like the Battery Tender brand is, not just a trickle charger.
It was $27 and I bought it at my local Rural King.
That is all I use anymore . I have 3 shumacher tenders working in my garage right now. I have not had good luck with the batt tender plus .Even though their customer service is great I had to return them to daytona a couple of times .
 
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http://www.batteryminders.com/batter...o-p-16134.html

I got it for $40 after a little Google.
That looks excellent. The reason I am looking for another one is my Yuasa acts like it is working, but it doesn't really give a full charge. When I went to sell my bike in Feb, 33 degrees, last year it didn't turn over. Almost killed the sale. 15 minutes on a 2 amp trickle charger it fired right up.
 


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