12-06-2015, 01:51 PM
Plugging in my bike tonight after a short ride, my mind began to wonder about how old my Battery Tender is. (Over 12 years by now?)
It still seems to work perfectly fine, and it has served me quite well over the years. But I'm curious, has Delran come up with any cool new technology in the past few years, that might warrant buying a replacement? So, off I went to the Battery Tender website.
They still look pretty much the same; lots of new products, but they're still making the same model I purchased in 2003. So, I'm perfectly fine with that.
Elsewhere, I also noticed there's another product in the business, from VDC Electronics up in Long Island...the "BatteryMINDer".
The main difference here is that apparently this product will monitor and actively desulfate a battery, whereas the Batter Tender can't do this (mainly because the Tender can't compensate for ambient temperature differences). Someone briefly mentioned this in another thread, but it's something I might eventually consider spending my money on. Maybe...
It still seems to work perfectly fine, and it has served me quite well over the years. But I'm curious, has Delran come up with any cool new technology in the past few years, that might warrant buying a replacement? So, off I went to the Battery Tender website.
They still look pretty much the same; lots of new products, but they're still making the same model I purchased in 2003. So, I'm perfectly fine with that.
Elsewhere, I also noticed there's another product in the business, from VDC Electronics up in Long Island...the "BatteryMINDer".
The main difference here is that apparently this product will monitor and actively desulfate a battery, whereas the Batter Tender can't do this (mainly because the Tender can't compensate for ambient temperature differences). Someone briefly mentioned this in another thread, but it's something I might eventually consider spending my money on. Maybe...