What battery maintainer is everyone using?

RICKDIZZLE

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After having to buy a new battery today as mine took a dump due to not being on a maintainer and parked for a bit...would like to pick one up. What you guys recommend. I have a great Schumacher charger...but no maintainer lol.
Is the Battery Tender Junior decent?
 
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69hurstolds

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I've used BTJ and it's done well. Even on glass mat batteries. NOT the full size ones though, they suck. For the money, you can't beat them. Sometimes you can get a cheesy one though. But overall, I'd not hesitate to buy a new one if I needed it.

CTEK makes very good ones, although a little more expensive. Really like mine.
 
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Clone TIE Pilot

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A cutoff switch works well too. I tried different battery tenders and had bad luck with all of them.
 
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08Malibu

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Battery in my Malibu is going on 4 years old. I drive it once or twice over the winter. If I don’t get to, I just charge it.
 

Texas82GP

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We have Battery Tender Juniors on my Dad's 62 Ford Galaxie, my brother's 78 Camaro Z28 and my 96 Buick Roadmaster. I have nothing but good to say about battery tender juniors.
 
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Kiko

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I've been using CTek on two cars for over 10 years. These cars are not driven over the winter months (Oct - Apr). In my opinion they are really good battery maintainers.
 
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mclellan83

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I have BTJ's on all my stuff, I bought the knock off stuff from Ebay for the shop just to have something on some stuff that doesn't get used much. Even they seem to work fine
 

Bonnewagon

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I like NOCO products. I use their solar chargers, battery chargers, and right now I have a Genius 2d hard wired charger/maintainer on the Bonnewagon. It is mounted on the inner fender. The car is covered up for the winter and plugged in to my shed.
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