Thanks for the replies. True about he the lifetime warranty, but the company has been around for 18 years. After comparing the Battle Born Specs, vs the Lion Energy, I decided that saving 30% was worth it. I know Battle Born is doing a great job at promoting themselves, heck you can't watch YouTube video without them partnering with anyone with a Youtube channel. Seems, Battle Born is eager to send out freebies to the YouTubers, but not pass any savings to the actual consumer. Like I said, they are doing a great job at promoting their product with little investment.
We I first stopped at the Lion Energy booth, they had rows and rows of batteries. When I returned, their stock was down to nothing. People were lining up to buy their batteries. Installing them was fairly easy. My converter can handle the lithiums, but will only charge them to 13.7v, lithiums can charge to 14.3v, so I will upgrade the converter.
Everyone knows the old saying "you get what you paid for", so time will tell if I made the right choice.
Hi Peter,
How are the Lion Energy batteries working out so far? I invested in a pair made available through my Airstream dealer. They took out two factory Interstate Lead Acid batteries and dropped the Lion Energy's in place.
Before choosing the upgrade I called and spoke to someone in tech support at Lion. They were helpful. For now I am sticking with the WFCO factory converter but like you I am considering an upgrade later. I am hoping the 3-stage factory converter will bulk charge to the the mid-80% range and then a Zamp portable solar kit with a built-in charge controller that has a setting for Lithium will get me up to 100% often enough. If not, I can swap the WFCO for a Progressive or Iota that have lithium settings.
Please let me know how it is going for you so far and I'll do the same after I pick up the new rig in two weeks.
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Hi Peter,
How are the Lion Energy batteries working out so far? I invested in a pair made available through my Airstream dealer. They took out two factory Interstate Lead Acid batteries and dropped the Lion Energy's in place.
Before choosing the upgrade I called and spoke to someone in tech support at Lion. They were helpful. For now I am sticking with the WFCO factory converter but like you I am considering an upgrade later. I am hoping the 3-stage factory converter will bulk charge to the the mid-80% range and then a Zamp portable solar kit with a built-in charge controller that has a setting for Lithium will get me up to 100% often enough. If not, I can swap the WFCO for a Progressive or Iota that have lithium settings.
Please let me know how it is going for you so far and I'll do the same after I pick up the new rig in two weeks.
Thanks,
Scott