Need Your Experience Please
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Melting Slicks
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Need Your Experience Please
Those of you who have Battery Maintainers:
Which is the better brand to buy; "Battery Tender" or "Battery Minder" by VDC Corporation ?
I have read all the websites by the respective manufaturers and Battery Tender only maintains the battery while VDC Battery Minder allegedly de-sulphates the battery.
What has been your experience and which one would you recommend and why?
Thank you,
Kurt
Which is the better brand to buy; "Battery Tender" or "Battery Minder" by VDC Corporation ?
I have read all the websites by the respective manufaturers and Battery Tender only maintains the battery while VDC Battery Minder allegedly de-sulphates the battery.
What has been your experience and which one would you recommend and why?
Thank you,
Kurt
Last edited by ksbunting; Mar 16, 2010 at 12:46 PM.
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I have both and they seem to work equally well. I use the use the Battery Tender on my regular batteries & the Battery Minder on my restoration battery. Impossible to tell if the Battery Minder is doing anything different except to say my resto battery is still good after 4yrs.
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