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In my opinion the Banner is worth the extra as it has the ability to withstand more "usage" so potentially will give a longer life.

However your requirement which is basically one on EHU and with mover use, with only a single weekend of significant drain could be met by one of the budget batteries; I just would not if it was me buying as I know which is the better product.

If you abuse any battery it will fail quickly, so make sure whatever you buy is left fully charged and recharge ASAP after any use.

Banners did feature removable caps for topping up; probably still do.

Road-Pro is a Banner retailer.

Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 12/3/2014

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The problem i can see is, how much of the battery are you going to use when your away.If you run things on gas which can, and only the lights on the battery i dont see the sense of spending more.

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The sense comes from the "durability" offered by the more correctly constructed battery; the more so if that one week-end away becomes more than once and particularly if longer.

The drain is very dependent on time of year so length of lighting required and use of the heater if that takes 12 V DC.

The cheaper constructed batteries are more suited for down to retaining still 80% full capacity, so drains of 22Ah from a 110 Ah rating. The Banners construction can take much deeper discharing, twice that amount down to 60%, ie 44Ah yielded power.

As I said earlier if your usage is as described then a cheaper battery will do but nevertheless it will not last as long even at that duty as a better constructed product.

 With the greatest respect I don't see the difficulty in the choice, you get here what you pay for, just purchase from the right dealers, fresh stock and battery specialist; where you are looking is about right.

Quote: Originally posted by jamesA114 on 12/3/2014

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I always like to buy quality products that last longer. However I did this last year and the battery drained and now unsure how much charge it will hold. Fridge and heater will be gas so only lights will be used on battery. i am thinking buy a budget brand but wanted to check it isn't a waste of money.

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If you or your charging system abuses batteries then even the best fail, just they stand up to "abuse" a bit better.

Earlier I said the real no nos for our batteries; most I hear about are user abuse or buying unsuitable products.

Those that swear by cheaply constructed leisure batteries are those who ask nothing of the battery, always on EHu and using movers, the latter, the mover, is no real hassle at all to a battery; long off EHUs are.

Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 12/3/2014

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What he is saying is don't be conned into thinking the very expensive AGM batteries are going to give a drastically different experience to caravanning .

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Quote: Originally posted by JTQU on 12/3/2014

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 12/3/2014

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What he is saying is don't be conned into thinking the very expensive AGM batteries are going to give a drastically different experience to caravanning .

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Where did you read that bit in the article?


Give him credit for what he actually said, and he did not make that statement, or address specifically battery selection for caravanning usage.

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