Anyone using the Noco genius brand of battery tenders

[TroutBum]

I'm curious to know how the noco genius brand of battery tenders stack up? Anyone here use them?

[08087]

I'll look at what brand I have tomorrow if it's not raining and let you know.

[Vivo]

This might help....


http://vintageveloce.blogspot.com/2012/10/choosing-battery-charger-ctek-or-noco.html

[TroutBum]

Good find, Vivo. Thank you.

[Vivo]

You're welcome... I have one question though... Why is it that battery tenders are more needed or popular in your part of the world? I can only think of a handful of persons using them here...  Is it the weather?  I can leave my scoot for a long time and still have juice in the battery.... Is it the quality of batteries here versus there? Or maybe a lot of scooters/motorbikes here have AC fired CDI's not DC, meaning, they can be started and run even on weak or no batteries at all...

[TroutBum]

For me I have found a battery tender allows for a longer service life of a battery. This is from years of owning dirt bike that at times were parked in the garage for months without being used. My brother uses them to maintain his trailer batteries which only gets used 3 to 5 months out of the year. He generally gets 5+ years before having to replace one.

[Vivo]

Hmmm, interesting... a battery tender costs five times the cost of a scooter battery.... I can just buy a fresh battery every few years before my old battery crashes...  Maybe for a car, trailer, or big vehicles with more expensive batteries, it's worth a good investment.

[MassScoot]

I think because here in the US, many people use their scooters for fun & not as a main source of transportation. Not all mind you. I always buy Deltran Battery Tender Jr. that goes from $19.00-$24.00 & change.

http://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tender-021-0123-Junior-Charger/dp/B000CITK8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365152679&sr=8-1&keywords=battery+tender+jr

I own four @ my home for my boat batteries & my GTI300. Also....Have one down in Florida for my Super 8 150cc. Funny...Decent batteries (Yuasa, MotoBatt etc.) always cost more then a battery trender here.

I notice a lot of people complaining about Kymco batteries, I myself never had one fail early. Maybe Kymco is using cheaper batteries now. They always used Yuasa @ one point. Keeping them on a float charge does help the length of it's life.

[Vivo]

That makes sense MassScoot...   Scoots spend more time in the garage than on the road... also you have winter...  Now I can relate also on why you guys use Gas stabilizers...

[08087]

Here in NJ a batt. costs $35-$50 and a tender can be had for $15, makes sense to me to grab a tender. The main reason why for me is that I use my scoot as a somewhat main means of transportation, I'd hate to start my scoot up at 2 PM ride into work only come out to a dead batt at 10 PM after it's been sitting outside in sub freezing temps.

If the batt failed while I was at home I could just take the car but once at work I'd have to take a taxi home. weather is the biggest factor in the dead batt issue in my opinion.

[Vivo]

Here, a good scoot battery costs around $20.00, a battery tender/charger around $80-85.... There are good quality locally made batteries here, so they are cheaper.... Battery tenders are imported, usually from the U.S. or Europe, that makes them expensive.  Even though these are made in Asia or China even, they still come from the U.S. or Europe because they are purchased there.   Hmm, I think I'll inquire from my Chinese suppliers about these tenders and create a market here... If a tender can cost around $15 in the U.S., I may get it for around.... 5 bucks each from China, wholesale... Scoot owners may not be the market but those people with several cars...

[MassScoot]

Here, a good scoot battery costs around $20.00, a battery tender/charger around $80-85.... There are good quality locally made batteries here, so they are cheaper.... Battery tenders are imported, usually from the U.S. or Europe, that makes them expensive.  Even though these are made in Asia or China even, they still come from the U.S. or Europe because they are purchased there.   Hmm, I think I'll inquire from my Chinese suppliers about these tenders and create a market here... If a tender can cost around $15 in the U.S., I may get it for around.... 5 bucks each from China, wholesale... Scoot owners may not be the market but those people with several cars...

Wow you guys really sock-it (tariff wise) on European & USA goods! I don't think many people know that Deltran makes so many private label product for tenders. I seen a Yuasa battery tender...It's the same exact unit as the Battery Tender Jr. It's just that it's yellow in color. A decent battery tender is worth every nickel! I sold my Kynco People S200 to a buddy of mine & gave him the Battery Tender with it. That battery lasted almost 7 years! No way that battery would have last that long without a tender. 

[08087]

I just checked on my tender, reads deltran, maybe from china but I didn't check.

[Vivo]

I'll have to search this product in China... these are just battery chargers that became popular in the U.S. because it seems Battery Tender has a good marketing scheme and controlled the market.  Nice job.