Cheap'ish AGM batt chargers?

[DaveM]

Hope this is the right place for this. I have a Diehard Platinum AGM batt that I need to get a charger for. I think my daily driving routine isn't enough to keep the batt at full charge over time and want a simple charger for topping it off once every few months. I am having a hell of a time finding decent info on what chargers I can use for basic maintenance charging of my AGM batt.

I need to keep it under $50. Anybody know what chargers will work for my application?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[adventurebuddies]

This is supposed to be the best. It's good for AGM batteries.

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/battery-tender-plus/46405

 

[dms1]

I have two of those battery tender chargers and they have saved a couple of Optima batteries that I could not charge with a regular battery charger.

Saying that I don't ever plan on buying another Optima battery, The last battery I bought was a Sears Platinum, so far so good.

 

[ldivinag]

walmart.

i bought their 12amp charger. it has a setting for stndard, agm and deep cycle.

and it has a 2, 8 and 12 amp setting.

plus i like that it shows the percentage.

i bought for the less that 1 year old red top optima. my 4runner was not a daily anymore so i kept killing the batt. the charger would get it up and running, but sometimes it would just die.


IIRC it was like $42

so last week after reading the threads on here about the sears platinum... i bought one. havent need to connect the charger since...

 

[THATSALEXUS?]

My first choice would be the CTEK http://www.ctek.com/EN-US/Default.aspx. They come in a few different sizes but I don't know how close to your price point one of the smaller ones would would be. We buy ours from Interstate Battery.

 

[ThomD]

VDC Electronics BatteryMINDer Charger, Maintainer, Desulphator - 1.3 Amp, 12 Volt, Model# 12117

$45 at amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Electronics-BatteryMINDer-Charger-Maintainer-Desulphator/dp/B000P23HZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1266524977&sr=8-1