[T3] Gel batteries

[Brion Sabbatino]

My own personal experience for the past 13 years. Optima batteries have given me good service. I only use them in more modern alternator vehicles. Have four in service. Got twelve years out of my earliest one. These vehicles charge at a higher output.
Odyssey batteries in my motorcycles.
I don't now if the VW puts out enough power to properly charge either. My gut thinks not. That would lead to a premature battery failure.
With air cooled VW's I stick to conventional lead acid.
Just my opinion.
Brion S.S.Utah

> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:13:45 -0700
> From: misterstiles at gmail.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Gel batteries
> 
> I heard the same thing but haven't experienced any QC issues yet. But
> perhaps I'm getting lucky or it is that my shop is just a few miles from
> Optima's headquarters? :)
> 
> Another option:
> My brother swears by Odyssey batteries. He runs them in high performance
> prop-jets and has had a near zero failure rate over nearly 1000 hours use
> time in one specific airframe. Higher Costs have kept me from trying them
> out, but from what I have read, Odyssey is pretty much top-tier when it
> comes to light weight, vibration resistance and longevity.
> 
> Has anyone else tried Odyssey products?
> 
> Jon Stiles, '70 SB
> 
> On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Know One wrote:
> 
> > > Put it this way,  had a Optima
> >
> > From posts on another list I have gathered that Optima was bought out and
> > has decreased the quality of their products as a result of cost cutting and
> > profit increasing. Just a word of caution, worth doing some research.
> >
> > Jeff '67 Sqbk
> >
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