What Battery do Y'all recommend?

[Boomer II]

Just got a 10. 6 Bigfoot and was wondering what the best battery is for longevity when not hooked up to shore power.

 

[RMcCulloch]

If you have the room in the battery compartment, use 2 6-volt Golf Cart batteries wired in series.



This will give you the greatest capacity.



Sam's Club carries them at reasonable rates.

 

[TowPro]

just went through this with my Dads Motorhome. He did not have a deep enough area for the 6Volt'ers, so we went with the 29 series Walmart Everstart. Its cheep enough, has a good warrantee and can be replaced at far more locations then just about any other battery seller.



With the 29 series, he should be able to get at least 2 nights out of it with mild heat requirements



No I don't work for Walmart either.

 

[Casey Balvert]

Originally posted by RMcCulloch

If you have the room in the battery compartment, use 2 6-volt Golf Cart batteries wired in series.



This will give you the greatest capacity.



Sam's Club carries them at reasonable rates.

I agree. I built a battery box in my trailer to accomodate 4 six volt golf cart batteries. We do a lot of dry camping in the summer; running lights, TV and satellite, as well as two fantastic fans which run continuously and still have some power left after four days. Bought them at Sam's for around $50. 00 each. Got the plans for an acid proof ventilated battery box out of a marine maintenance book. Works like a charm and is a darn sight better than what the manufacturer put in the trailer.



Casey

 

[bombero]

I have a trevel trailer with two g27 batt. wish i could go with two 6 volts but i cant. You probably have room for one group 27 , 12volt battery in your camper. I would recommend Interstate. That is my opinion. Happy camping!! Jim

 

[navyjoe]

First of all, I wish I had a Bigfoot rig! I just recently "discovered" that brand. That is one really nice, well built unit.



You may want to look into the new Gel (?) type battery. I believe Sams has just started carrying them. Similar to the Optima mentioned below. A little pricey however.



Also look at this site: http://www.optimabatteries.com/ (see the Marine series) I remember a similar discussion on batteries a longtime ago on TDR and someone really really liked this series.

 

[navyjoe]

Good info source on Batteries

I mentioned Optima on last reply but you might want to check this site out.



http://www.batterystuff.com/



They indicated they have had warranty problems with the optima.



I also found out that the new style batterys probably aren't "gel cells", but are "Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) batteries " They do have some really high amp hour rates, don't gass, don't spill, etc. Much safer, can mount anywhere (even sideways), apparently without any need for a box or vent!!

 

[Boomer II]

Thanks for the info guys, I wish I could afford a Bigfoot too, but like everything else I got one anyway.

 

[Jay]

I've had good luck with Trojans... T-105's & T-145's